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8 Wednesday, July 22, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Preparing for ‘The Really Big One’ A recent article in the New Yorker called “The Really Big One” has drawn a lot of attention both locally and nationally to the dam- age a Cascadia earthquake and tsunami will cause, and emergency planners have been taking the opportunity to raise awareness about how individuals can prepare, and how the region and Oregon are also continuing to prepare and mitigate for the looming threat. “We want Oregonians to be prepared, not scared,” said Oregon Office of Emergency Management (OEM) Director Andrew Phelps. “What we do now to prepare will save lives and property during any disaster.” We want oregonians to be prepared, not scared. What we do now to prepare will save lives and property during any disaster. — Andrew Phelps One project Oregon OEM and others are working on is a Cascadia Playbook to syn- chronize state and emergency support function partners during Cascadia and other emergencies. The Cascadia Playbook is a cross-cutting emergency management tool for the State of Oregon that supports various, exist- ing plans and efforts for the first 14 days of a catastrophic incident. Oregon has also com- mitted to being a full part- ner with Washington, Idaho, and FEMA in the develop- ment and presentation of a regional exercise called Cascadia Rising. The state- wide exercise planning is in concert and collaboration with the regional effort for Oregon’s largest emergency management exercise ever that is scheduled for spring 2016. Dr. Althea Rizzo, the geo- logic hazards coordinator for Oregon OEM said that the success of what emergency management partners are doing to prepare Oregon for Cascadia and other emer- gencies is one aspect of preparedness, and that indi- viduals and families should strive to be self-sufficient during a disaster. A good goal is to work toward hav- ing two weeks of emergency supplies to be ready for an emergency. “Now is a perfect time for everyone to evaluate a family emergency plan and update or establish emergency kits,” Rizzo mentioned. “Make sure you and family members know about estab- lished exit routes, contacts, meeting places, etc., after a disaster.” For emergency kits, Rizzo said it is a good idea to add new items, over time. “You don’t have to run out and spend a lot of money,” she added. “If you go camp- ing, you probably have a lot of your preparedness already done.” Rizzo said everyone should practice what to do during an earthquake and know where tsunami routes are if they live near the coast. Oregon OEM is urg- ing all Oregonians to par- ticipate in the Great Oregon ShakeOut earthquake drill on October 15 at 10:15 a.m. It is part of the nation’s larg- est earthquake drill, and last year more than 390,000 Oregonians participated. Register at http://shakeout. org/oregon/register/ and take steps to make your family safer. For more information on preparedness go to the Oregon Office of Emergency Management preparedness page: http://www.oregon. gov/OMD/OEM/Pages/ preparedness_information. aspx. Accident Sisters youths work on Highway on Madras house 20 knocks out power A single-vehicle crash on Highway 20 at Fryrear Road knocked out power and closed the highway for a couple of hours Wednesday afternoon, July 15. Cloverdale firefighters responded to the wreck. Chief Thad Olson told The Nugget that a westbound vehicle left the roadway at the Fryrear Road curve and struck a road sign and a power pole. The collision brought down two power lines, one of which fell over the highway. There was also a fuel spill. The female juvenile driver and her mother, both of Sisters, suffered minor injuries due to airbag deployment and broken glass, Olson reported. 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