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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Thursday, January 21, 2016 Emergency planners prepare for deadly ‘Big One’ earthquake By TERRENCE PETTY Associated Press — Lt. Col. Clayton Braun, QHHUVZLOOEHVHQWLQWREHJLQ repairing an infrastructure WKDWFRXOGEHVKDWWHUHGLQWKH ZHVWHUQ ² DQG PRVW SRSX- ODWHG ² WKLUG RI WKH 3DFL¿F 1RUWKZHVW Worst-case scenarios VKRZ WKDW PRUH WKDQ EULGJHVLQ2UHJRQDQG:DVK- ington state could either FROODSVH RU EH VR GDPDJHG WKDWWKH\DUHXQXVDEOH The main coastal KLJKZD\ 86 5RXWH ZLOO VXIIHU KHDY\ GDPDJH from the shaking and from WKHWVXQDPL7UDI¿FRQ,QWHU- state 5 — one of the most important thoroughfares in WKHQDWLRQ²ZLOOOLNHO\KDYH WR EH UHURXWHG EHFDXVH RI large cracks in the pavement. %DVHFDPSVZLOOEHVHWXS for emergency responders coming in from across the country, planners say, as ZLOODUHDVIRUWKHGLVWULEXWLRQ of critical supplies such as ZDWHU IRRG WHQWV EODQNHWV and medical supplies. 7UDQVSRUWDEOH ZDWHU SXUL¿FDWLRQ V\VWHPV DQG emergency communications XQLWVZLOOEHGHSOR\HG Seattle, Portland and RWKHU XUEDQ DUHDV FRXOG VXIIHU FRQVLGHUDEOH GDPDJH such as the collapse of struc- WXUHVEXLOWEHIRUHFRGHVZHUH updated to take into account a mega-quake. Specially WUDLQHG XUEDQ VHDUFK DQG UHVFXH WHDPV ZRXOG EH VHQW to look for survivors in the UXLQVRIGHVWUR\HGEXLOGLQJV Phelps said he has learned WR OLYH ZLWK WKH WKUHDW IURP WKH &DVFDGLD 6XEGXFWLRQ =RQH 6WLOO ³LW¶V D OLWWOH XQVHWWOLQJ WR NQRZ WKDW LQ ¿YH PLQXWHV , PLJKW KDYH WR JUDE WKDW SOD\ERRN DQG call the governor,” among others. Washington State Army National Guard via AP In this July 2015 photo provided by the Washington State Army National Guard, a Washington National Guard UH- 60 Black Hawk helicopter, right, lands next to a Snohomish County Sheriff’s Department helicop- ter during exercise Evergreen Tremor, to prepare for a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake. U.S. history. 6LQFH%UDXQKDVOHG D WHDP DW ZRUN RQ SXWWLQJ together a military response plan for Washington state, to EHXVHGLQFRQMXQFWLRQZLWK HIIRUWV E\ VWDWH DQG IHGHUDO civilian agencies. Oregon’s response plan is called the Cascadia 3OD\ERRN QDPHG DIWHU WKH threatening offshore fault ²WKH&DVFDGLD6XEGXFWLRQ Zone. 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Hi 53 37 47 56 40 39 55 49 53 49 44 44 43 58 53 59 41 53 51 54 51 56 43 45 52 50 47 Lo 42 29 31 46 28 30 41 35 38 38 33 36 35 40 43 46 32 36 39 41 32 43 33 33 42 41 31 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W sh r c r c r c c c r r r r r c r c c c sh c c r c sh c c WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 28 66 55 43 71 14 38 54 29 94 47 Lo 10 57 37 39 40 2 27 34 8 75 35 W c sh pc pc pc pc s c s pc pc Fri. Hi 18 60 54 52 68 11 42 54 30 87 46 Lo -2 48 38 39 38 6 36 35 10 70 34 W pc r c r pc sn c s pc t pc WINDS Medford 60/42 Klamath Falls 45/37 (in mph) Today Friday Boardman Pendleton NNE 4-8 SE 7-14 WSW 3-6 S 7-14 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Cloudy today with a little rain. Periods of rain, some heavy tonight. Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly cloudy today; a shower in spots across the north. Western Washington: Periods of rain today and tonight. Cloudy tomorrow with a couple of showers. Eastern Washington: Ice in the mountains today; a snow, rain mix in the north late. Snow and rain near the Idaho border and in central sections. Cascades: Cloudy today. Periods of rain across the north; a passing shower in central parts. Northern California: Cloudy today; a morn- ing shower, then a little rain at the coast. 0 1 1 PORTLAND (AP) — Oracle, the primary tech contractor on the failed Cover Oregon health LQVXUDQFHH[FKDQJHSRUWDO is suing Oregon again. ,QDODZVXLW¿OHG Wednesday in Marion County Circuit Court, 2UDFOH,QFFODLPVWKHVWDWH reneged on a settlement DJUHHPHQWWKDWZDV UHDFKHGLQ2FWREHU7KH VRIWZDUHFRPSDQ\FODLPV WKHDJUHHPHQWZDVPDGH GXULQJDSKRQHFDOOEHWZHHQ DVHQLRU2UDFOHRI¿FLDODQG *RY.DWH%URZQ¶VIRUPHU chief of staff, Brian Shipley. 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The East OregonianZRUNVKDUGWREHDFFXUDWHDQG VLQFHUHO\UHJUHWVDQ\HUURUV,I\RXQRWLFHDPLVWDNHLQ WKHSDSHUSOHDVHFDOO ClassiÀed Advertising: FODVVL¿HGV#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP Copyright © 2016, EO Media Group ALMANAC PORTLAND (AP) — A FUDEELQJERDWFROOLGHG ZLWKDMHWW\RQWKH2UHJRQ FRDVWNLOOLQJRQH¿VKHUPDQ and triggering a search for WZRRWKHUVWKH86&RDVW Guard said Wednesday. $IRXUWKPDQDERDUGWKH vessel’s captain, survived. 3HWW\2I¿FHUUG&ODVV -RQDWKDQ.OLQJHQEHUJVDLG WKHFRPPHUFLDO¿VKLQJ ERDWVDQNDWDERXWSP Tuesday. The Coast Guard dispatched helicopters and ERDWVDQGIRXQGRQHERG\ early Wednesday. 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The Coast Guard said it had no reports that he needed to go to a hospital. &RPPHUFLDO¿VKLQJ regularly ranks as one of the nation’s most dangerous MREV7KH'LVFRYHU\ QHWZRUNVHULHV³'HDGOLHVW &DWFK´ZKLFKKLJKOLJKWV WKHGDQJHUVRI¿VKLQJLQ Alaska, announced last of the Washington State Army National Guard Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 49° 40° Fisherman dead, 2 missing after boat hits jetty “The response will be orders of magnitude larger than Hurricane Katrina or Super Storm Sandy.” PORTLAND — As mili- tary helicopters ferry search and rescue teams over the 3DFL¿F 1RUWKZHVW EHORZ them are scenes of devasta- tion from a giant earthquake that could strike the region at any time. 7VXQDPL ZDWHUV VXUJH through coastal communi- WLHV %XLOGLQJV EULGJHV DQG URDGVOLHLQUXLQV)LUHVEXUQ out of control. Survivors are stranded on rooftops, cling to ÀRDWLQJGHEULVRUDUHWUDSSHG LQVLGHZUHFNHGEXLOGLQJV Seismologists say a full rupture of a 650-mile-long offshore fault running from Northern California to %ULWLVK &ROXPELD DQG DQ ensuing tsunami could come in our lifetime, and emer- JHQF\ PDQDJHPHQW RI¿FLDOV DUH EXV\ SUHSDULQJ IRU WKH ZRUVW Federal, state and military RI¿FLDOV KDYH EHHQ ZRUNLQJ together to draft plans to EH IROORZHG ZKHQ WKH ³%LJ One” happens. 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