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Charbonneau ’ s Emergency Preparedness and Public Safety ( EPPS ) Committee is asking residents to BE PREPARED IN ADVANCE for community-wide disasters that have threatened our Charbonneau community in the recent few years : fires , heat domes , ice storms , windstorms and extended power outages . Residents who prepare in advance will be most likely to meet the challenges of the overdue 9.0 earthquake . Online LINKS to the following recommendations can be found on the CCC website at www . charbonneaucountryclub . com under the main menu item “ Staying Safe ”
Stop The Bleed
Did you know ? The number-one cause of preventable death after injury is bleeding ! With three quick actions , you can be trained to save a life . Medically trained leaders of Charbonneau ’ s Emergency Preparedness / Public Safety committee have taken an online course and recommend it highly . Most serious injuries after an earthquake involve serious bleeding and require immediate attention . You can make a real difference ! The American College of Surgeons ’ STOP THE BLEED ® program has prepared over 2.1 million people worldwide on how to stop bleeding in a severely injured person . A “ STOP THE BLEED ” interactive course is available online . The STOP THE BLEED ® Interactive Course guides individuals through the three methods of bleeding control using video demonstrations , interactive learning , and spontaneous quizzes . This STOP THE BLEED ® Interactive Course is free to all students and can be taken multiple times to learn and refresh knowledge of the STOP THE BLEED ® Course . Find the LINK on the CCC website “ Staying Safe ” pages .
Sign up for notifi cations
Sign up for Clackamas County Emergency notifications .
You can receive lifesaving alerts and instructions during emergencies to help you and others stay safe ! Individuals who
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sign up for Clackamas County Public Alerts will receive critical information quickly in situations like severe weather , critical utility outages , boil water notices , missing persons , evacuations and other public safety situations . Other important messages that could be relayed include notices to evacuate , shelter-in-place , shelter locations and other extremely important information . Sign up today !!! Find the LINK on the CCC website “ Staying Safe ” pages .
Power outage preparations
There are items that can make life safer and more comfortable during a power outage . The EPPS Committee recommends that you consider having products like these :
� Plug-in emergency lights in power outlets such as bedroom , hallway , kitchen , etc . When the power goes out they will automatically light up and can be used as a flashlight ; Amerelle Emergency Light on Amazon $ 19.98 for two .
� A supply of extra batteries for flashlight , lanterns , etc . Consider using a battery organizer , they hold batteries of various sizes , and most have a removable battery tester : Search Amazon for battery organizer and tester . Under $ 20 .
� Red Cross Emergency NOAA Radio : Reports local weather conditions continually . Recharges with solar and hand crank , can charge cell phone from rechargeable batteries , LED flashlight and red beacon : $ 43 on Amazon .
� Cell phone / pads chargers and external batteries : Just as portable gadgets come in all sorts of shapes and sizes , portable battery packs come in an assortment of capacities as well ; search on Amazon .
� Camping stove : Compact , portable , camping stoves can be used for emergency
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cooking , wide variety of two burner styles available , usually uses propane or other bottle gas . Shop online for best values .
� Portable generators : Some people will want to consider purchasing a portable generator but there is a lot to consider including important safety issues . Search for “ safe use of a portable generator ” on fema . gov or lowes . com .
� Know how to open your garage door when the power is off . PRACTICE THIS ! Have a friend or neighbor show you how . Find more items and links on the CCC website “ Staying Safe ” pages .
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How big and bad is a 9.0 earthquake ? Here are some important differences between the more common disasters and the less common 9.0 earthquake : � Fire , floods , wind , ice , heat — Prepare in advance — Advance warning — Can take evasive action — Several per year — Increasing events per year ��9.0 Earthquake — Prepare in advance — NO advance warning — NO evasive action possible — Once every few hundred years — We are OVERDUE for 9.0 Other than an earthquake , all the other disasters usually involve some level of advance notice prior to the disaster , asking residents to take action — even if they have not previously prepared in advance . But the 9.0 won ’ t provide any advance notice allowing you to prepare . When the shaking starts it will be too late to make a trip to the store , or order from Amazon , or make plans to leave town to a safe place . Drop , take cover and hold on . When the shaking stops , it is likely that bridges and trees are down , power is |
out and water / sewer / gas lines are broken . The associated tsunami will hit the Oregon coast and many miles inland , in a matter of minutes , not 24 hours , and not a few days . One estimate of the impact of a 9.0 earthquake along the Oregon / Washington coast is that it would be 45 times worse than the “ The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 ” which is fourth on the list of the top “ 10 Worst Natural Disasters .” Fires , floods , heat waves and hurricanes are the other disasters on the top ten list ; Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was tenth .
“ Seismologists were surprised in 2004 when a magnitude 9.3 quake and tsunami devastated Sumatra and caused more than 200,000 deaths around the Pacific Rim . They were surprised again in 2011 by Japan ’ s 9.0 quake and tsunami , which killed more 15,000 people and touched off a nuclear catastrophe that continues to this day . No one should be surprised if a magnitude-9 megaquake erupts off America ’ s West Coast .” “ If such a 9.0 quake were to hit today , experts estimate that it could kill more than 10,000 people and cause $ 80 billion in damage in Oregon and Washington alone ” as reported by NBC News from a study in October ’ s issue of the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America .” PBS ’ s Weathered is a digital online show hosted by meteorologist Maiya May . A recent show noted that the Cascadia Subduction Zone is a sleeping monster lurking just off the Northwest coast of the United States . It extends 600 miles between Northern California and Vancouver B . C . and history records indicate that we experience a massive megathrust earthquake every 250 years on average . The last one happened 321 years ago , and scientists say there is a 30 % chance we ’ ll see another nearby in the next 50 years . Are you ready ?
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