My Newport Cert Experience..
RT
On this Saturday morning a group of neighbors from LVH joined with other folks from our community of Newport, South Beach and Lost Creek to experience a kind of graduation ceremony.
We were the first class of this area’s Civilian Emergency Response Team. Today was the day that we put all of our training into play. We had been going to school for months and it was time to find out if we really had learned the lessons or not.
Everybody arrived at the National Guard Armory Building in Newport around 9am. We were given a review of the points we had learned from the many professionals who had shepparded us through our training. They clearly were anxious for us to succeed and their enthusiasm for the coming exercise was catching.
Soon the moment arrived and we were divided into groups of about 5 or 6. Each group was taken one at a time to the Old City Hall next to the National Guard Armory where our disaster had been brewed. A group would be gone for a half hour or so and then return and then the next group would leave.
Five of us were in the last group. We were Ed Simon, John Spangler, Bill Furgason, Rod McCready and me (Ron Thomas). As we left the building, Toby Cole the Assistant Fire Chief, gathered us together and explained our emergency scenario.
Newport had just experienced a 9.0 earthquake and since our community was ok we all found ourselves at the old city hall where we were told people could be heard yelling for help. A tsunami was eminent. People had been seen wandering aimlessly about the parking lot. Toby explained that he would be our observer/coach and needed us to verbalize what we were thinking as we approached all our problems.
The parking lot then was our staging area and of course it was raining. The first thing we did was to select the leader of our group. Based on his experience as a former police officer we chose Ed Simon. However, each and every one of us had been trained to be the leader because in a real emergency we would not always have the same people available.
Ed began documentation and assigned us into two man teams. From where we stood we could see the building was fed natural gas and a team was dispatched to turn it off. The building had to be surveyed from outside before we could enter and so that took place. Meanwhile, a young lady wandered on to the seen wanting help .. My first patient. She had a tag around her neck saying she was confused. We talked and we assessed her as ok but needing help. CERT members work rapidly not dwelling on any one patient for very long. Too keep her in place we asked her to stay where she was and yell if the fire truck arrived on scene and she seemed happy to have something to do. We tagged her green.. Within a few steps here comes another one with about the same problem so we made her an honorary Cert and asked if she would help us... Those 2 ladies agreed and we took them to the Triage area where they could help with the injured as we retrieved them.
Ed now assigned Rod McCready and myself as the triage team. Behind us would come Bill Furgason and John Spangler as the rescue team. Using procedures we had been taught, Rod and I searched every room for victims assessing their level of injury and marking them according their degree of severity then..moving on to the next. Behind us the rescue team was gathering victims and bringing them to the safe triage area for treatment.
As we felt each door for the heat of fire we came upon a victim covered in structural debris. Unfortunately he had no pulse and no breathing.. Marked as “passed on” and move on to the next room. Smoke! We smell smoke. Opening the door we find smoke being created for us by another volunteer and a simulated fire. Working as a team, Rod and I grab a fire extinguisher and put the fire out.
The next room has the Diamond symbol for hazardous material on it. We can’t go in because we have been taught not to go in such places. .. We yell, “Anybody in there??”. No answer. Move on. We are back in the hall now and hear cries for help coming from the next hall way that we are headed into. We answer, “Emergency Rescue Team .. We’re coming.” Using our through search techniques we will have to search 2 more rooms before we get to the cries for help. As we leave a room we put an x on it to indicate it’s been looked at. It’s like a maze in the dark. Without marking on the rooms you would be doing the same ones over again. Finally we clear the two rooms on our route and find ourselves in a hall blocked with fallen beams with people on the other side calling for help. The damage is beyond our capability to remove. We ask the victims if there is another way in and there is. We will have to come in another door. “We’ll be back we tell them”. Then we make our way back to the safe triage area where Bill and John have been bringing patients and report what we have done and found to Ed Simon... The exercise ended here.
