Oregon DART "big quake" Cascadia Zone - Food Aid Airlift Exercise
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- čas přidán 7. 07. 2023
- Oregon DART exercise. Practicing for the "big one." Volunteer pilots taking food from Walla Walla to Aurora / Bend / Albany Oregon July 8th. July 9th, airlifting the food to coastal communities which may be cut off from civilization in the event of a great earthquake/ tsunami.
Oregon Disaster Airlift Response Team.
Assisted by Civil Air Patrol / Angel Flight West / Ham Radio Operators of various counties, including Clackamas.
That's so great!! ❤
Thanks for coming out and spreading the word about the behind the scenes of disaster training. Hope to see you back tomorrow. Glen - KK6OTP 🎙️📡
That is fantastic!🎉😊
Hello from Prineville! 😊 Hope you all are having a great weekend. Keep up the great work Ms. Kathryn. Be safe and stay blessed.
Thanks for volunteering to do video of the Aurora part of the ODART! 😊
👏😊❤ awesome 👍👍
That's so Awesome!
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This exercise was for the "big one" but earthquakes are not the only disaster. DARTs have responded to help communities from other natural disasters including wildfires and blizzards. Here is a video of a DART operation from earlier this year: czcams.com/video/8lLK-GU7aJQ/video.html
Are they counting on airfields being in tact, or do they parachute the supplies to the coastal communities?
If not parachuting, maybe helicopters are needed.
The west coast DARTs have fixed wing, helicopter, and seaplane volunteers, along with multiple supply depots and bases. Yes, some airfields will likely not be usable by fixed wing, and that's where the other aircraft types come into play. Also, volunteer pilots are distributed at whatever is their home airport so there is no single point of vulnerability. Resiliency is core component of the strategy.
That's a great question! I'm bringing something up at the next meeting. Either our pilots, or, better yet, Civil Air Patrol - should do a flyover of the coastal airports. Determine the most vulnerable. (Some are low-lying.) Next, submit to the city councils a few locations we suggest should be prepped as alternative landing strips. If they approve - we should hand out laminated maps to the pilots of these sites.
These areas could be sections of road, highway, levees, dykes, farmer's fields...
The city would have to create its own plan on how to create these sites - such as, tell farmers to get started on prep without being told if the airport goes down. (Use their own tractors, etc.)
@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking During Vietnam, we had aircraft that could open open a back door and shove pallets out that were rigged with parachutes that could place these loads where troops needed them.
Perhaps some of these planes could still be found.
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