The Villages Daily Sun: "“When there’s an emergency and you lose power, you usually lose all phone service,” said Ed Crowell, secretary of the club and Village of Glenbrook resident. “Your cell phone service especially, because everyone gets on the phone. The subscriber can only hold 17 percent of its users at a time, so the cell phone tower shuts off its automatic cell phone switch. You need a radio to send a message over long distances.”
Crowell said the radios can last for years, and showed one he’s had for 10 years.
“The batteries die, but the radios don’t burn out,” he said.
Crowell said that ham radios are useful in natural-disaster situations other than hurricanes."
Friday, May 30, 2008
The Villages Daily Sun
The Villages Daily Sun: "“When there’s an emergency and you lose power, you usually lose all phone service,” said Ed Crowell, secretary of the club and Village of Glenbrook resident. “Your cell phone service especially, because everyone gets on the phone. The subscriber can only hold 17 percent of its users at a time, so the cell phone tower shuts off its automatic cell phone switch. You need a radio to send a message over long distances.”
Crowell said the radios can last for years, and showed one he’s had for 10 years.
“The batteries die, but the radios don’t burn out,” he said.
Crowell said that ham radios are useful in natural-disaster situations other than hurricanes."
Crowell said the radios can last for years, and showed one he’s had for 10 years.
“The batteries die, but the radios don’t burn out,” he said.
Crowell said that ham radios are useful in natural-disaster situations other than hurricanes."
University of Florida News - UF expert says with hurricane season approaching, citizen response teams need volunteers
University of Florida News - UF expert says with hurricane season approaching, citizen response teams need volunteers: "Brennan suggests that CERTs broaden their mission beyond hurricanes. Some of them have done just that, responding to “disasters” of many forms, such as wildfires, tornadoes or drought. They can also become more active year-round, pitching in to help their communities deal with less urgent situations."
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
Real national disaster is lack of preparation | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
Real national disaster is lack of preparation | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "Even after Sept. 11, 2001, even after Hurricane Katrina, a Red Cross survey last year found that 93 percent of Americans aren't prepared for a major calamity — a natural disaster, a pandemic or a terrorist attack. This is troubling, because the more prepared a population is, the more effective the response to and recovery from a catastrophe will be.
In the weeks after 9/11, my worried wife asked me, 'What should we be doing?' We lived directly across the street from the Manhattan hospital where a woman had just died from anthrax exposure; I worked only a couple of blocks from the World Trade Center.
Initially, I thought that the answer to her question would be pretty straightforward. But 6 and 1/2 years later, I'm still trying to pin it down.
Readying the public for the likely eme"
In the weeks after 9/11, my worried wife asked me, 'What should we be doing?' We lived directly across the street from the Manhattan hospital where a woman had just died from anthrax exposure; I worked only a couple of blocks from the World Trade Center.
Initially, I thought that the answer to her question would be pretty straightforward. But 6 and 1/2 years later, I'm still trying to pin it down.
Readying the public for the likely eme"
Sunday, May 25, 2008
WCATWC Information Statement - TW
SEAK71 PAAQ 260400
EQIAKX
EQIAKX
TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
800 PM AKDT SUN MAY 25 2008
...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...
EVALUATION
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A MAGNITUDE SUCH THAT A TSUNAMI
WILL NOT BE GENERATED. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY WCATWC MESSAGE
ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 5.1
TIME - 1953 AKDT MAY 25 2008
2053 PDT MAY 25 2008
0353 UTC MAY 26 2008
LOCATION - 56.2 NORTH 153.7 WEST
120 MILES/193 KM SW OF KODIAK CITY ALASKA
375 MILES/604 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
DEPTH - 19 MILES/30 KM
THE LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE ARE BASED ON PRELIMINARY INFORMATION.
FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV - OR THE APPROPRIATE
REGIONAL SEISMIC NETWORK.
$$
WCATWC Information Statement - TW
SEAK71 PAAQ 251957
EQIAKX
EQIAKX
TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1157 AM AKDT SUN MAY 25 2008
...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...
EVALUATION
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A MAGNITUDE SUCH THAT A TSUNAMI
WILL NOT BE GENERATED. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY WCATWC MESSAGE
ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 4.3
TIME - 1152 AKDT MAY 25 2008
1252 PDT MAY 25 2008
1952 UTC MAY 25 2008
LOCATION - 56.3 NORTH 153.4 WEST
105 MILES/169 KM SW OF KODIAK CITY ALASKA
360 MILES/579 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
DEPTH - 16 MILES/26 KM
THE LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE ARE BASED ON PRELIMINARY INFORMATION.
FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV - OR THE APPROPRIATE
REGIONAL SEISMIC NETWORK.
$$
WCATWC Information Statement - TW
SEAK71 PAAQ 251921
EQIAKX
EQIAKX
TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1121 AM AKDT SUN MAY 25 2008
...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...
