Emergency Preparedness

Emergency Preparedness Contact Marilyn Ellwood 503-799-8444 ellwood4292@comcast.net

All residents should have a red booklet titled “Charbonneau Country Club Emergency Preparedness Plan,” in which you will find information about readiness planning for your own home. In addition, there are specific CHOA related materials included in the CCC packet for your reference.

The red booklets are being distributed to new residents in their welcome meeting or they have been left behind by the previous owner. If you do not have this red booklet about emergency preparedness in your home, contact our CHOA New Resident Liaison, Mary Fieweger at 503-519-4388 or maryfieweger4@gmail.com

CHOA Disaster Plan — Core Principle: “Shelter in Place”

Stay in your home and take care of your family and household safety
Follow the guidelines in the CCC Emergency Preparedness Plan, starting with “What to Do NOW!
The CHOA Emergency Preparedness Team will gather at Rec Hall C, adjacent to the pool on Lafayette Way.
Emergency Preparedness Team members will begin checking all CHOA neighborhoods.
Households with the “HELP” sign displayed will be assisted first.
After assessing the impact of the disaster, the Emergency Preparedness Team members will develop a Disaster Response Plan.
The CHOA Disaster Response Plan details will be communicated either door-to-door or via available communication technology.

CHOA Emergency Preparedness Team

Team Leader: Marilyn Ellwood 503-799-8444 ellwood4292@comcast.net

Neighborhood	Captains	Phone	Email
A	No Captain
B	No Captain
C	Bob Miller Eric Hoem Mary Elting	503-840-0323 503-341-3996 503-830-5530	bkjcmiller@comcast.net erichoem@comcast.net maryelting.odell@gmail.com
E	No Captain
F	Al Landis Joe Fieweger	503-550-7263 503-317-8744	landisawl@gmail.com Joefieweger@yahoo.com
G	Gary DiCenzo	503-750-2650	gdicenzo@comcast.net

BE INFORMED, MAKE A PLAN

Articles

A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST LOOKS EVEN LIKELIER
There is a 17 to 20 percent chance that northern Oregon will be hit by a magnitude-8 quake in the next 50 years.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST MEGA-QUAKE IS DECADES OVERDUE • 7/15/15
Pacific Northwest Mega-Quake Is Decades Overdue • 7/15/15 •

July 15th, 2015 • The coast of the Pacific Northwest is decades overdue for a magnitude 9.2 quake. The region has experienced 41 such quakes over the past 10,000 years, an average of one every 240 years. It has been 315 years since the last quake of that magnitude, making the next quake approximately 75 years overdue.

Scientist Michio Kaku discusses the inevitability of the disaster with Fox News host Shepard Smith.
ONLY A MATTER OF TIME: THE DISASTER AWAITING PACIFIC NORTHWEST
CBS Sunday Morning — Mar 6, 2016

Five years ago a 9.0 mag earthquake and tsunami devastated eastern Japan in 2011, and scientists say it’s a question of when, not If, it happens here in the Pacific Northwest; research shows the region is overdue for a major quake. To prepare for a devastating natural disaster, officials are drawing up evacuation plans and greenlighting seismic upgrades. Don Dahler has a report on the efforts some communities are making.