Two earthquake related events took place this past week. Thursday was the annual Great California ShakeOut Day, and Friday was the 25th Anniversary of the Loma Prieta quake (1989). The focus of the Great ShakeOut was to help people to "Be Ready & Prepared" for a major shake, which included [...]
Earlier today, I e-mailed local amateur radio operators information about the upcoming Annual California Great ShakeOut Day on October 16th. Its overall purpose is to help citizens to Be Ready and Be Prepared to cope with a major disaster such as a flood, wildfire, or earthquake. Nine years ago, an [...]
How many readers saw Marian McDonald's "Close to Home" column titled, "Preparing for the improbable" in today's Press Democrat ? (11-17-2012) After defining a "Black Swan" event like a major earthquake along the Hayward fault (i.e., the impact of the highly improbable), what can we do? How can we prepare [...]
Note: The following blog was originally posted October 2005, and titled, The Spirit of PetalumaNet is still Alive. Within weeks of Hurricane Katrina, PetalumaNet announced the NERT concept (Neighborhood Emergency Response Teams) on an Internet TV show titled, “Emergency Readiness – Can Sonoma County Communicate?” (10-19-2005) One of NERT’s mission [...]
Disaster Preparedness Video on PCA - Ch. 26 - 6:30 p.m.- Saturday (10/20) , Wednesday (10/24), Saturday (10/27) Seven years ago, following Hurricane Katrina, on October 19, 2005, Pacific Clearstream Media Group produced a TV show titled, Disaster Preparedness! Can Sonoma County Communicate? Our local Petaluma Community Access station, will [...]
Perhaps the anniversary of 9/11 is not the most pleasant event to use in order to remind people about the need to "Be Ready" to cope with disasters; both man-made and natural. Maybe the anniversary of Katrina (2005) is less tragic (death-wise); but it will help us realize that our [...]
My last Emergency Preparedness blog (9-1-12), closed with a quote that described the type of EmComm service that Ham Emergency Radio Operators at the local community or neighborhood level can offer whenever a major disaster that causes loss of electric power to occur. The current NHW concept was initiated by [...]
Last night, it was reported that over 800,000 customers in the Gulf Coast area impacted by Hurricane Isaac were without power. No details were given, however, as to how this loss has affected the ability of residents to communicate via telephones, radio or TV. Government officials have indicated that the [...]
Once, again, seven years to the day in the Gulf Coast area, another tropical storm (Isaac) is following a path similar to Hurricane Katrina (2005). After it made landfall (6:45 p.m., CDT, 8/28/12), the winds gradually increased to a Category 1 Hurricane (80 mph, with gusts up to 100 mph). [...]
Almost seven years, to the date, our local newscasts are describing Hurricane Isaac and its projected path by Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, on its way toward New Orleans. No one, at this time, knows for sure what will happen over the next few days. Wikipedia, posted the following [...]