Disaster Preparedness in the Shores
First I want to thank the following Shores residents for organizing another great November event on Disaster Preparedness:
* Ramona Ambrozic
* Shannon Guzzeta
* Mike Mancusi
Hopefully we can hold this event at least once each year. Given the overwhelming response, maybe more often?
I do want to reinforce one more time the need for you and your family to be personally prepared. We live on an island that is physically separated from our neighbors by water on three sides and a multi-lane freeway on the fourth. In a large disaster, we will be on our own!
I don’t think we can begin to understand the total disruption that a truly large seismic event would bring. You MUST assume that:
- There will be NO emergency services in the Shores. ALL remaining fire & police resources will be pulled toward hospitals or other centers deemed more critical than our neighborhood.
- You will have NO electricity or gas service.
- You will have NO city water.
- You may have absolutely NO way to communicate with the outside world! NO telephone or cell phone service, NO cable television, NO internet service!
- Your ONLY source of information may be AM radio (KCBS).
All Shores residents should plan for such a disaster as though we will be without the most basic services for some period of time, possibly a week or more. Again, BE PREPARED!
How Can You Help in an Emergency?
Think about what skills or equipment you have that might be of use to your neighbors in an emergency.
- If you have military or any medical training, you can help.
- If have a ham radio and are not already a member of our Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), you can help.
- If you have a motorcycle or ATV that might be able to get around on broken or blocked streets, you can help.
- If you have a gas-powered chain saw that could clear downed trees, you can help.
Be prepared to find and go to the local emergency response center. (This may not be a shelter, just a coordination center.) That spot will probably be next to the fire station on Redwood Shores Pky, or it might be one of our schools, the library, or one of the commercial buildings in the Shores. It will depend on what location best survived. Listen to AM radio for the exact location.
RSCA’s Median Signs
The roadway median signs on Marine Pky and Redwood Shores Pky just before you reach Bridge Pky belong to your community association. RSCA has maintained and posted the messages on these signs for over 30 years.
Almost every resident of the Shores passes RSCA’s roadway median signs on the way home, and we use these signs as one more way to keep you informed (and sometimes reminded) about events and issues important to Shores residents.
Annual Meeting
Save the date for RSCA’s annual meeting, which will be held at the Redwood Shores Branch Library the evening of Wednesday, February 8, 2012. Come to hear from our City and school officials on issues that matter to the Shores. Look for more details in The PILOT in January.
Update on the Canada Geese: Other Opinions
We have been working closely with federal and state wildlife officials for almost six months now to find out what we can and can not do to help mitigate the problem of the increasing amount of goose feces left in our parks and on our walkways. We do appreciate the many notes & emails of support received from both residents and businesses in the Shores. But we also respect and appreciate that this is a diverse community with varying opinions about both “the problem” and any proposed solutions.
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— Harris Rogers, RSCA President