Get out and Vote--Or Else

Since my flashing the blue snow emergency lights on election day idea didn't get any traction, he's another winner.

Hand out the KI pills at the polling station immediately after folks slip the ballot into the machine.

From the Stephen Tait in The News....

NEWBURYPORT - It's time to refill those potassium iodide prescriptions.

The state is handing out fresh supplies of the iodide, also called KI, to residents within the Emergency Planning Zone, a 10-mile area around the Seabrook Nuclear Power Station. The thyroid-blocking tablets help increase survival rates in the event of an emergency radiation leak at the plant.

Newburyport has enough tablets for about 20 percent of the city's population and the state will provide more if those run out.

Residents can pick up the tablets - which are free - at the city Health Department from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays and from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursdays.

The tablets are being issued to replace those given out in 2002 and should be stored in a dry, cool environment.