It got to be pretty intense roll playing and had a very real feel about it. We all learned that we need to practice and iron out our procedures. We also learned we can do this and we can do it safely.
There will be another beginning CERT class coming in the future. The plan calls for our first group to help train the next group. So maybe we will see you soon?
Saturday, January 21, 2006
Our Entry Way LVH's
"GREAT PLACE TO CALL HOME"
A short article to let everyone know that I hope to start
calling the residents at Longview Hills this next week to
see if you are interested in being involved with the program
"Meet Your Neighbors at LVH's". Which the January newletter
gave all the information about it and also how it will
look. I hope most will have a thumbs up with this and get to
know what wonderful residents we have living here on the hill.
Thank you for your time and hope to see you soon, Charles Burke.
A short article to let everyone know that I hope to start
calling the residents at Longview Hills this next week to
see if you are interested in being involved with the program
"Meet Your Neighbors at LVH's". Which the January newletter
gave all the information about it and also how it will
look. I hope most will have a thumbs up with this and get to
know what wonderful residents we have living here on the hill.
Thank you for your time and hope to see you soon, Charles Burke.
11 indicted in eco-crime wave
11 indicted in eco-crime wave: "11 indicted in eco-crime wave
Northwest arsons - Federal officials say a secret 'family' of saboteurs left a trail of damage across five states
FACTBOX
• The indictment
Saturday, January 21, 2006
BRYAN DENSON
The saboteurs took oaths of secrecy and called themselves 'The Family.' They built a variety of firebombs, including a unique one called the Cat's Cradle. They scouted their targets, took dry runs. Then they dressed in black, donned masks and carried two-way radios, and struck time after time in five states, according to a federal indictment made public Friday in Portland."
Northwest arsons - Federal officials say a secret 'family' of saboteurs left a trail of damage across five states
FACTBOX
• The indictment
Saturday, January 21, 2006
BRYAN DENSON
The saboteurs took oaths of secrecy and called themselves 'The Family.' They built a variety of firebombs, including a unique one called the Cat's Cradle. They scouted their targets, took dry runs. Then they dressed in black, donned masks and carried two-way radios, and struck time after time in five states, according to a federal indictment made public Friday in Portland."
Web Edition - NewsGator Online
Web Edition - NewsGator Online: "Elvis Presley
'I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.'"
'I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.'"
Web Edition - NewsGator Online
Web Edition - NewsGator Online: "Arthur Schopenhauer
'We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.'"
'We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.'"
OregonLive.com: SportsFlash - Campbell maintains Hope Classic lead
OregonLive.com: SportsFlash - Campbell maintains Hope Classic lead:
1/21/2006, 1:58 a.m. PT
By KEN PETERS
The Associated Press
PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) ? Chad Campbell wants his golf game to be consistent. His play has been solid as a rock in the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, with three rounds in the 60s ? and one bogey.
'I think my short game has been a lot better,' Campbell said Friday after his 4-under 68 gave him a four-shot lead over Scott Verplank and John Senden. 'I've been getting the ball up and down."
1/21/2006, 1:58 a.m. PT
By KEN PETERS
The Associated Press
PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) ? Chad Campbell wants his golf game to be consistent. His play has been solid as a rock in the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, with three rounds in the 60s ? and one bogey.
'I think my short game has been a lot better,' Campbell said Friday after his 4-under 68 gave him a four-shot lead over Scott Verplank and John Senden. 'I've been getting the ball up and down."
