Some Bull
Out-of-state
Contact:
“1EQText”
Before a disaster:
How to prepare your
home and mobile device
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Be sure to put an out-of-state contact
into your contacts list under the name
“ 1EQText ” so that it is at the top of
your contacts list. “ 1EQText ” means if
you can only text one person, who would
that be?
Maintain a list of emergency phone
numbers in your cell phone and in a
printed list.
Keep charged batteries and car-phone
chargers available.
If you have a traditional landline phone,
keep at least one non-cordless phone in
your home because it may work even if
you lose power.
Program “In Case of Emergency”
(ICE) contacts into your cell phone so
emergency personnel can contact those
people for you if you are unable to use
your phone.
If you do not have a cell phone, keep
a prepaid phone card to use if needed
during or after a disaster.
Communicating
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Have a battery-powered radio
or television available (with spare
batteries).
Subscribe to text alert services from
local or state government agencies
to receive alerts in the event of a
disaster. Many local governments have
emergency alert systems in place.
Check with local governments and
subscribe if available. Parents should sign
up for their school district emergency
alert system.
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During and After
Emergencies
Credits
Oregon Office of Emergency Management
Ashland Fire & Rescue
Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Hood River County
Coos County Emergency Management
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Websites
www.Oregon.gov/OEM
www.Ready.gov
WHO YOU
GONNA TEXT?
PUT “ 1EQText ”
FOR YOUR EMERGENCY
CONTACT PERSON
How to reach friends,
loved ones and
emergency services
IF YOU HAVE A LIFE-THREATENING
EMERGENCY, CALL 9-1-1.
Introduction to
“Two Weeks Ready”
Preparing for disasters can be done over
time. The traditional three days of supplies
is a good start and helpful for short-term
power outages or temporary evacuation.
But a large earthquake and tsunami will
leave much of the region’s transportation
routes destroyed. Delivery of assistance and
supplies will be difficult or impossible initially.
People will have to count on each other
in the community, in the workplace and at
home in order to be safe until responders
can reach them. It is recommended that
families, neighborhoods and communities
strive to be self-sufficient for two weeks.
If you are not experiencing an
emergency, do not call 9-1-1. If your
area offers 2-1-1 service or another
information system, call that number for
non-emergencies.
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For non-emergency communications,
use text messaging, e-mail, social
media and the American Red Cross
Safe and Well program.
Keep all phone calls brief.
If you are unsuccessful in completing
a call using your cell phone, wait ten
seconds before re-dialing.
Conserve your cell phone battery.
Tune in to broadcast television and
radio for important news alerts. If
applicable, be sure that you know
how to activate the closed captioning
or video description on your
television.
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Editor-in-Chief: Kurtis Barker
Editor: Diane Rodriquez
Assistant: Andy Taylor
A communication
plan is important
After a large disaster, one of your first
thoughts will be about your family and
friends. Having a communication plan is an
important part of any preparedness effort.
Knowing they are safe, or them knowing you
are safe is key to being able to make wise
decisions when you may be far from home
and not able to return quickly.
Your plan needs to inform your family about
what is expected of them in an emergency.
Should they call in? Radio in? Head home?
Make sure you clearly spell out what the
family member should do – or what you will
do during an emergency so everyone is clear
on the plan.
Determine a preset time after an emergency
event that the plan will be put into motion.
For example – if something happens, the
family member will wait exactly one hour to
resume communications. If communications
are non functional after that hour, he or
she will head home. Make sure each family
member has an idea of how long the commute
might take. Practice walking the routes
between home and work or home and school.
By Walt Klamath (1993); submitted by the
Siletz Tribal Arts and Heritage Society
Walt’s Words of Wit and Wisdom were
many times featured in Siletz News. The
following is reprinted from the March
1993 issue.
At my place at Logsden, my sister
and I each have a bull in their respective
pastures. Now her bull must be a four or
five year old, maybe 14 inches between
his eyes, probably weighs a ton or more
depending upon how you are viewing and
from which side of the fence.
My bull is probably 18 months now,
but he thinks he is bigger than he is and
as long as there is a fence between him
and the other bull he acts out quite a bit.
Last year the big bull got smart and
decided to wade Rock Creek and come
into my pasture. This worked well for him.
My bull was the most cooperative creature
one would ever see, a most gracious host,
shared everything.
Anyway, I ran an electric fence across
Rock Creek to discourage the old boy from
coming in. Well this worked for a while,
then the old boy decided to come visiting.
Now, mind you, with an electric fence two
feet above the water, this is a perfect ground.
Well, one day on one of his visiting
moods, he tried out the fence. This day I
happened to be in the area and he did not
see me as a threat to him. He went to the
fence, he touched it and back he jumped. He
looked at it for a while, then got down on his
knees and started under the fence. Each time
the power would surge, he would let out a
large grunt or beller, but kept right on going.
He made it through all right, but he did
not come out the creek yet, but went on.
Now on the other end is another electric
wire and he proceeded to use the same sys-
tem. Now he apparently figured that he had
gone far enough and came up to the field.
You know, I felt sorry for the old guy.
After going through all of those shocking
experiences, he had come up in his own
field and there was a fence between him
and where he wanted to be.
But, he is not a dumb bull. He went
back to the creek, under the fence, then
came up again, but this time he came
up where the sweat lodge is, and again
there was an electric wire around it. I just
went down and opened the gate and told
him after all that he had went through he
deserved to do a little fraternizing. He
never did thank me for that.
Apply now for
Siletz Tribal Head Start
The Siletz Tribal Head Start program is accepting applications for the 2022-
2023 school year. We have classrooms in Siletz, Lincoln City, Salem and Portland,
and offer services to promote children’s school readiness skills and assist families
with supporting their child’s lifelong learning.
Classrooms offer 3½ hours of service per day, Monday through Thursday,
roundtrip transportation and developmentally appropriate activities to promote
each child’s success. To qualify, children must be age 3 or 4 by the local school
district’s age cut-off date, and income limits may apply.
Head Start applications can be found on the Tribal website or can be requested
by calling 541-444-2450 or 800-922-1399 and asking for Head Start.
August 2022
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