Saturday, November 24, 2007
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Talking to you about CERT
Wayne Hill is a man of vision on the Longview Hills CERT team. For a long time Wayne has been after me to talk to you, our neighbors, about what you can do to help yourselves and the CERT team.
Newport CERT now has 80 members trained. That means there are 80 helpers for the first responders ranging from Glenn Eden Beach to Lost Creek in the South. Of those, 2 groups stand out. The Lost Creek group which trains and has drills and in many ways resembles our community in size. However, they have families of all ages and dwellings of different sizes located in heavily wooded and brushy areas.
The only team that trains week after week is the LVH CERT team. It is uniquely different and very well may be the only one of its kind in Oregon. We have very different parameters to work with than most others . The community is all elderly. Like it or not we are a bit more fragile than young people. We have medical needs throughout the community that may be rare in others. There are 265 of us with about 65 living a single life. CERT's mandate for handling disaster situations tells us we are to do the most good for the most people until help from primary first responders comes. Trouble is that the first responders have advised us that in case of a major disaster they likely will be overwhelmed for days... That translates into what we can do for ourselves will likely determine how our community survives.
What is predicted from say an earthquake of a high magnitude is that every creek, every gully, every depression north and south of LVH will crumple on 101. This will eliminate the use of automobiles as the roads will look very much like that section of road north of here alongside 101. Totally impassable for vehicles of any kind. Then there is the slides that go along with that.
The CERT team took the disaster training from the police, fire, Coast Guard and Red Cross. Our CERT team (LVH) has gone the extra mile in certifying our members in First Aid, CPR, and AED. Still we know we need more training and that is why we meet every week to practice and evolve disaster plans that are unique to LVH.
We have been two years in evolving a plan for our community that will work... We are becoming more and more proficient but we need your help now to complete this for our well being. The plan involves 3 components to be in place.
First, is a trained CERT team that is never going to be done.. They will only get better and more proficient.
Second, is a Neighborhood Watch Block Captain on every street and that is about 40% done. The Block Captains will call into CERT operations on their FRS radios with the number and locations in their areas of injured and trapped people.
Lastly, the LVH CERT team has about 14 people now.. We will not be able to continue over an extended time with so few (people get tired and need rest). There are 265 of you plus visitors and people from homes adjacent to the park and those trapped on 101. We are counting on people coming to the clubhouse to help and to take some of the load... We are pretty sure you will be there for us. Now here is the problem...
We think you can see that if you had some basic training in what we need it will make things go a lot smoother and the greatest good will be served... Wayne says, "Ron, why don't you tell the community that they don't have to go through the CERT school ...Just come up to the clubhouse and learn the jobs that we will need help with?". "They could come to our drills and just learn what we are going to need help with.". "They don't have to go to school or anything."
Let's give you an example. During a drill we use 2 CERT people to put pins in a map indicating where teams and injured are. That's 2 CERT people doing a job that anybody can do with 15 minutes training. Those 2 CERT people could be out in the field helping people but we have to use them to put pins in the map. You could do that for us. We have to use 2 to4 CERT members to act as ambulance crews to transport injured to the clubhouse. If you could do that you would free up enoughCERTs for two rescue teams. And so it goes... Wayne says you don't have to take the course to help and you don't have to show up at every meeting to learn some simple tasks.
Come to our Wednesday meetings at 11:00am to noon every week except the last Wednesday of the month. Give us a hand.
Wayne Hill is a man of vision on the Longview Hills CERT team. For a long time Wayne has been after me to talk to you, our neighbors, about what you can do to help yourselves and the CERT team.
Newport CERT now has 80 members trained. That means there are 80 helpers for the first responders ranging from Glenn Eden Beach to Lost Creek in the South. Of those, 2 groups stand out. The Lost Creek group which trains and has drills and in many ways resembles our community in size. However, they have families of all ages and dwellings of different sizes located in heavily wooded and brushy areas.
The only team that trains week after week is the LVH CERT team. It is uniquely different and very well may be the only one of its kind in Oregon. We have very different parameters to work with than most others . The community is all elderly. Like it or not we are a bit more fragile than young people. We have medical needs throughout the community that may be rare in others. There are 265 of us with about 65 living a single life. CERT's mandate for handling disaster situations tells us we are to do the most good for the most people until help from primary first responders comes. Trouble is that the first responders have advised us that in case of a major disaster they likely will be overwhelmed for days... That translates into what we can do for ourselves will likely determine how our community survives.
What is predicted from say an earthquake of a high magnitude is that every creek, every gully, every depression north and south of LVH will crumple on 101. This will eliminate the use of automobiles as the roads will look very much like that section of road north of here alongside 101. Totally impassable for vehicles of any kind. Then there is the slides that go along with that.