Looking ahead by looking back
Looking ahead by looking back:
The Seahawks will rely on whatever postseason experience they have
FACTBOX
? NFL playoffs
? NFL playoffs
Saturday, January 21, 2006
JOHN HUNT
It has been a long time -- 22 years -- since the Seattle Seahawks have played in a conference championship. And that game, in 1984 against the Los Angeles Raiders, must have seemed almost as long as the drought that followed. "
The Seahawks will rely on whatever postseason experience they have
FACTBOX
? NFL playoffs
? NFL playoffs
Saturday, January 21, 2006
JOHN HUNT
It has been a long time -- 22 years -- since the Seattle Seahawks have played in a conference championship. And that game, in 1984 against the Los Angeles Raiders, must have seemed almost as long as the drought that followed. "
McMillan, Patterson clash again: "Ruben Patterson says he's 'frustrated' after coach Nate McMillan throws him out of Friday's practice
FACTBOX
? The Blazers
Saturday, January 21, 2006
JASON QUICK
Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan dismissed Ruben Patterson from practice Friday before the team's workout began, marking at least the second disagreement this season between the no-nonsense coach and the volatile, outspoken player.
'Something happened this morning, but until I talk to management and everybody about it, I won't go into details,' McMillan said. 'He was at practice this morning and was dismissed. And I dismissed him.' "
FACTBOX
? The Blazers
Saturday, January 21, 2006
JASON QUICK
Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan dismissed Ruben Patterson from practice Friday before the team's workout began, marking at least the second disagreement this season between the no-nonsense coach and the volatile, outspoken player.
'Something happened this morning, but until I talk to management and everybody about it, I won't go into details,' McMillan said. 'He was at practice this morning and was dismissed. And I dismissed him.' "
Friday, January 20, 2006
USED COMPUTER EQUIPM
USED COMPUTER EQUIPMENT DRAWING
RT
During The course of building the new computer lab it is necessary to remove the older equipment now in service. With that in mind Jim Rose and I spent today disconnecting and moving the old computers and associated equipment to a table out by the pool table. It is there for your inspection until Thursday, January 26th.
On Thursday at 1:00pm we will draw names and the first place will be able to pick any one complete computer system or any individual piece of equipment they want. 2nd place will then be offered the same deal and so on until all have what they want. The remaining components will then be sent to the dump.
Meanwhile, You will notice that there are 2 new computers hooked up and operational in the lab as well as the old one hooked to the internet by dial-up connection. If you want to play with the new additions it’s ok go ahead. There are places for other computers as they become available from Jim Dobbs. The places are set the way we want them for classes please do not move or borrow the equipment that is there. Please do not bring any other equipment to the lab room.
Ron Gibbs gave us a wireless router.. new in the box. This means we may send back the one we just bought. It also means we are one step closer to wifi high speed internet throughout the clubhouse.. Thanks Ron for your considerate donation.
We are making progress all be it slowly and have had a few setbacks but the good out weighs the bad.
There has been a movement of the scale and exercise bike to the card/craft room to make room for the lab expansion. We got permission from management to do that. The TV will remain in the lab as it is a valuable tool for the instructor to display from his/her laptop what is being taught. Also, the card room has no cable connection.
RT
During The course of building the new computer lab it is necessary to remove the older equipment now in service. With that in mind Jim Rose and I spent today disconnecting and moving the old computers and associated equipment to a table out by the pool table. It is there for your inspection until Thursday, January 26th.
On Thursday at 1:00pm we will draw names and the first place will be able to pick any one complete computer system or any individual piece of equipment they want. 2nd place will then be offered the same deal and so on until all have what they want. The remaining components will then be sent to the dump.
Meanwhile, You will notice that there are 2 new computers hooked up and operational in the lab as well as the old one hooked to the internet by dial-up connection. If you want to play with the new additions it’s ok go ahead. There are places for other computers as they become available from Jim Dobbs. The places are set the way we want them for classes please do not move or borrow the equipment that is there. Please do not bring any other equipment to the lab room.
Ron Gibbs gave us a wireless router.. new in the box. This means we may send back the one we just bought. It also means we are one step closer to wifi high speed internet throughout the clubhouse.. Thanks Ron for your considerate donation.
We are making progress all be it slowly and have had a few setbacks but the good out weighs the bad.
There has been a movement of the scale and exercise bike to the card/craft room to make room for the lab expansion. We got permission from management to do that. The TV will remain in the lab as it is a valuable tool for the instructor to display from his/her laptop what is being taught. Also, the card room has no cable connection.
