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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>CAMBRIDGE, MA - May 24, 2013</strong> - </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Massachusetts Homeowner's Handbook to Prepare for Coastal Hazards was developed collaboratively with the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), Barnstable County, and the two Massachusetts Sea Grant programs, MIT Sea Grant (MITSG) and Woods Hole Sea Grant (WHSG). A key priority of this project partnership is increasing the resiliency of coastal communities to coastal hazards. One major component of strong communities is enhancing individual resilience and recognizing that adjustments to day-to-day living are necessary. This book is designed to promote individual resilience, thereby creating a fortified community, and specifically to help homeowners prepare for coastal hazards to reduce risks to family and property.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span>The resource provides information about coastal hazards in addition to guiding residents on practical measures that can keep them safe and minimize damage to homes and property. While it is never possible to eliminate all potential damage from a natural hazard, as a homeowner you can take action and implement many small and cost-effective steps that could significantly lower your risk. Mother Nature can be intense. Your family and home deserve protection that only you can provide.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span>Free hard copies are available at town halls throughout coastal Massachusetts, and a limited number of books can be ordered by emailing seagrant@whoi.edu. Also available as a free download at </span><a shape="rect"><span>www.whoi.edu/seagrant</span></a><span> and seagrant.mit.edu, the handbook will be updated periodically as new information becomes available. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span>The mission of the MIT Sea Grant College Program is to employ innovative research, education and outreach strategies to responsibly use and sustain the vital marine resources of Massachusetts. The issues manifested and addressed locally are global in nature, and are thus widely applicable. Compelling challenges demand our attention as a solo entity, and in partnership with other groups living and working on the coasts and at sea. MIT Sea Grant brings the substantial intellectual abilities of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and our sister universities to bear on ocean-related challenges requiring an extraordinary technical contribution. In meeting these challenges, we expand human understanding of the ocean and establish the infrastructure to sustain the initiatives and talent pool needed to address complex issues of critical and fragile marine resources. For more information, please visit: www.http://seagrant.mit.edu</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
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