EVALUATION
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A MAGNITUDE SUCH THAT A TSUNAMI
WILL NOT BE GENERATED. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY WCATWC MESSAGE
ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 5.3
TIME - 1118 AKDT MAY 25 2008
1218 PDT MAY 25 2008
1918 UTC MAY 25 2008
LOCATION - 56.0 NORTH 153.4 WEST
130 MILES/209 KM SW OF KODIAK CITY ALASKA
385 MILES/620 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
DEPTH - 16 MILES/26 KM
THE LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE ARE BASED ON PRELIMINARY INFORMATION.
FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV - OR THE APPROPRIATE
REGIONAL SEISMIC NETWORK.
$$
Friday, May 23, 2008
Scientists detail impact of 'Big One' quake in California - USATODAY.com
Scientists detail impact of 'Big One' quake in California - USATODAY.com: "The 'Big One,' as earthquake scientists imagine it in a detailed, first-of-its-kind script, unzips California's mighty San Andreas Fault north of the Mexican border. In less than two minutes, Los Angeles and its sprawling suburbs are shaking like a bowl of jelly."
For the "FULL STORY" click the title box
Thursday, May 22, 2008
WCATWC Information Statement - TW
SEAK71 PAAQ 230338
EQIAKX
EQIAKX
TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
738 PM AKDT THU MAY 22 2008
...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...
EVALUATION
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A MAGNITUDE SUCH THAT A TSUNAMI
IS NOT EXPECTED. IN COASTAL AREAS OF INTENSE SHAKING LOCALLY
GENERATED TSUNAMIS CAN BE TRIGGERED BY UNDERWATER LANDSLIDES.
THIS WILL BE THE ONLY WCATWC MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 5.6
TIME - 1933 AKDT MAY 22 2008
2033 PDT MAY 22 2008
0333 UTC MAY 23 2008
LOCATION - 51.4 NORTH 177.7 EAST
55 MILES/89 KM W OF AMCHITKA ALASKA
245 MILES/394 KM W OF ADAK ALASKA
DEPTH - 21 MILES/34 KM
THE LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE ARE BASED ON PRELIMINARY INFORMATION.
FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV - OR THE APPROPRIATE
REGIONAL SEISMIC NETWORK.
$$
Scientists Imagine California's "Big One", Forecasters Predict Massive Quake Would Injure 50,000, Cost $200B - CBS News
Scientists Imagine California's "Big One", Forecasters Predict Massive Quake Would Injure 50,000, Cost $200B - CBS News: "A real quake would yield different results from the scenario, which excludes possibilities such as fierce Santa Ana winds that could whip fires into infernos.
The scenario: The San Andreas Fault suddenly rumbles to life on Nov. 13, 2008, just after morning rush hour. The quake begins north of the U.S.-Mexican border near the Salton Sea and the fault ruptures for about 200 miles in a northwest direction ending near the high desert town of Palmdale about 40 miles north of downtown Los Angeles.
Scientists chose the scenario because it would create intense shaking in the Los Angeles Basin and neighboring counties - a region with nearly 22 million people.
The scenario will be released at a House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources meeting in Washington.
Here are the major elements:"
The scenario: The San Andreas Fault suddenly rumbles to life on Nov. 13, 2008, just after morning rush hour. The quake begins north of the U.S.-Mexican border near the Salton Sea and the fault ruptures for about 200 miles in a northwest direction ending near the high desert town of Palmdale about 40 miles north of downtown Los Angeles.
Scientists chose the scenario because it would create intense shaking in the Los Angeles Basin and neighboring counties - a region with nearly 22 million people.
The scenario will be released at a House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources meeting in Washington.
Here are the major elements:"
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
WCATWC Information Statement - TW
SEAK71 PAAQ 201359
EQIAKX
EQIAKX
TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
559 AM AKDT TUE MAY 20 2008
...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...
EVALUATION
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A MAGNITUDE SUCH THAT A TSUNAMI
IS NOT EXPECTED. IN COASTAL AREAS OF INTENSE SHAKING LOCALLY
GENERATED TSUNAMIS CAN BE TRIGGERED BY UNDERWATER LANDSLIDES.
THIS WILL BE THE ONLY WCATWC MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 6.2
TIME - 0554 AKDT MAY 20 2008
0654 PDT MAY 20 2008
1354 UTC MAY 20 2008
LOCATION - 51.1 NORTH 178.6 EAST
30 MILES/48 KM SW OF AMCHITKA ALASKA
210 MILES/338 KM SW OF ADAK ALASKA
DEPTH - 22 MILES/36 KM
THE LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE ARE BASED ON PRELIMINARY INFORMATION.
FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV - OR THE APPROPRIATE
REGIONAL SEISMIC NETWORK.
$$
Sunday, May 18, 2008
WCATWC Information Statement - TW
SEAK71 PAAQ 182024
EQIAKX
EQIAKX
TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1224 PM AKDT SUN MAY 18 2008
...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...
EVALUATION
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A MAGNITUDE SUCH THAT A TSUNAMI
WILL NOT BE GENERATED. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY WCATWC MESSAGE
ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 4.3
TIME - 1218 AKDT MAY 18 2008
1318 PDT MAY 18 2008
2018 UTC MAY 18 2008
LOCATION - 66.1 NORTH 162.8 WEST
55 MILES/89 KM S OF KOTZEBUE ALASKA
135 MILES/217 KM NE OF NOME ALASKA
DEPTH - 12 MILES/20 KM
THE LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE ARE BASED ON PRELIMINARY INFORMATION.
FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV - OR THE APPROPRIATE
REGIONAL SEISMIC NETWORK.
$$
NORTH COUNTY: Fledgling amateur radio network takes first step : North County Times - Californian
NORTH COUNTY: Fledgling amateur radio network takes first step : North County Times - Californian: "'The philosophy of it is that in a great, big disaster that hits us, we know police and fire are going to be behind the curve in the early hours,' he said. 'If you're bleeding, you're not going to get a paramedic in six minutes ---- it's going to be hours or days. CERT is trained to fill that gap.'"
Saturday, May 17, 2008
It's an Emergency. We're Not Prepared. - washingtonpost.com
EDITOR: This is a terrific article
It's an Emergency. We're Not Prepared. - washingtonpost.com: "Still, most Americans have been watching the devastation in Asia from relative safety and, if I had to guess, with a certain sense of complacency, a feeling that disaster on that scale isn't likely to happen to them. But it could. And if it did, our country might face the same sort of crisis as our Asian cousins. A major reason: The American public isn't prepared."
It's an Emergency. We're Not Prepared. - washingtonpost.com: "Still, most Americans have been watching the devastation in Asia from relative safety and, if I had to guess, with a certain sense of complacency, a feeling that disaster on that scale isn't likely to happen to them. But it could. And if it did, our country might face the same sort of crisis as our Asian cousins. A major reason: The American public isn't prepared."
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Over 40,000 dead, missing or buried in China quake - Yahoo! News
Over 40,000 dead, missing or buried in China quake - Yahoo! News: "The destruction around the epicentre in remote Wenchuan county is massive, with whole mountainsides sheared off, highways ripped apart and building after building levelled.
Cries for help were heard from a flattened school in Yingxiu, where people tried to dig out survivors with their bare hands, state media said.
'The losses have been severe,' Wang Yi, who heads an armed police unit sent into the epicentre zone, was quoted as saying by Sichuan Online news site.
'Some towns basically have no houses left. They have all been razed to the ground.'"
Cries for help were heard from a flattened school in Yingxiu, where people tried to dig out survivors with their bare hands, state media said.
'The losses have been severe,' Wang Yi, who heads an armed police unit sent into the epicentre zone, was quoted as saying by Sichuan Online news site.
'Some towns basically have no houses left. They have all been razed to the ground.'"
Rescue work begins at earthquake's epicenter in China - International Herald Tribune
Rescue work begins at earthquake's epicenter in China - International Herald Tribune: "Until Wednesday, Wenchuan had been completely cut off from the outside world, and the longer it remained completely isolated, the more people would suffer and ultimately die. Half of the survivors had severe injuries, Chinese officials said."
Monday, May 12, 2008
WCATWC Information Statement - TW
SEAK71 PAAQ 121255
EQIAKX
EQIAKX
TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
455 AM AKDT MON MAY 12 2008
...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...
EVALUATION
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A MAGNITUDE SUCH THAT A TSUNAMI
WILL NOT BE GENERATED. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY WCATWC MESSAGE
ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 5.1
TIME - 0451 AKDT MAY 12 2008
0551 PDT MAY 12 2008
1251 UTC MAY 12 2008
LOCATION - 56.5 NORTH 153.1 WEST
90 MILES/145 KM SW OF KODIAK CITY ALASKA
345 MILES/555 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
DEPTH - 21 MILES/33 KM
THE LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE ARE BASED ON PRELIMINARY INFORMATION.
FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV - OR THE APPROPRIATE
REGIONAL SEISMIC NETWORK.
$$
Sunday, May 11, 2008
WCATWC Information Statement - TW
SEAK71 PAAQ 111707
EQIAKX
EQIAKX
TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
907 AM AKDT SUN MAY 11 2008
...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...
EVALUATION
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A MAGNITUDE SUCH THAT A TSUNAMI
WILL NOT BE GENERATED. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY WCATWC MESSAGE
ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 4.0
TIME - 0904 AKDT MAY 11 2008
1004 PDT MAY 11 2008
1704 UTC MAY 11 2008
LOCATION - 58.6 NORTH 137.2 WEST
75 MILES/121 KM SW OF HAINES ALASKA
105 MILES/169 KM W OF JUNEAU ALASKA
DEPTH - 7 MILES/12 KM
THE LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE ARE BASED ON PRELIMINARY INFORMATION.
FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV - OR THE APPROPRIATE
REGIONAL SEISMIC NETWORK.
$$
Saturday, May 10, 2008
The Acorn - Oak Park supplied with emergency cache: "The facility is packed with emergency items such as first aid supplies for treating trauma, burns and other injuries. It also contains flashlights, batteries, sheltering equipment and nonperishable food and water.
Members of Oak Park's Community Emergency Response Team and the Thousand Oaks Disaster Assistance Response Team, along with Dan Wall of the county Department of Health painted the inside of the trailer, installed shelving and stocked the supplies."
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