Wrightwood's Earthquake Exercise on Nov 15th

[Wrightwood]

[kew]

THE GREAT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SHAKEOUT 2008

ShakeOut is One-of-a-Kind
The Great Southern California ShakeOut is a week of special events featuring the largest
earthquake drill in U.S. history, organized to inspire Southern Californians to get ready for
big earthquakes, and to prevent disasters from becoming catastrophes.

An Earthquake Drill for the Record Books
At 10 a.m. on November 13, 2008, millions of southern Californians will "Drop, Cover, and
Hold On." Why? An enormous earthquake is our future, and the ShakeOut drill is our
chance to practice what to do when it happens. Individuals, families, businesses, schools
and organizations will join firefighters, police officers, and other emergency responders
(involved in the statewide "Golden Guardian" exercise) in our largest-ever earthquake
preparedness activity. Don't miss out!

ShakeOut is based on a potential 7.8 magnitude earthquake on the southern San Andreas
Fault. This type of earthquake occurs in southern California every 150 years on average,
and the last was 151 years ago! Dr. Lucy Jones of the U.S. Geological Survey has led a
group of over 200 scientists, engineers, and others to study the likely consequences of this
enormous earthquake in great detail.

[Wrightwood]

http://www.shakeout.org/

[Wrightwood]

[Kristaldawn]

Well you got my attention!! 

[kew]

While the I-15 is the hwy that will effect us the most, we should remember that I-10 will also be lost as well as, quite possibly, I-5 and I-8 which would leave Hwy-101 as the only Major road into the Southland. That's assuming that the 101 doesn't suffer major landslides that would render it unusable.

We, as a community, need to be ready to be alone for an extended period of time.

[ForestGal]

This may sound really stupid, but after reading some other topics, and what folks get really riled up about, ....  this topic should really make us realize that we need to give up our other differences, and learn to love each other as a community, if and when we have a major disaster up here.  We will all need to depend upon each other, in a BIG way........ And we will all need to believe and pray in our own ways.

[hill okie]

Rail traffic will be disrupted too.

[Katwest13]

We should set up some sort of communication system for the people who work down the hill but have their children/family in Wrightwood. If I was cut off from getting home and could not be there...I dont even want to think about what might happen.

If there were people to contact for assistance or a checklist that showed all the people who commute. I know that seems daunting but it might help with locating...*gulp*,...survivors.

Just thinking out loud....

[Wrightwood]

We should set up some sort of communication system for the people who work down the hill but have their children/family in Wrightwood.

Katwest13 that is one of the functions of the Wrightwood Communications Group. Ham radio will be the only reliable source of communications during a major earthquake similar to the Shake Out Scenario being conducted in Nov 2008.

[Katwest13]

Katwest13 that is one of the functions of the Wrightwood Communications Group. Ham radio will be the only reliable source of communications during a major earthquake similar to the Shake Out Scenario being conducted in Nov 2008.

I have no knowledge of HAM radio. I am assuming that I would need one(a radio) to get in contact with that group, right? How can I get involved with this group as it pertains to emergency information and preparing? Sorry to sound so ill- informed.

[clint]

Katwest13,

First, you need to be licensed by the FCC to operate an Amateur (or HAM) Radio. There is quite a bit to learn and know. It's not like turning to channel two and talking to someone. You just missed the Ham radio licensing class last weekend. It was announced elsewhere on this forum. I teach that class. I suggest you purchase a copy of Gordon West's Technician Class license manual and study. There are tests available somewhere on most weekends. Of course you need someone else to communicate with. Spouse or child, so it's good if two people in a family get licensed.

You can get the book from Amateur Electronic Supply in Las Vegas 1.800.634.6227 www.aesham.com
order W5Y GWTM-06

The next two day class in Wrightwood will be in about six months unless there is a lot of interest sooner.

[SoCalGal]

KatWest13, each family should probably plan on making its own arrangements for emergencies really, but very likely several families can band together and share information sources.  Does one family have friends or relatives with room and resources to fetch and house several children for a week or two?  Does that family have a ham radio license and emergency supplies in place?  These things can all be worked out well in advance with some forethought.  The studying for a ham license may come easier to someone who studied physics and earth science in school, but almost anyone can learn what you need for the license with some extra studying.

The good thing about it is that it's possible to get that ham license and use the ham radio frequencies effectively without that science background.  It will really pay off in case of The Big One, or in large/widespread fires and windstorms.

One thing that I hope they address in the Golden Guardian scenarios is downed powerlines.  As I commute around the area, I can't help but notice just how many roads could be completely blocked for hours or days by live lines crossing the roads, and who knows how long before Edison could get crews to even try and clear main arteries.  The power will be off in a really big quake, but I seldom see any mention of windstorms or fires that can isolate an area in this fashion.

[Jilly]

Is it possible to get a list of ham radio operators in the area, and their addresses.  I know that is personal information, but it is unlikely that many of us will get trained, and it would be great to have access to some with the training.  Has this been discussed?

[Wrightwood]

MountainMom hams name and mailing address are public record.
If you go to this website you can find all Amateur Radio operators that use Wrightwood as their mailing address.
http://www.qrz.com/i/names.html

If you take CERT training and belong to a division group you have ham radio operators assigned to each division.

[Wrightwood]

Plans are underway for the entire community of Wrightwood to participate in this years Golden Guardian 2008 Great Shakeout.

All residents, business, organizations, camps, schools and Church's will be requested to participate.

Wrightwood's exercise will take place on Sat Nov 15.

More details as they become available - please mark your calendar as this will be the largest drill ever conducted in this community.

[Elk]

Plans are underway for the entire community of Wrightwood to participate in this years Golden Guardian 2008 Great Shakeout.

All residents, business, organizations, camps, schools and Church's will be requested to participate.

Wrightwood's exercise will take place on Sat Nov 15.

More details as they become available - please mark your calendar as this will be the largest drill ever conducted in this community.

Any news on this exercise. Where/who can we go to for details on participation? Many of the Camps wish to participate if our schedules will allow. Thanks!

[Wrightwood]

Sorry for the delay as the planning group for Wrightwood's Golden Guardian 2008 has been finalizing details.

Starting on Nov 13 at 9:55 AM:
The KW6WW Disaster Preparedness Net will conduct an exercise during the Great ShakeOut main event on Thurs Nov 13 at 9:55 am. Tune your ham radio (or Wrightwood's Online Scanner) to the Table Mountain 2 meter repeater at 9:55 am and be part of this important exercise.

Wrightwood's Community Wide Disaster Exercise will take place Nov 15th.
The exercise will include a full activation of CERT trained individuals. While CERT Teams are surveying neighborhoods, they will be going door to door throughout the community informing families, businesses, camps, organizations and schools on how they can participate with a simple check-in method by phone, email, fax or Ham radio.

Wrightwood's Emergency Radio Station "1610 AM" will play an active role by notifying the public with current information during the Nov 15 exercise.

All community members are urged to participate!
By the beginning of the week further details will be released.

[Wrightwood]

Wrightwood's community wide Exercise takes place next Saturday Nov 15.

Here's the latest copy of the Exercise Plan:

http://www.kw6ww.com/CERT/WGGDE.ExPlan.ver8a.pdf

[pepper]

Where do I find a map of where the fault line runs through Wrightwood?