Council hears recap of Tsunami Response
They had the plan in place, emergency managers had rehearsed it. When it came time to blow the tsunami warning sirens nearly everything went smoothly.
200 – “We experienced probably several hundreds of phone calls during the event where people asked, ‘do I live in the inundation zone?’.”
Florence Police Chief Maury Sanders told the Florence City Council last night this month’s tsunami warning highlighted that the work is not done.
201 – “The overriding theme of the lessons learned in this is people have to know if they live in an inundation zone, and we, in the emergency management field, have to do our job to get that information out to them and repeat it over and over again.”
It turns education is not a ‘one-time’ thing, it needs to be ongoing and thorough. But still, he adds, implementation of the emergency plan was deemed a success.
202 – “It was an unfortunate experience to have to go through but it showed that we do have emergency operation plans ready. And, we can implement them and implement them with expected success.”
Sanders said efforts to get residents the information they need to be able to respond quickly when they hear sirens will be stepped up.
The March 11th quake in Japan was very similar to what could happen off the Oregon Coast. Oregon House Co-Speaker Arnie Roblan said it should serve as a reminder to residents that if the Cascadia Subduction Zone breaks loose, damage won’t be limited just to the coast.
205 – “You saw what happened in that earthquake in Japan, hundreds of miles away in Tokyo, with the big buildings swaying. Our people need to understand that the tsunami will be the coast, but the earthquake of this magnitude will effect all of the Willamette Valley I would expect and up and down Washington.”
Roblan said the Coastal Caucus, a group of lawmakers from both parties and both legislative chambers, will hold a hearing in Salem to talk about disaster preparedness.
206 – “I think there’s a lot to learn. There’s a lot of things that we can do and we hope that by having this little meeting we’ll; here in the capitol; will highlight those things again.”
Roblan says they’ll meet sometime next week.
The amount of dry sand areas set aside for the nesting of endangered Snowy Plovers could double under a proposal announced this week by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Wildlife managers say the increase is due to anticipated rising sea levels because of global warming. Critical habitat designations for the shorebird would cover more than 28-thousand acres along the coastlines of California, Oregon and Washington. Biologists estimate that there are no more than 23-hundred individual plovers in the “western population” along the Pacific Coast. Several areas along the Oregon Dunes and on the Central Coast have been identified as breeding areas and are set aside each year during the nesting season.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon's governor has asked President Barack
Obama to issue a disaster declaration for a coastal county ravaged
by a tsunami this month. Gov. John Kitzhaber made the request
yesterday for Curry County on Oregon's southern coast. A
presidential disaster declaration would open the door for federal
assistance to help recover from an estimated $6.7 million in
damage.
WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (AP) - Authorities say a Warm Springs tribal
policeman is on administrative leave after a 22-year-old Madras man
was fatally shot during a traffic stop on the reservation. The FBI
and state police are investigating the Sunday shooting at the
tribe's wood products mill. The FBI identified the man shot as
Vernon Middleton Jr. The tribal officer's name wasn't released.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A Lane County jury has acquitted a man who'd
been accused of being an accomplice in the fatal robbery of a
Eugene coffee stand. Jurors acquitted 28-year-old Brandon Lee Plunk
yesterday of attempted aggravated murder, first-degree robbery,
first-degree burglary and being a felon in possession of a firearm,
all stemming from a Nov. 24 incident at a Dutch Bros. coffee stand.
HILLSORO, Ore. (AP) - Washington County sheriff's officers are
looking for a missing 62-year-old resident of the small community
of Timber. Sgt. Vance Stimler says Theodor "Willy" Redman didn't
show up for work yesterday in Forest Grove and his employer became
concerned. Deputies have learned that Redman's home burned in a
fire early Saturday. He was last seen at work on Friday night.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Current and former Oregon foster children
could go to college for free under a bill getting a public hearing
in the Legislature today. The measure would waive tuition and fees
for students who have been in the foster care system. It would
apply to people under 25 years old attending universities,
community colleges and Oregon Health and Science University.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Veterans Administration says 50 to 75
identification cards used for check-in at VA facilities are
missing, raising the potential for identity theft. The Veterans
Affairs Medical Center in Portland says the cards were mailed out
in January, and some were returned because of inaccurate mailing
addresses. Now the cards can't be found.
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) - Clackamas County authorities say one of
three men accused of plotting to kidnap Columbia Sportswear
Chairwoman Gert Boyle has pleaded guilty and agreed to testify
against the other two. The Oregonian says Jose Luis Arevalo pleaded
guilty to kidnapping, robbery and other charges. Two other men face
similar charges.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say a Medford-area
traffic stop on Interstate 5 led to the arrest of a Seattle man
after 17 pounds of methamphetamine was found in the car he was
driving. Sgt. Jim Johnson says the meth found after Sunday's stop
is worth more than $350,000. Francisco Hernandez-Figueroa was
booked into the Jackson County Jail on drug charges and was placed
on an immigration hold.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - State officials says a recent data breach
means the health histories of about 120,000 Oregon residents have
been missing for more than a month. The Oregonian reports Health
Net, one of Oregon's largest health insurers, disclosed March 14
that data servers containing personal financial information for
nearly 2 million people has been missing from its California office
for about a month.
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) - Ashland firefighters and paramedics are now
equipped and trained to give first aid to pets. The Daily Tidings
reports that Ashland firefighters were trained last week to do CPR
on dogs, cats, ferrets, gerbils and even reptiles who have inhaled
smoke. All five department engines now carry oxygen masks for pets.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Siuslaw Baseball standout Jacob Thompson is Coast Radio Sports’ Athlete of the Week. The sophomore utility player accounted for six of the Vikings’ eight runs in an extra inning 8-6 win over Newport, hitting two home runs, then driving in the winning margin with a two RBI single in the final inning….Honorable Mention to Siuslaw softball standout Kasey Strenke, who was three-for-four at the plate with two RBI and 3 stolen bases in the Lady Vikings’ win over Tillamook.
It was a game of streaks last night as Duquesne opened up with a 13-6 lead, followed by Oregon’s 30-11 run over the next ten minutes… then the lead changed a couple more times before the Ducks held off the Dukes 77-75 last night to advance to the semi-final of the CBI. Garret Sim led all scoring with a season high 20 points. Three other Oregon players had double-digit scoring. Oregon will host Boise State at Matthew Knight Arena Wednesday night at seven pm. Central Florida and Creighton, Oregon coach Dana Altman’s former team, will play in the other semi.
On the schedule today the Siuslaw Vikings are set to host Coquille in non-league softball for a pair of games beginning at noon.
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