Ground starts shaking ... so, you "Duck, Cover, and Hold On." That has been the basic message of the "Great California ShakeOut!" drill for the past two years. This annual event has now spread to include the entire state. It has been estimated that over eight million citizens participated this [...]
Today's blog is the fourth in a series that addresses concerns about citizens being Ready & Prepared to cope with a sudden major disaster, like an earthquake along our local Rodgers Creek Fault. Next week's Great California ShakeOut (10/21) is being sponsored to help make people more aware of what [...]
On October 19 - five years ago (2005), a "Special Report" video was titled, Emergency Preparedness - Can Sonoma County Communicate? and produced by the Clearstream Media Group. Panel presenters included the Deputy Emergency Services Coordinator for Sonoma County, the South County Auxiliary Services Communications Team Leader (ACS), the Petaluma [...]
The 7th annual National Preparedness Month, sponsored by FEMA and Citizen Corps is over for 2010; but, what was its impact upon Petaluma and Sonoma County residents to Be Ready and to Be Prepared to cope with a major natural disaster such as a flood, wild fire, or an earthquake? [...]
Did you click on http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/pickcity.html as suggested in the previous Emergency Preparedness blog? What level of shaking did you find, for your neighborhood, for an earthquake along tbe San Andreas fault? The Hayward fault? The Rodgers Creek fault? As The Trio discovered, their home is located in an area of Petaluma [...]
OK, so we’ve been “goofing off,” and “No, the garage hasn’t been cleaned up … yet!” Can Me, Myself & I blame it on the fact that Eagle-Eyes hasn’t spotted any headlines lately that captured his attention that contained a constructive and positive message? Maybe it’s the fault of Hammerhead, [...]
On January 10th of this year, KI6GOO posted a blog titled, “CQ-Calling All Hams- CQ.” It starts out with the following paragraph: “This is KI6GOO calling all licensed amateur radio operators in the 94952, 94953, 94954 Zip Code areas. Doesn’t common sense tell us that we must be willing to [...]
The blog team for “Our River Town” has been quite busy with local community projects and almost missed it; but, Eagle-Eyes, caught the story on the 6 p.m. NBC Bay Area News The blog team for “Our River Town” has been quite busy with local community projects report last Saturday [...]
The top three major problems during the response phase of Hurricane Katrina (2005), according to one government official were “Communications, Communications, Communications.” The ability to communicate, when most communication systems were inoperable, was the major reason PetalumaNet initiated a series of events and meetings (Sept.-Oct. 2005) that focused on how [...]
Anniversaries are important because they cause us to pause and reflect on what happened back when. Earthquake anniversary dates can help us recall the damage – both structural and human – that occur in communities that shake, rattle, and roll. It was about this time, 104 years ago, that a [...]