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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2016 Cascadia Rising gives lessons in seismic preparedness Four-day exercise for quake, tsunami By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau SALEM — In one of the irst drills in a four-day exercise to test Oregon’s preparedness for a catastrophic earthquake, the Oregon Army National Guard whisked the governor away in a helicopter to survey the damage. While the drills were instruc- tional on better ways to prepare, people familiar with federal modeling of a 9.0 or great- er-magnitude earthquake say the exercise tested an optimis- tic scenario. “The notion that they are going to spin up in a helicopter on the irst day is probably unre- alistic,” said state Sen. Brian Boquist, R-Dallas, chairman of the Senate Committee on Vet- erans and Emergency Prepared- ness. “We probably aren’t going to have any fuel to do anything.” The Cascadia Rising exer- cise tested a scenario in which a massive quake strikes and dam- ages 10,000 Paciic Northwest buildings, bridges and struc- tures; forces more than 10,000 people into shelters; and causes about $50 billion in economic damages. Geologists believe the Paciic Northwest is at risk of a 9.0 or greater-magnitude earth- quake in the Cascadia Subduc- tion Zone. About 15 million people live in the subduction zone, which is roughly on the west of the Willamette Val- ley from British Columbia to Northern California. Catastrophic disaster The four-day simulation of the earthquake and tsunami started Tuesday, with Gov. Kate Brown declaring a catastrophic disaster and notifying federal R.J. Marx/The Daily Astorian The Seaside Carousel Mall. Carousel Mall goes up for sale Asking price is $4.1 million Danny Miller/EO Media Group An Idaho Army National Guard helicopter takes off after simulating a patient transport to a field hospital at Astoria Middle School Tuesday as part of the statewide Cascadia Rising earthquake exercise. and out-of-state authorities of the need for assistance. Dozens of drills around the state were held in the follow- ing days. Portland Fire and Rescue and the Air Force Reserve per- formed joint rescue and recov- ery operations, such as mass casualty treatment, rooftop extraction and collapsed space rescue operation. In Warrenton, about 800 sol- diers assembled at Camp Rilea and ran through a series of simu- lated rescue operations. Soldiers moved and broke up heavy boul- ders from a rubble pile to reach victims. They practiced bringing casualties to a centralized site and checked the area for chem- ical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive materials while decontaminating people suspected of exposure. Meanwhile, county emer- gency operations staff prac- ticed communicating and coor- dinating efforts with local agencies and military person- nel. They performed successful amateur radio operations with other emergency responders in the state and as far as Bothell, Washington. Weeks without electricity With the possibility of weeks without electricity, ama- teur radios may be the only way for emergency respond- ers to communicate, said Cory Grogan, a spokesman for the Oregon Ofice of Emergency Management. “It’s really clear that there is more work to be done in terms of being prepared, thinking through what you need to have in place in terms of folks ready to rock and roll and ready to go,” Brown said. “The reality is that, for example, for our National Guardsmen and women, we may only be able to activate 20 to 50 percent of them, and so what other resources can we deploy? How can we make sure we have the resources and tools we need as quickly as possible in this type of situation?” By NANCY McCARTHY The Daily Astorian Grogan said one thing he learned during the exercise was the need to develop scripted messages to streamline the pro- cess of notifying residents that they need to boil water and communicate other life-saving information. “You’re hearing a lot about the major mechanical aspects of this but those irst 36 to 72 hours where the life-saving measures are really going to be had is neighbor-to-neighbor looking out for each other, being able to assist, knowing that they have got those personal readiness kits ready as they wait out that fed- eral response,” said Maj. Gen. Michael Stencel, the adjutant general of Oregon. “Again a lot of roads and infrastructure is going to be coming down, and we are going to be relying on people to be able to look out for themselves and help their neigh- bor until that major logistical response is able to get on scene and take us to the next level.” Erick Bengel contributed to this report. SEASIDE — The Sea- side Carousel Mall is for sale with an asking price of $4.1 million. An entire city block, bor- dered by Broadway, Edge- wood, Oceanway and Down- ing streets, is included in the sale, said Thomas McDow- ell, senior commercial real estate broker at Norris & Stevens in Portland. His listing partner is Raymond Duchek. The total 33,106-square- foot area contains 21 shops, as well as the full-size car- ousel for which the mall is named. Current store leases will be maintained and assigned to the new owner, McDowell said. Zoned as commercial resort, the one-story building could go to four stories if the next owner wants to enlarge it, he added. Although he declined to reveal the amount of income the mall produces annually, he said it was “very good” and that the mall has no debt. Economic details will be released to a serious buyer after a conidentiality agree- ment is signed. The mall will be marketed to investors on the West Coast, as well as nationally and internationally. Developed by Port- land businessman Raymond Arthur Dodge in 1985, the mall stayed in the family even after Dodge’s death last year. The mall was built on the site of the old Bungalow Dance Hall, which began operating in the 1920s and was a draw for big dance bands in the 1940s. When the mall irst was built, a small, “portable” car- ousel, which traveled occa- sionally to other destina- tions, was installed. 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