Ethics reform packages leave gaping loopholes
Ron says.. read this..
Ethics reform packages leave gaping loopholes: "Ethics reform packages leave gaping loopholes
Beware investing too much hope in congressional plans to restrict the ways money may be used to buy influence
Friday, January 20, 2006
In trying to make sense out of the corrupt-lobbying scandal that's been rocking the nation's capital, don't just follow the money.
Follow the airplanes.
If Republicans and Democrats were sincere about cleaning up congressional ethics, they would prohibit the most powerful members of Congress from accepting offers of princely trips by private jet. These are highly prized perks, routinely provided by moneyed interests seeking favors in Washington, D.C. Yet a ban on such pampering is nowhere to be found in the reform proposals laid out this week by House and Senate leaders from both political parties."
Ethics reform packages leave gaping loopholes: "Ethics reform packages leave gaping loopholes
Beware investing too much hope in congressional plans to restrict the ways money may be used to buy influence
Friday, January 20, 2006
In trying to make sense out of the corrupt-lobbying scandal that's been rocking the nation's capital, don't just follow the money.
Follow the airplanes.
If Republicans and Democrats were sincere about cleaning up congressional ethics, they would prohibit the most powerful members of Congress from accepting offers of princely trips by private jet. These are highly prized perks, routinely provided by moneyed interests seeking favors in Washington, D.C. Yet a ban on such pampering is nowhere to be found in the reform proposals laid out this week by House and Senate leaders from both political parties."
U.S. official offers assurances on Medicare
Ron Says.. sounds like FEMA and New Orleans doesn't it?
U.S. official offers assurances on Medicare: "U.S. official offers assurances on Medicare
Health - Michael Leavitt gives Oregon few specifics on how the prescription drug plan will be fixed
Friday, January 20, 2006
JANIE HAR
SALEM -- The Bush administration's top human services chief reassured Oregonians of the benefits of the new Medicare drug program Thursday but offered few specifics on how the federal government would fix problems created by the plan.
Medicare Part D, which pays for some prescription drugs for senior citizens, started Jan. 1. Since then, recipients have clogged help lines with their questions and complaints, and pharmacists have spent hours on the phone tracking down patients' coverage."
U.S. official offers assurances on Medicare: "U.S. official offers assurances on Medicare
Health - Michael Leavitt gives Oregon few specifics on how the prescription drug plan will be fixed
Friday, January 20, 2006
JANIE HAR
SALEM -- The Bush administration's top human services chief reassured Oregonians of the benefits of the new Medicare drug program Thursday but offered few specifics on how the federal government would fix problems created by the plan.
Medicare Part D, which pays for some prescription drugs for senior citizens, started Jan. 1. Since then, recipients have clogged help lines with their questions and complaints, and pharmacists have spent hours on the phone tracking down patients' coverage."
Traffic fatalities
Traffic fatalities: "Oregon State Police have identified a man who has been missing since his car went into the Yaquina River off Oregon 20 as Ricardo Reyes Rodriguez, 22, of Newport. The green Dodge Stratus went into the river Jan. 11. Searchers found the car Jan. 14."
Google fights US gov't request for search data - Law & Policy - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com: "Google fights US gov't request for search data
Bush demands 'text of each search string entered' in battle over web porn
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By Declan McCullagh and Elinor Mills
Published: Friday 20 January 2006
Federal prosecutors preparing to defend a controversial web pornography law in court have asked AOL, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! to hand over millions of search records - a request that Google is adamantly refusing."
Bush demands 'text of each search string entered' in battle over web porn
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By Declan McCullagh and Elinor Mills
Published: Friday 20 January 2006
Federal prosecutors preparing to defend a controversial web pornography law in court have asked AOL, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! to hand over millions of search records - a request that Google is adamantly refusing."
