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• Quaking Communications – Oregon's Telecoms Aren't Preparing for the Big One Another great article by Nathan Gilles, Do you think your cell will work after an earthquake? Check it out…
• LiveScience Article: Oregon's Next Huge Earthquake: Not If, But When “More than 10,000 people killed. Bridges, dams, roadways and buildings — including Oregon’s State Capitol in Salem — in a state of utter collapse. No water, electricity, natural gas, heat, telephone service or gasoline — in some cases, for months. Economi
• USA Today : Oregon stockpilers ready for overdue earthquake Yumei Wang, a geohazards engineer for the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, has been studying earthquakes since the 1980s. Wang acknowledges that the Cascadia earthquake might not happen for decades, but it could also happen tomorrow an
• Oregonian: Scientists warn Oregon legislators of cataclysm when earthquake, tsunami strike SALEM — More than 10,000 people could die when — not if — a monster earthquake and tsunami occur just off the Pacific Northwest coast, a new study predicts.
• Oregonian: Earthquake preparedness – where to store your emergency supplies Shelly Meyer knows what supplies she should have on hand when Oregon’s big earthquake — supposedly long overdue — finally hits. But she’s stumped when it comes to figuring out where she should store these potentially life-saving items so she can make su
• Preps for Disaster Some Portlanders are taking initiative to prepare. For many, their home is their biggest asset. Not wanting to take any chances, southeast Portland resident David Moro just seismic retrofitted his 100-year-old house in hopes that it will remain on its fo