The CERT team took the disaster training from the police, fire, Coast Guard and Red Cross. Our CERT team (LVH) has gone the extra mile in certifying our members in First Aid, CPR, and AED. Still we know we need more training and that is why we meet every week to practice and evolve disaster plans that are unique to LVH.
We have been two years in evolving a plan for our community that will work... We are becoming more and more proficient but we need your help now to complete this for our well being. The plan involves 3 components to be in place.
First, is a trained CERT team that is never going to be done.. They will only get better and more proficient.
Second, is a Neighborhood Watch Block Captain on every street and that is about 40% done. The Block Captains will call into CERT operations on their FRS radios with the number and locations in their areas of injured and trapped people.
Lastly, the LVH CERT team has about 14 people now.. We will not be able to continue over an extended time with so few (people get tired and need rest). There are 265 of you plus visitors and people from homes adjacent to the park and those trapped on 101. We are counting on people coming to the clubhouse to help and to take some of the load... We are pretty sure you will be there for us. Now here is the problem...
We think you can see that if you had some basic training in what we need it will make things go a lot smoother and the greatest good will be served... Wayne says, "Ron, why don't you tell the community that they don't have to go through the CERT school ...Just come up to the clubhouse and learn the jobs that we will need help with?". "They could come to our drills and just learn what we are going to need help with.". "They don't have to go to school or anything."
Let's give you an example. During a drill we use 2 CERT people to put pins in a map indicating where teams and injured are. That's 2 CERT people doing a job that anybody can do with 15 minutes training. Those 2 CERT people could be out in the field helping people but we have to use them to put pins in the map. You could do that for us. We have to use 2 to4 CERT members to act as ambulance crews to transport injured to the clubhouse. If you could do that you would free up enoughCERTs for two rescue teams. And so it goes... Wayne says you don't have to take the course to help and you don't have to show up at every meeting to learn some simple tasks.
Come to our Wednesday meetings at 11:00am to noon every week except the last Wednesday of the month. Give us a hand.
2007-11-22 23:02:11 (Mw 6.1) NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA 4.7 95.1
6.1 Mw - NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
Preliminary Earthquake Report Magnitude 6.1 Mw
Date-Time
* 22 Nov 2007 23:02:11 UTC
* 23 Nov 2007 06:02:11 near epicenter
* 22 Nov 2007 15:02:11 standard time in your timezone
Location 4.717N 95.051E
Depth 35 km
Distances
* 92 km (58 miles) SSW (200 degrees) of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
* 410 km (255 miles) SSE (153 degrees) of Misha, Nicobar Islands, India
* 419 km (260 miles) WNW (288 degrees) of Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
* 758 km (471 miles) WNW (284 degrees) of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 6.5 km; Vertical 0.0 km
Parameters Nph = 82; Dmin = 999.9 km; Rmss = 0.89 seconds; Gp = 61°
M-type = Mw; Version = 7
Event ID US 2007kabq ***This event supersedes event AT00240293.
Preliminary Earthquake Report Magnitude 6.1 Mw
Date-Time
* 22 Nov 2007 23:02:11 UTC
* 23 Nov 2007 06:02:11 near epicenter
* 22 Nov 2007 15:02:11 standard time in your timezone
Location 4.717N 95.051E
Depth 35 km
Distances
* 92 km (58 miles) SSW (200 degrees) of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
* 410 km (255 miles) SSE (153 degrees) of Misha, Nicobar Islands, India
* 419 km (260 miles) WNW (288 degrees) of Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
* 758 km (471 miles) WNW (284 degrees) of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 6.5 km; Vertical 0.0 km
Parameters Nph = 82; Dmin = 999.9 km; Rmss = 0.89 seconds; Gp = 61°
M-type = Mw; Version = 7
Event ID US 2007kabq ***This event supersedes event AT00240293.
What Makes Us Moral - A to Z Health Guide 2007 - TIME
What Makes Us Moral - A to Z Health Guide 2007 - TIME: "Human communities impose their own oughts, but they can vary radically from culture to culture. Take the phenomenon of Good Samaritan laws that require passersby to assist someone in peril. Our species has a very conflicted sense of when we ought to help someone else and when we ought not, and the general rule is, Help those close to home and ignore those far away. That's in part because the plight of a person you can see will always feel more real than the problems of someone whose suffering is merely described to you. But part of it is also rooted in you from a time when the welfare of your tribe was essential for your survival but the welfare of an opposing tribe was not—and might even be a threat."
Time for tidal extremes: The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.
Time for tidal extremes: The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.: "High tide is expected to hit 10.3 feet Friday at 10:04 a.m., followed by 10.6-foot high tides at 10:48 a.m. Saturday and 11:33 a.m. Sunday. The last time high tide hit 10.6 feet at that location was Jan. 11, 2005. In between will be some unusually low tides that will top minus 2 feet. That should provide a bit of rockhounding heaven."
