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Today we are highlighting #MayDayPrep to encourage everyone who takes care of records to prepare for emergencies. 🧵

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At @USNatArchives, we practice how to rescue records from emergencies.

The most common type of emergency is from water. A broken pipe, a surprise leak, or bad weather can bring water into your collection spaces.

Do you know what to do with wet records?
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We practice salvage so that we get used to handling wet and dirty records. In this thread are some photos of a wet salvage workshop we held just a few years ago.

Practice makes perfect!

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