Interesting concept I have not heard of before: Community Survival Caches

Cannon Beach, Oregon (population about 1,600) detailed a proposed plan for a community cache of post-quake survival kits. The kits -- contained in 55-gallon or smaller packages -- would be stored at a community location presumed safe from a tsunami. Essentially, safety deposit boxes for survival items.

There would be an annual storage fee of about $1 per gallon.

I haven't read the proposal in its entirety but am intrigued by the planning of people who are in the bullseye when The Big One or The Bigger One hit that region.

http://ci.cannon-beach.or.us/docs/News/Kit%20list%20A.pdf


Guide to packing a 55-gallon drum. Very strategicl worksheet.

http://ci.cannon-beach.or.us/docs/PS/cachecontainerworksheet.pdf


Map showing cache sites:

http://ci.cannon-beach.or.us/docs/PS/emergencycachesites.pdf

Powerpoint:
http://slideplayer.com/slide/4651910/

The city's main page

http://ci.cannon-beach.or.us/community/cachecontainer.html


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cool ... Cannon Beach just made my short list of places to retire...

I would have clicked the "Like" button, if there were one.

Here's a follow-up article. The plan came to fruition. And more good news: good ideas are contagious and other coastal towns are now replicating this program in their own communities.

http://blogs.uoregon.edu/cscenter/tag/emergency-preparedness-program-cannon-beach/


"...Three evacuation support sites will help provide shelter, water and food for the thousands of people in the area that are expected to be affected by a Cascadia Subduction Zone event. At the first site, two 20-foot shipping containers were placed on a concrete pad; each one can benefit about 700 people for at least four days. With the recent addition of two more sites, Cannon Beach can provide sustainable support for up to 4,200 survivors."

"...Each shipping container is loaded with three different types of supplies: family cache containers; medical, administrative, and support equipment; and tourist, employee and visitor kits. City emergency management personnel will open the containers in case of an emergency.

"Coastal families are invited to obtain storage containers at cost from the city and fill them with their own supplies, to be stored at the evacuation site nearest to their home.

"Families can choose from 55-gallon drums, 30-gallon barrels or 5-gallon buckets. The city also charges an annual maintenance fee based on the size of the container. The cost for a 55-gallon plastic barrel, for instance, is $57.90, plus $55 for the annual maintenance fee.


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More inspiration from Cannon Beach -- "Race the Wave" 5k run/walk along evacuation routes. Fittingly, the race begins on the beach.

The event ends with a Preparedness Fair.

http://www.active.com/cannon-beach-or/running/distance-running-races/race-the-wave-5k-2014?int


http://www.dailyastorian.com/CBG/news/20141010/race-the-wave-fun-run-teaches-disaster-preparedness

The idea is that by “going through the motions of creating that muscle memory,” people will automatically know what to do and where to go during “the Big One,” said Erin Ward, public relations director for Region X of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Eventually, the runners ended up at the two shipping containers on Elk Creek Road, where the emergency preparedness committee hosted a multi-agency “preparedness fair.”



Oceanlake, Oregon:

https://oregoncoastdailynews.wordpress.com/2015/04/21/disaster-supply-cache-in-at-oceanlake/


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Oh-oh, a damper on the Cannon Beach enthusiasm:


http://koin.com/2015/07/07/cannon-beach-reworking-emergency-preparedness-plan/

"...rethinking the plan because — although the sites do have some supplies and provisions for everyone — a disaster could create a rift in which only a select few have access to private stashes.

“Basically, a vision came to some of the people fighting for those things,” Adamson explained. “That didn’t create a good scene for us.”
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Interesting, I s'pose it was a good idea in theory, but if ever implemented all bets were off. In a real emergency with people thirsty, starving and cold, best intent and private property rights would have gone out the window. Private property held in a communal stockpile is something of a non sequitur . . .

OTOH a real community/publicly owned survival stash implies public spending of city/state tax revenue. Can Oregon communities do referendums?

I don't know about communities. There is a statewide referendum process.

They need to figure out a way to make it work or just have the guts to see it through. It's a great concept -- the government facilitating people taking charge of their own survival.

If I lived there I'd look for like-minded people to get together and do their own thing in that same vein.

I'd also see about keeping an RV at some elevation.


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Hey, Dagny, are you following the old Unix mailer convention that interprets a period in a line by itself as end of text?

Thanks, everyone, for your links!

Bingley,

I did not know such a convention existed. I simply don't like the formatting which cramps the text at the bottom.

My prose needs space....

;-)


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"Like" button back for the thread.

Next time I sojourn north to the N.Cascades I may detour from I-5 over to the 101 north of S.F., take I-580 and then waypoint Santa Rosa, CA to let the GPS direct the route. That will take me up the NOCAL and Oregon coast. If so, I'll plan the trip to stay the night in one of those coastal towns, but after Labor Day. I'll probably wait until the weather starts to get ugly.