As we get closer to The California Great ShakeOut, we will review, courtesy of the City of Santa Rosa's COPE Guide, the second phase of earthquake preparedness. Today's blog will outline what to do DURING an earthquake. If inside: *Seek immediate shelter. * Drop, Cover, and Hold at least 15 [...]
As we make the transition from September (National Emergency Preparedness Month) to October, the month in which we remember The California Great ShakeOut, we will review, courtesy of the City of Santa Rosa's COPE Guide, the three phases of earthquake preparedness. Today's blog will outline what to do BEFORE an [...]
Permit me to share with readers of this blog, emergency preparedness information that is also shared with our Petaluma ALERT volunteers (Alliance of Emergency Response Teams) via their newsletter. (Just click on the following links.) September - National Emergency Preparedness Month Update Before we close out EP month, let's take [...]
I started a new blog category for this Petaluma360 site related to "Emergency Preparedness" (EP) in September, 2006. Following disasters like Hurricane Katrina, it was obvious that when a major earthquake occurs along the Hayward - Rodgers Creek Fault Lines, many communities and rural areas will end up with residents [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Yesterday's copy of Then & Now Blog #9, first printed on 4-19-06 (six years ago) outlined a citizens-driven initiative that, for the first three years (2006-2009) grew to include over 100 CERT grads (30 of whom earned Ham Technician Class Licenses), represented over a dozen NERT areas in Petaluma, including [...]
What a deal! The following blog could have been categorized as either Then & Now or Emergency Preparedness. This coming Wednesday, (4/18) will be the 106th Anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that caused severe damage in Santa Rosa. Some stories related to this historic event have already appeared [...]
Yesterday’s news included an earthquake report that included two quakes that occurred seven seconds apart, one mile from El Cerrito, on the Hayward Fault. The Press Democrat stated that although these quakes were minor and short in duration, they were felt from Santa Rosa to Santa Cruz. Many Californians might [...]