8 • The Southwest Portland Post
NEWS
December 2012
Neighbors learn disaster preparation; Progress continues on Red Electric Trail
HILLSDALE NOTEBOOK
By Jillian Daley
The Southwest Portland Post
Hillsdale Neighborhood Emergency
Team member John Morris told neigh-
bors there’s one thing about disasters
that everyone should know.
“I think at this point, most people
know that if there is a disaster, you’re
not going to call 911 – they’re not go-
ing to come, at least not for a week,”
Morris said at a presentation before the
Hillsdale Neighborhood Association
last month.
He recommended to the gathering of
more than 20 people that they keep an
emergency stock of food and water. He
added that freeze-dried food is a good
option, but some brands may need
more water than others, so it’s best to
read labels carefully.
One neighbor at the meeting piped up
to say that it’s best to keep a vehicle’s
gas tank full because fuel may not be
available after a major disaster.
Oregon is on a fault line, and experts
have for years said there could be a ma-
jor earthquake in the near future. Morris
said such a disaster has the potential to
kill thousands of people and level tens
of thousands of buildings statewide.
Most Oregon buildings, however,
will stand strong, and so will many of
the people in them if they know what
measures to take before, during and
after the quake, says the Oregon Emer-
gency Management booklet that Morris
brought to the meeting.
For more information, visit the OEM
website at www.oregon.gov/omd/oem.
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send a letter to the city requesting an
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The extended
shoulder would be
four feet wide and
on the east side of
Cheltenham. The
letter will also re-
quest that the city
fill in the sidewalk
gaps along SW Ver-
mont Street, from
Bertha Boulevard to
10 th Avenue, Baack
said.
Baack said im-
provements could
be paid for with the
construction bud- Neighborhood Emergency Teams member John Morris gave
get for Neighbor- a presentation on disaster preparedness during last month's
hood Greenways. Hillsdale Neighborhood Association meeting. (Post photo
G r e e n w a y s a r e by Jillian Daley)
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He distributed freshly made copies of
traffic volume that give priority to pe-
a brochure detailing Portland’s Red
destrian and bicycle traffic.
Electric Trail, which follows part of the
“Federal studies have shown
route of Southern Pacific’s “Red Elec-
that extended shoulders cost
tric” interurban passenger train, which
a fraction of the cost of full side-
ran early in the 20 th Century.
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Once complete, the in-progress proj-
of the safety benefits,” Baack said.
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Southwest Portland and the Willamette
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