America, United States, Times Online, The Times, Sunday Times: "Yahoo admits it let White House access its databases
By Jenny Booth and agencies
Yahoo has admitted that it granted the US Government access to its search engine's databases this summer, as a battle develops over the right to privacy in cyberspace.
Google, by contrast, promised last night to fight vigorously
By Jenny Booth and agencies
Yahoo has admitted that it granted the US Government access to its search engine's databases this summer, as a battle develops over the right to privacy in cyberspace.
Google, by contrast, promised last night to fight vigorously
Ron says... this is what big industry can do.. it's all about $. Notice the small fine. Think about the ship breaking deal in Newport.
USATODAY.com - FirstEnergy to pay $28M fine, saying workers hid damage: "FirstEnergy to pay $28M fine, saying workers hid damage
CLEVELAND (AP) — Acknowledging that its employees covered up serious damage at a nuclear power plant, the facility's owner has agreed to pay $28 million in fines, restitution and community service projects, the U.S. Justice Department announced Friday.
Inspectors found an acid leak in 2002 that nearly ate through a 6-inch steel cap on the reactor vessel at the Davis-Besse plant owned by FirstEnergy Corp. Officials said it was the most extensive corrosion ever seen at a U.S. nuclear reactor."
USATODAY.com - FirstEnergy to pay $28M fine, saying workers hid damage: "FirstEnergy to pay $28M fine, saying workers hid damage
CLEVELAND (AP) — Acknowledging that its employees covered up serious damage at a nuclear power plant, the facility's owner has agreed to pay $28 million in fines, restitution and community service projects, the U.S. Justice Department announced Friday.
Inspectors found an acid leak in 2002 that nearly ate through a 6-inch steel cap on the reactor vessel at the Davis-Besse plant owned by FirstEnergy Corp. Officials said it was the most extensive corrosion ever seen at a U.S. nuclear reactor."
Coastal landscape shifts from relentless rainfall
A great read
Coastal landscape shifts from relentless rainfall: "Coastal landscape shifts from relentless rainfall
Toll booth - A Yaquina Head area aide gets a scare as trees tilt and earth cascades down
Friday, January 20, 2006
LORI TOBIAS
NEWPORT -- The first sign of trouble came when Paula Cline-Jones heard something cracking. She looked out the window of the tiny toll booth at the entrance of the Yaquina Head natural area and knew something wasn't right.
'The trees at the top of the hill were falling toward each other,' Cline-Jones recalled. 'Then I noticed a wedge of land coming away and sliding down from the top.'
At first, it was like watching slow-motion television, she said. Then the slow-moving slide began picking up speed, sweeping soil, sand and trees into its mass, and the 51-year-old visitors aide found herself looking for an escape."
Coastal landscape shifts from relentless rainfall: "Coastal landscape shifts from relentless rainfall
Toll booth - A Yaquina Head area aide gets a scare as trees tilt and earth cascades down
Friday, January 20, 2006
LORI TOBIAS
NEWPORT -- The first sign of trouble came when Paula Cline-Jones heard something cracking. She looked out the window of the tiny toll booth at the entrance of the Yaquina Head natural area and knew something wasn't right.
'The trees at the top of the hill were falling toward each other,' Cline-Jones recalled. 'Then I noticed a wedge of land coming away and sliding down from the top.'
At first, it was like watching slow-motion television, she said. Then the slow-moving slide began picking up speed, sweeping soil, sand and trees into its mass, and the 51-year-old visitors aide found herself looking for an escape."
Newport News-Times: Coastal Coho stakeholders to meet in Newport
Newport News-Times: Coastal Coho stakeholders to meet in Newport: "Coastal Coho stakeholders to meet in Newport
Oregon's Coastal Coho Stakeholder Team will meet Friday, Jan. 20 in Newport to continue working on conservation actions to benefit coastal coho salmon.
The stakeholder team advises both the State of Oregon and the National Marine Fisheries Service on Oregon's Coastal Coho Project. Members of the team represent fish conservation, fishing, private land, timber, agricultural, tribal and other interests.
