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A6 THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2018 Bend would be worst-case scenario command center in big earthquake Associated Press BEND — A new state report says Bend would be the center of the state’s emer- gency response in the worst- case scenario of a cata- strophic earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the Oregon Coast. The Bulletin reported that the Oregon National Guard Youth Challenge Program’s Bend campus is the fallback site for the state’s Emergency Coordinating Center if the command center and two other locations in Salem are knocked out. The Bend site was listed as backup Emergency Coor- dinating Center in the state’s newly revised Cascadia Play- book, a 100-page outline of actions to be taken in the fi rst hours and days after the disaster. The playbook cov- ers the fi rst two weeks after an earthquake. Scientists have predicted a possible 9.0 scale earth- quake and subsequent tsu- nami along the 700-mile sub- duction zone could kill up to 25,000 people in the Pacifi c Northwest. Areas east of the Cascades are expected to escape with light to moderate damage. That could make Bend the linchpin in state plans for a worst-case scenario disaster. “The youth facility has plenty of capacity for people to bunk down, IT capability and communications facil- ities,” said Andrew Phelps, director of the state Offi ce of Emergency Management. Oregon Youth Challenge Program is a tuition-free, residential alternative high school associated with the National Guard that draws at-risk students from across Oregon. The campus 9 miles east of Bend is undergoing a $10 million renovation and build- ing program to expand its facilities, including a new dormitory. Buildings are also being seismically retrofi t- ted to withstand earthquakes. When work is completed, the campus will be able to house 240 students. Because Oregon lacks the major military bases of neighboring California and Washington state, the Red- mond Airport would also likely be a central staging ground if airfi elds at Port- land, Salem, Eugene, Med- ford and other points west of the Cascades are rendered unusable. “We don’t have that large federal footprint, like Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington, where you can expand operations with- out much additional plan- ning,” Phelps said. “We need to make sure we are on the same page as our federal partners about what they are going to bring, and when and where they are going to bring it.” Redmond Airport has two runways. Its principal run- way is 7,038 feet long. The secondary runway, at 7,006 feet long, has recently under- gone a $10.1 million upgrade to bring its lights and pav- ing up to Federal Aviation Administration standards. Nationwide internet outage affects CenturyLink customers Problems with 911 in Washington state Associated Press BOISE, Idaho — Many CenturyLink customers across the U.S. were with- out internet service amid a lengthy outage that even affected some Verizon customers. The outage began early in the day Thursday but by late Thursday night, the company tweeted that its engineers had identifi ed a “network element” that was affecting services and expected to fully restore services within hours. Pacifi c County, Wash- ington, residents received automated phone calls and emergency text notifi ca- tions Thursday night that the 911 emergency num- ber was likely to be inoper- able, the Chinook Observer reported. A follow-up noti- fi cation about 8:30 a.m. today advised residents that service had been restored. The Oregonian and The Columbian reported that the Clark County, Wash- ington, 911 center was down Thursday night, and that the outages appeared to be affecting 911 services statewide. 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