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From the United States Postal Service newsbreak memo my husband who is a Post Master received on Feb. 18th 2004:

USPS carriers may deliver medicine in event of catastrophic incident

Under a plan presently being developed, Postal Service letter carriers could be called upon to deliver antibiotics to residential addresses in the event of a catastrophic incident involving a biological agent for which antibiotic use is appropriate. Participation would be voluntary.

The planning is the result of a memorandum of agreement among the Dept. of Health and Human Services, the DHS, and the Postal Service.

USPS was approached by the two agencies because of it's extensive delivery reach and the trust Americans in every community have in their Letter Carriers.

The PS is working closely with the National Association of Letter Carriers and the National Rural Letter Carriers Ass. on the issue.

The delivery plan would supplement the public health system in the event of a catastrophic emergency. Procedures under consideration would add to - not replace local plans. Individual local health agencies would dispense initial and follow up supplies of antibiotics and relevant information in an affected area.

Antibiotics for residential delivery would come from the Strategic National Stockpile.

Further discussion of the plan with state and local officials will be required to determine the feasibility of incorporating the PS assistance in delivering antibiotics to residential addresses into emergency planning by local communities.

Hugs to your husband, thank him for the job he does and the fact that he will still be there if this world tears apart to be sure our lives are helped.

Folks, we can be overjoyed, that there are people out there attempting to find ways to protect us.

Now if the fools (citizens) would only meet them half way and do their share of getting ready for an emergency.....

USPS carriers may deliver medicine in event of catastrophic incident

Well that's pretty cool. I must admit it hadn't occured to me that we had a distribution system in place but clearly others were using their noggins. I intend to do my part to prepare my family as I see fit, but it's nice to know that there might be a safety net after all.