Today's Deseret News column: Practice your emergency drills, sign up for the Great Utah ShakeOut .

It's not just coaching lingo you might hear on the basketball court from BYU coach Dave Rose or Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak. "You play like you practice," works in any arena, especially emergency preparedness.

At Be Ready Utah, the state's emergency preparedness campaign, we're always telling Utahns to make a plan, get a kit, be informed and get involved.

That way, we are ready for any disaster: fire, flood, severe winter storm, extended power outage, zombie apocalypse...

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Play like you practice works for emergencies, too