A day or so ago.....
We tried to get the latest earthquake warning mailed to the webpage as it was happening.. It worked...sort of. The format they used turned the whole page white and made screwy things happen. So I've taken that feature out while I do some head scratching over the code.
However, we are replacing it with a pretty cool feature. Up at the top of the page where you see the NOAA icon click on the writing and you will see a map of all the earthquakes around the world. You can click on them to get information. Expand the map and see more details... Go play.. it's fun. You can't mess it up. When you are done arrow back to this page.. RT
We tried to get the latest earthquake warning mailed to the webpage as it was happening.. It worked...sort of. The format they used turned the whole page white and made screwy things happen. So I've taken that feature out while I do some head scratching over the code.
However, we are replacing it with a pretty cool feature. Up at the top of the page where you see the NOAA icon click on the writing and you will see a map of all the earthquakes around the world. You can click on them to get information. Expand the map and see more details... Go play.. it's fun. You can't mess it up. When you are done arrow back to this page.. RT
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Daily Pilot
Daily Pilot: "There is no place like home. When a disaster hits, stay at your home, or go to the CERT-designated command center (this assumes you and your neighbors have taken the initiative to organize a Community Emergency Response Team). Do not go to the police and fire stations. They will likely not be there. And putting more people on the road just makes it harder for the rescue personnel to get where they need to go. "
I know it's from Newport Beach ... but the message is clear. RT
I know it's from Newport Beach ... but the message is clear. RT
NewsGator Online
NewsGator Online: "'Finance is the art of passing money from hand to hand until it finally disappears.'"
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NewsGator Online: "'Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously aware of.'"
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NewsGator Online: "'You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too.'"
National Geographic News Photo Gallery: ''Ghost Chili'' Scares Off Elephants
National Geographic News Photo Gallery: ''Ghost Chili'' Scares Off Elephants: "A study by the New Mexico State University Chile Pepper Institute had previously revealed that the bhut jolokia, also know as the 'ghost chili,'' has more than a million Scoville heat units (SHU)—the scientific measurement of a chili's spiciness. The average jalapeno measures at about 10,000 SHU's. "
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Man-sized sea scorpion claw found
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Man-sized sea scorpion claw found: "The immense fossilised claw of a 2.5m-long (8ft) sea scorpion has been described by European researchers."
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | 'Popping' bubbles to treat cancer
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | 'Popping' bubbles to treat cancer: "They have built a device to beam waves of ultrasound into the body, generating bubbles at the site of a tumour. When these bubbles pop, they release energy as heat - killing rogue cells. The UK team plans to apply its new technique in clinical trials; it will be used in treating patients with kidney and liver tumours."
High tide forecasts prompt beach safety alert: The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.
High tide forecasts prompt beach safety alert: The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.: "Predictions for extremely large swings between high and low tides this week prompted the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department to urge extra caution among holiday beachcombers."
Monday, November 19, 2007
Solve a Mystery ... Have fun
This Mystery has not been solved by anyone but it is one that is causing some problems with the LVH Neighborhood Watch Radio network...
If you have an item you would like to offer as a reward for finding the source of the unwanted transmissions put it in the comments...
Let me explain what is happening... VOX... VOX is the culprit here. Voice Only Transmitting=VOX. This person we are looking for has this feature selected on their radio. What's it do? Well, it causes the radio to transmit when it hears a sound. You don't have to push the transmit button at all! It hears a sound and transmits.. Not a good thing! We want to show the person how not to have this selected.
What it's been doing is transmitting at night when people are asleep and in the early morning hours before most of us are awake. That wakes up the very few volunteers that monitor the Channel for emergencies 24/7 as it causes a loud tone to come over our radios. During the day it can be an aggravation too as responders wonder if it is someone trying to get help but can't talk. The same person clicks his transmit button a few times a day causing watchers of the channel to ask if there is a problem. So? Well, now we have 24/7 listeners aggravated to the point that they turn off their radios.. The system takes a real punch when this happens.
Here is what we know about the person... They have a cough, maybe a chronic one. They have a dog. They most likely are hard of hearing as we have tried to contact them many times when their radio transmits. We have had articles about this before and nothing resulted from that so the person may not have a computer.
I'm sending this article to Charley to publish in the newsletter...
Help us sleuth this out by asking your friends that have a radio to see the readout on the front of the radio and in tiny letters the word VOX will be displayed on the screen if it is them... Let us know what you find and we will come and fix their radio for them.
This Mystery has not been solved by anyone but it is one that is causing some problems with the LVH Neighborhood Watch Radio network...