The meeting is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 5p.m. at the Hallmark Inn and Resort, 744 SW Elizabeth Street. Public comments will be accepted at 10:45 a.m.
More information about the Coastal Coho Project and the stakeholder team can be found at www.oregon-plan.org. "
Oregon's Coastal Coho Stakeholder Team will meet Friday, Jan. 20 in Newport to continue working on conservation actions to benefit coastal coho salmon.
The stakeholder team advises both the State of Oregon and the National Marine Fisheries Service on Oregon's Coastal Coho Project. Members of the team represent fish conservation, fishing, private land, timber, agricultural, tribal and other interests.
The meeting is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 5p.m. at the Hallmark Inn and Resort, 744 SW Elizabeth Street. Public comments will be accepted at 10:45 a.m.
More information about the Coastal Coho Project and the stakeholder team can be found at www.oregon-plan.org. "
Do Seahawks have an answer for the elusive Mr. Smith?
Do Seahawks have an answer for the elusive Mr. Smith?: "Do Seahawks have an answer for the elusive Mr. Smith?
Seattle players are tight-lipped about any possible defensive tactics to slow Carolina's All-Pro wide receiver
FACTBOX
? NFL playoffs
Friday, January 20, 2006
GEOFFREY C. ARNOLD
The Seattle Seahawks' defensive mission in the NFC championship game is obvious: Stop Steve Smith.
The All-Pro receiver has sprinted past the New York Giants and Chicago Bears in the first two rounds of the playoffs. The Bears tried to double-cover Smith, and he finished the game with 218 yards receiving, 26 yards rushing and two touchdowns in the Carolina Panthers' 29-21 win"
Seattle players are tight-lipped about any possible defensive tactics to slow Carolina's All-Pro wide receiver
FACTBOX
? NFL playoffs
Friday, January 20, 2006
GEOFFREY C. ARNOLD
The Seattle Seahawks' defensive mission in the NFC championship game is obvious: Stop Steve Smith.
The All-Pro receiver has sprinted past the New York Giants and Chicago Bears in the first two rounds of the playoffs. The Bears tried to double-cover Smith, and he finished the game with 218 yards receiving, 26 yards rushing and two touchdowns in the Carolina Panthers' 29-21 win"
Hass' latest hassle
Hass' latest hassle: "Hass' latest hassle
Questions about Mike Hass' speed continue to haunt the receiver as the NFL draft draws near
FACTBOX
? East-West Shrine Game
Friday, January 20, 2006
PAUL BUKER
Imagine that. Somebody telling Mike Hass he isn't good enough.
It seems Hass, the former Oregon State walk-on who became a consensus first-team All-American and won the Biletnikoff Award as the nation's outstanding receiver, is getting dissed by the Senior Bowl.
Hass broke records at OSU, but despite some glowing recommendations, he can't break into the North squad lineup for the Jan. 28 game in Mobile, Ala., which showcases players expected to be picked in the first three rounds of the April 29-30 NFL draft.
'I'm over it,' said Hass, who is in San Antonio practicing for Saturday's East-West Shrine Game at the Alamodome. 'If they don't want me, they don't want me. "
Questions about Mike Hass' speed continue to haunt the receiver as the NFL draft draws near
FACTBOX
? East-West Shrine Game
Friday, January 20, 2006
PAUL BUKER
Imagine that. Somebody telling Mike Hass he isn't good enough.
It seems Hass, the former Oregon State walk-on who became a consensus first-team All-American and won the Biletnikoff Award as the nation's outstanding receiver, is getting dissed by the Senior Bowl.
Hass broke records at OSU, but despite some glowing recommendations, he can't break into the North squad lineup for the Jan. 28 game in Mobile, Ala., which showcases players expected to be picked in the first three rounds of the April 29-30 NFL draft.
'I'm over it,' said Hass, who is in San Antonio practicing for Saturday's East-West Shrine Game at the Alamodome. 'If they don't want me, they don't want me. "
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