2024 GREAT SHAKEOUT EXERCISE on Thursday October 17
10:17 AM
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It's that special day of the year when we all “Drop, Cover, and Hold on”! It's the Great ShakeOut!
This is a Worldwide, National, State, County and Local Awareness and Exercise Event!!
Join millions of people worldwide who will “Drop, Cover, and Hold On.”
Participating is a great way for your family or organization to become better prepared to survive and recover more quickly from big earthquakes.
The Great ShakeOut serves as a stark reminder that preparedness is not an option, but a necessity.
Practice Saves Lives: The main objective of the Great ShakeOut is to practice what to do when an earthquake hits. Regular drills help individuals and communities develop muscle memory for responding effectively.
Raise Awareness: This event raises awareness about earthquake risks and the importance of being prepared. It encourages individuals, schools, businesses, and organizations to take action.
Community Resilience: A well-prepared community can better withstand the impact of an earthquake. The Great ShakeOut fosters a sense of collective responsibility to ensure that neighborhoods are ready to respond and recover.
Details for the Nehalem Bay area:
Participating Clusters:
Highlanders
Manzanita Beach
North Fork
Ridge Rats
Southsider
The Cottages
Assembly Areas:
Underhill Plaza
Fire Station 13
Nehalem City Park
Wheeler Upper Park
EVCNB GSO 2024 Timeline
10/16 Wednesday
10:00 am - EVCNB sends out a text notice advising folks to set an alarm to listen to KQMI at 10:17 on 10/17.
10/17 Thursday
10:17am - KQMI announces the start of the earthquake in their broadcast. (In a real earthquake, the shaking is your warning.) The announcer reminds listeners “This is the Great ShakeOut exercise. An earthquake has started. Get outside if you can. If not, Drop, Cover, and Hold on until shaking stops. In a real Cascadia event, shaking could last longer than 5 minutes. For this exercise, we will speed things up.” KQMI will give information about what to expect with instructions on what to do in case of such a real emergency.
When KQMI is done the announcer tells everyone, “The shaking has stopped. Grab your GoBag and Yellow Radio and go to your safe place, either a Neighborhood Gathering Site or Assembly Area. Tune your YR to your Zone Channel and check-in. This is an exercise.” People in participating Clusters are to grab their GoBags and YR and go to your Neighborhood Gathering Sites. Other listeners should go to a designated Assembly Area.
Meanwhile, at each safe location, the YR Lead person keeps a tally of arriving people on the Evacuation Location Report form.
ZNCs and Ham Net Controls start their nets and take check-ins.
10:30am - The Zone Net Controls (ZNCs) announce that the initial tsunami waves have arrived. (“This is the Great ShakeOut exercise. It has been 12 minutes since the shaking stopped. The initial tsunami waves have started to arrive. We hope you have arrived at your safe location. This is an exercise.”)
10:30-11:15am - ZNCs ask for YR Leads to send their Evacuation Report Forms to their Zone Ham.
10:30 - 11:30am - Zone Hams pass their evacuation report forms to NKNRPT Net Control.
11:30am - NKNRPT Net Control switches to HEBO22 (channel 001), checks-in and passes a report summary to the Tillamook EOC. The reports are also delivered via Winlink radio email to the TC Emergency Manager.
12:00pm - Exercise ends.