If you have an item you would like to offer as a reward for finding the source of the unwanted transmissions put it in the comments...
Let me explain what is happening... VOX... VOX is the culprit here. Voice Only Transmitting=VOX. This person we are looking for has this feature selected on their radio. What's it do? Well, it causes the radio to transmit when it hears a sound. You don't have to push the transmit button at all! It hears a sound and transmits.. Not a good thing! We want to show the person how not to have this selected.
What it's been doing is transmitting at night when people are asleep and in the early morning hours before most of us are awake. That wakes up the very few volunteers that monitor the Channel for emergencies 24/7 as it causes a loud tone to come over our radios. During the day it can be an aggravation too as responders wonder if it is someone trying to get help but can't talk. The same person clicks his transmit button a few times a day causing watchers of the channel to ask if there is a problem. So? Well, now we have 24/7 listeners aggravated to the point that they turn off their radios.. The system takes a real punch when this happens.
Here is what we know about the person... They have a cough, maybe a chronic one. They have a dog. They most likely are hard of hearing as we have tried to contact them many times when their radio transmits. We have had articles about this before and nothing resulted from that so the person may not have a computer.
I'm sending this article to Charley to publish in the newsletter...
Help us sleuth this out by asking your friends that have a radio to see the readout on the front of the radio and in tiny letters the word VOX will be displayed on the screen if it is them... Let us know what you find and we will come and fix their radio for them.
SitNews - Column: But It's a Dry Rain! By Dave Kiffer
SitNews - Column: But It's a Dry Rain! By Dave Kiffer: "Suddenly, it started to rain. Actually, it was even less than an Oregon mist. It kinda felt like the clouds were just shedding a bit of perspiration, only it smelled better than that. Truth be told it was more like a bit of morning dew on the old noggin than a spot of rain. At least it seemed that way to the two Ketchikanites at the beach, my son and me. The other folks immediately sloshed out of the water, ran to gather up their towels and then headed for their cars or the nearest picnic shelter. Puuullleeeezzzzeee!"
But Recycling Is A Good Thing, Right?, Discarded Electronics Fuel To Global Trade That Endangers Workers And Pollutes - CBS News
But Recycling Is A Good Thing, Right?, Discarded Electronics Fuel To Global Trade That Endangers Workers And Pollutes - CBS News: "Most Americans think they're helping the earth when they recycle their old computers, televisions and cell phones. But chances are they're contributing to a global trade in electronic trash that endangers workers and pollutes the environment overseas. "
Watch the video
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Watch the video
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NewsGator Online
NewsGator Online: "Mark Twain 11/18/2007 5:00:00 PM [rss@quotationspage.com (Quotes of the Day)] 'If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.'"
New IRS Email Phishing Scam offers Refund - The Emergency Email & Wireless Network .......... www. EmergencyEmail.ORG ........ NewsEmergency.com
New IRS Email Phishing Scam offers Refund - The Emergency Email & Wireless Network .......... www. EmergencyEmail.ORG ........ NewsEmergency.com: " Updated Nov. 2007 - In a variation, an e-mail scam claims to come from the IRS and the Taxpayer Advocate Service (a genuine and independent organization within the IRS whose employees assist taxpayers with unresolved tax problems). The e-mail says that the recipient is eligible for a tax refund and directs the recipient to click on a link that leads to a fake IRS Web site. The IRS recommends that recipients do not click on links in, or open any attachments to, e-mails they receive that are unsolicited or that come from unknown"
Sunday, November 18, 2007
CELEBRATION OF LIFE
MARIAN ROGERS CELEBRATION OF LIFE
TUESDAY
NOVEMBER 20TH
10: 00 AM
LONGVIEW HILLS CLUB HOUSE
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TUESDAY
NOVEMBER 20TH
10: 00 AM
LONGVIEW HILLS CLUB HOUSE
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U.S. fuels toxic trade in electronic junk - USATODAY.com
U.S. fuels toxic trade in electronic junk - USATODAY.com: "Most Americans think they're helping the earth when they recycle their old computers, televisions and cellphones. But chances are they're contributing to a global trade in electronic trash that endangers workers and pollutes the environment overseas. While there are no precise figures, activists estimate that 50 to 80% of the 300,000 to 400,000 tons of electronics collected for recycling in the United States each year ends up overseas. Workers in countries such as China, India and Nigeria then use hammers, gas burners and their bare hands to extract metals, glass and other recyclables, exposing themselves and the environment to a cocktail of toxic chemicals."
News - StatesmanJournal.com
News - StatesmanJournal.com: "Helicopters help Oregon lead America's Christmas tree industry with 8 million shipped each holiday season"
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NewsGator Online
NewsGator Online: "'Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.'"
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