FEMA Pushes Prepping for Pets and DisabledMessage from FEMA: Prepare as if nobody is coming to rescue you and microchip your pets. FEMA just released two new videos encouraging pet owners and the disabled to prepare for disasters. FEMA refers to them as Preparing Makes Sense instructional videos. The YouTube description for thePreparing Makes Sense for Pet Ownersvideo reads, A unique instructional video containing information for pet owners and suggestions for proactive pet emergency preparedness. One of FEMAs strong recommendations for prepping with pets is to microchip them. Microchipping is a particularly effective way to identify pets separated from their owners in an emergency, Jordan Crump of the Humane Society claims in the video. Getting your pet microchipped is really crucial to keeping them safe in a disaster situation, Crump emphasized. Watch the pet prepping video below: Preparing Makes Sense for People with Disabilities and Other Access and Functional Needsis a more in depth production with more specifics for preppers. Richard Devylder of the US Department of Transportation advises, Prepare is if nobody is coming to rescue you. Watch the video below: Both of these videos actually contain some very useful information for beginning preppers. But it seems odd that one federal agency would encourage prepping when other federal agencies deem it an act of potential terrorists. Whats more, Obama has expressed the position that hoarding will not be tolerated during national emergencies (which weve officially been in since 9/11). So what are we to make of these videos? Read other articles by selfnews Post Here linkwithin_text=Related Articles: 