Wednesday, July 19, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Life in the lava...
By Jacqueline E. Mathews, Tribune News Service
— Last Week’s Puzzle Solved —
PHOTO BY CAT CONNOR
The wildflowers are gorgeous everywhere this summer.
ECLIPSE: Community
meeting set for
August 1 at Fire Hall
Continued from page 20
public for the eclipse in an
effort to manage traffic and
population numbers.
The Forest Service plans
to station several large
Dumpsters in the area to col-
lect trash from the expected
influx of campers — both
in developed campgrounds
and dispersed through the
National Forest. There will be
additional personnel — “eyes
in the woods” — on duty to
interact with the public and to
remind people of extreme fire
danger.
Depending on condi-
tions, a campfire ban may be
emplaced.
Sisters is expected to have
two sheriff’s deputies and a
technician on duty during the
event. Response and arrests
will be prioritized based on
public safety concerns, with
the most basic priority being
to keep as many deputies on
the road as possible at all
times.
Just as with ambulance
and fire service, traffic may
impede response.
“My biggest concern is
getting there,” said Patrol
Lieutenant Ty Rupert.
One of the major concerns
for the region is the supply of
gasoline.
“Fuel is going to be an
issue,” Garibay said.
Garibay said that he is
communicating with the
region’s fuel supplier to
explore the possibility of
staging a fuel truck or two in
Central Oregon in a secured
facility so that fuel deliver-
ies can be made during the
Thursday-Monday window
when travel is expected to be
heaviest.
“The last thing we want is
thousands of people here who
can’t get gas,” he said.
Local residents are
encouraged to fill the tank
the week before the event
and also to stock up on food,
water and medicines, just as
they would in preparation for
an emergency or a disaster.
Residents are encouraged to
“shelter in place” and view
the eclipse from where they
are if they can — just to avoid
being out on overcrowded
roads.
In fact, the entire mobi-
lization for eclipse manage-
ment will serve as a live-fire
exercise for a disaster of
region-wide scope, such as
a Cascadia Subduction Zone
Earthquake.
“This is a fantastic train-
ing opportunity for that,”
Deputy Chief Craig said.
The public will get a
chance to ask questions and
get detailed information
about the expected impacts
and local agency response
at a public meeting set for
Tuesday, August 1, at 6 p.m.
at the Sisters Fire District
Community Hall located at
301 S. Elm St.
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