Cascadia Rising Exercise

[grunt82abn]

So does anyone know, since many of Washington and Oregon Wings personnel will not be able to access the required facilities for SAR and IC operations,

First I heard of this...

Will other wings (ie Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico, etc...) be able to help and be dispatched by the AFRCC? I know we can help by radio with dispatch style nets and the such but is there other ways we can help like flying sorties?

IDWG is on the list of participating agencies in the CSZ exercise.

It's on slide 18. It makes sense. If the fist of the almighty smashes the northwest, CAP assets in the disaster zone will be hard pressed to make an effective showing.

So will DoD in general. Sort of like the San Diego wildfires a few years back. They sent DoD firefighter from the east coast and midwest to help back fill bases affected during that crisis

[THRAWN]

So does anyone know, since many of Washington and Oregon Wings personnel will not be able to access the required facilities for SAR and IC operations,

First I heard of this...

Will other wings (ie Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico, etc...) be able to help and be dispatched by the AFRCC? I know we can help by radio with dispatch style nets and the such but is there other ways we can help like flying sorties?

IDWG is on the list of participating agencies in the CSZ exercise.

It's on slide 18. It makes sense. If the fist of the almighty smashes the northwest, CAP assets in the disaster zone will be hard pressed to make an effective showing.

So will DoD in general. Sort of like the San Diego wildfires a few years back. They sent DoD firefighter from the east coast and midwest to help back fill bases affected during that crisis

Exactly. When local assets are overwhelmed or unable to respond, get the mutual aid agreements moving.

[Eclipse]

If the fist of the almighty smashes the northwest...

Won't anyone think of the hipsters? 

The logistics of bringing in fixie bicycles and artisan water alone make your head spin.

On the plus side, most CAP technology, not to mention members, would fall squarely in the "steampunk" lane,
so would integrate well with the local populace.

[Spam]

Hm. That complicates the CAP disaster airlift picture, doesn't it?

Wonder what the weight and balance would look like on GA-8's loaded out with cases of PBR and vapes.


On the serious side, I had half my unit homeless in St. Louis in 93, and I still want to publicly thank the 37 other Wings that sent aircrews, staff, and GTs to aid us - Warren and Robin Vest from MDWG came, for example, and I later enjoyed serving with them when I moved there. We're really one great, interdependent crowd when it really drops in the pot. Yet, I so wish we actually planned and spent our training money to train for such events, rather than piss it away in drips and drabs on boring holes in local skies in small, skills-only exercises rather than a couple of large multi Wing drills of actual preplans.


V/R
Spam

[Spam]

Correction - not half, more like 20 percent, on reflection. It seemed like more at the time.

Spam

[wuzafuzz]

If the fist of the almighty smashes the northwest...

Won't anyone think of the hipsters? 

The logistics of bringing in fixie bicycles and artisan water alone make your head spin.

On the plus side, most CAP technology, not to mention members, would fall squarely in the "steampunk" lane,
so would integrate well with the local populace.

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

The sheer numbers of people disabled by Internet/Matrix withdrawals might make the region resemble an episode of The Walking Dead.  On a related note, is there a strategic Starbucks reserve?  This could be BAD. 

[Alaric]

On the upside, bye-bye Indiana. Never been a fan.

This is one of those "big ones" that is often discussed and drilled, as much as it could be. It's difficult to do an earthquake drill and have to use notional "damage" that would impact the way the planet spins. I was involved in an exercise, multi state/wing/agency, about 15 years ago or so. One of the take aways that was stressed was that first response time would be measured in days if not weeks. The knees bone's connected to the head bone...when the hole opens, it's going to literally have a ripple effect across the continent.

The Hoosiers love you too

[Майор Хаткевич]

Alaric, always welcome back in IL!

[Eclipse]

5.2-Magnitude Desert Earthquake Shakes Southern California

"A magnitude-5.2 earthquake centered in the desert northeast of San Diego caused shaking early Friday morning across Southern California.
The earthquake occurred at about 1 a.m. northwest of Borrego Springs in San Diego County, according to the USGS. The earthquake was initially reported with a magnitude of 5.1 before it was revised to 5.2, according to the USGS."

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Preliminary-51-Magnitude-Earthquake-Hits--382455731.html

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-earthquake-san-jacinto-fault-20160610-snap-story.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3635288/It-felt-like-bus-hit-house-Tony-Hawk-thousands-people-felt-5-2-magnitude-earthquake-shook-Los-Angeles.html


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Best.

Whitecell.

Ever.

[SarDragon]

Here's a different view. It was about 52 miles from my house, which is at the 33 degree blue triangle on the left.

It was a substantial jiggle, of short duration. There was a dull rumble for a couple of seconds, a slight pause, and then the main temblor. It rattled the china cabinet doors, and spooked the kitteh. My Sweetie slept through it.

[PHall]

Yeah, I got my 0104 wake up call too. Was back asleep by 0120.