Map Your Neighborhood (MYN)
An overview
by
Pete Hubbard
5/29/2014
(V 1.1 - 5/30/2014)
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Our Objective
We hope that this presentation will encourage you to ...
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The Portage Canal Bridge
This is (a photoshop of) the Portage Canal Bridge which connects Port Hadlock with Indian and Marrowstone Island.
An earthquake may not cause it to collapse, but it will certainly be days, perhaps weeks before the state certifies that it is safe to use.
The Marrowstone Island Emergency Preparedness (MIEP) Team is preparing for this and other disasters.
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Areas vulnerable to a tsunami
There are over 200 households on MI that are vulnerable to a 10 foot (red) or 30 foot (orange) tsunami.
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The Nordland General Store
This is (a photoshop of) the Nordland General Store. It could be destroyed and Flagler Road could be littered with boats and debris and inaccessible for weeks.
The MIEP Team is developing an earthquake and tsunami response plan.
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Disasters
We live in a hazardous area!
There are many kinds of disasters.
In this presentation, we will consider a 9.0 magnitude megathrust earthquake and a tsunami 50 miles off our west coast.
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Megathrust earthquakes
A megathrust earthquake may occur at a subduction zone where one “stuck” tectonic plate could thrust up - then down - onto another plate producing a 9.0 or greater magnitude event lasting several minutes.
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9.0 - Tōhoku , Japan - 3/11/2011
At 10:46 PDT on March 11, 2011, a 9.0 megathrust earthquake - the fifth most powerful ever recorded - rattled Tōhoku, Japan and triggered a tsunami that reached 133 ft and killed over 15,000 people.
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Cascadia subduction zone (CSZ)
The Cascadia subduction zone is 50 miles off the coast of the Pacific Northwest and runs 680 miles from Vancouver Island to northern California.
It is a "megathrust" fault that could produce a 9.0 or greater earthquake.
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Cascadia subduction zone (CSZ)
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The MYN program
The MYN program - developed by WA State Emergency Management - is one of the tools we and other neighborhood preparedness organizations in Jefferson County (and Washington State) use to help our neighborhoods prepare for an emergency or disaster.
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From WA State Emergency Management
“ … In a disaster, traditional 9-1-1 and First Responder capabilities such as fire, police, medics, and utility personnel will be overwhelmed and unable to immediately assist individuals.
Preparing your neighborhood is vital. Neighbors will likely be the first ones to offer you assistance. Neighbors who are prepared are more effective in their response to a disaster and have an increased capacity to be self-sufficient for the first 72 hours after a disaster.” Source
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JC Neighborhood Preparedness Action Group* (NPREP)
There are over 120 NPREP neighborhoods in Jefferson County preparing for emergencies.
60 NPREP neighborhoods appear in this Port Townsend map.
They all use the MYN Program.
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Jefferson County
Bob Hamlin (Director of the Jefferson County’s Department of Emergency Management) says …
"The ability to deal with a crisis is largely dependent on the structures and relationships that have been developed before the emergency."
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“... structures and relationships ...”
Two “structures and relationships” which Bob enthusiastically supports are …
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A typical MYN meeting
Up to this point, we’ve explained why we think it is important that you learn more about MYN and either attend or host an MYN meeting.
The rest of this presentation will give you an overview of a typical MYN meeting which lasts about 90 minutes.
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11 YouTube videos copied from one MYN DVD
The MYN DVD has 11 topics.
Someone copied each of those 11 topics into a separate YouTube video.
The links to those 11 YouTube videos are listed on this webpage www.miep.us/myn/videos
and on the following slide.
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11 YouTube videos copied from one MYN DVD
01 Introduction - 3:49
02 Assumptions & Boundaries - 5:30
03 9 Steps Immediately Following Disaster - 25:03
04 Identify Neighborhood Gathering Site - 2:33
05 Identify Neighborhood Care Center - 3:47
06 Neighborhood Skills & Equipment Inventory - 1:26
07 Neighborhood Map - 2:06
08 Contact List - 1:56
09 Review Steps 1-7 - 2:38
10 Steps 8 & 9 - 4:13
11 Next Steps - 1:55
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“Winging it is not an emergency plan”
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Topic/video “01: Introduction” 3:49
The first topic/video is the “Introduction”.
It is 3:49 minutes long.
Play the entire to get a very brief overview of the other 10 topics/videos and a glimpse into what a typical MYN meeting looks like.
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Topic/video “01: Introduction” 3:49
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The remaining 10 topics/videos
Now that you’ve viewed the first video, please schedule some time to go to the next slide (or to www.miep.us/myn/videos) and view the remaining 10.
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11 YouTube videos copied from one MYN DVD
01 Introduction - 3:49
02 Assumptions & Boundaries - 5:30
03 9 Steps Immediately Following Disaster - 25:03
04 Identify Neighborhood Gathering Site - 2:33
05 Identify Neighborhood Care Center - 3:47
06 Neighborhood Skills & Equipment Inventory - 1:26
07 Neighborhood Map - 2:06
08 Contact List - 1:56
09 Review Steps 1-7 - 2:38
10 Steps 8 & 9 - 4:13
11 Next Steps - 1:55
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Neighborhood radio networks
One item that is not addressed in the MYN Program is radio communications, specifically setting up a radio network in each neighborhood.
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Neighborhood radio networks
Most neighborhoods have a phone tree. But what if phones (land lines and cell phones)
don’t work.
If you’re injured and can’t move, a radio call to your neighbor could save your life.
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Neighborhood radio networks
Communication is critical.
Form neighborhood radio networks using FRS (walkie talkies) and HAM radios.
Pic of my FRS and HAM radio
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Prepare
Please …
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Thank you
Thank you for viewing this presentation.
Pete Hubbard
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Contact Information
For questions or information about MYN and/or the Jefferson County Neighborhood Preparedness Action Group (NPREP), please contact: