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With cloudy skies a constant companion, the Willamette to near and experts foreshadowing in the not-too-distant future, you’d think the four horsemen were galloping at top speed.

Thankfully for the residents of PDX, Portland’s Office of Emergency Management has a Basic Emergency Operations Plan to coordinate the city’s bureaus to meet man-made and natural disasters head on. The Office of Emergency Management will present 聽 for approval before the city council tomorrow聽to address how it plans to confront disasters in the future.

The bad news? Last year, as by the Portland Tribune, a city audit of Portland’s Office of Emergency Management “found the emergency management system lacks both a clear definition of roles and the strategic planning needed to focus limited resources on the highest priority risks.鈥�

The good news? The Office of Emergency to rework the plan two weeks ago and has those 蹿颈惫别听补诲尘颈苍颈蝉迟谤补迟颈惫别听颈迟别尘蝉 to present to city council. Whether two weeks is enough time to weave the public’s input into the complex and comprehensive emergency plan remains to be seen.

And lest you relax, here’s another teeth-clenching bit of info from earthquake expert Peter Yanev. Portland’s earthquake construction 鈥渃odes are based on probability: so in western Oregon 鈥� you have been designing for ground motion that is significantly smaller than California ground motion. The problem with that is, when the earthquake occurs, you got a weaker building. It happens much less often, but when it happens, all hell breaks loose.鈥�

– Peter Beland

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