#Sunset beach tv show tsunami free#

The big ships that the Navy envisions using for Cascadia earthquake relief, including the Anchorage, are homeported in San Diego. Senior medical officer Maria Gozo, left, stands in one of two operating rooms on board the USS Anchorage. вЂњIвЂ™m trying to be prepared for it and with this set up I think we would be,вЂќ Gozo said, noting that such thoughts cause sleepless nights. Maria Gozo, senior medical officer, said she could imagine caring for dozens of injured evacuees on board after a Cascadia megaquake. вЂњTo be able to come back here to see the Oregon coastline and to picture what it would be like to be able to provide emergency assistance of all typesВ - whether it be water, food, industrial equipment, medical capabilitiesВ - it just makes me proud both of my state and the United States Navy that IвЂ™ve been a part of for 25 years,вЂќ McCurry said in an interview on the USS AnchorageвЂ™s flight deck.ДЄ tour of the vessel for media and local elected officials included a briefing in the shipвЂ™s hospital. вЂњOur ability to put vehicles and equipment anywhere along the coastline is something no one else can bring and we can do it quickly,вЂќ said McCurry, who grew up in Oregon before joining the Navy. Chris McCurry says the Navy could bring a wide variety of supplies. In this exercise, heavy road clearing equipment drove off onto land, but Lt. Navy hovercrafts deliver equipment, meant to clear roadways, during a mock Cascadia earthquake preparedness demonstration Monday.Д¬REDIT TOM BANSE / NORTHWEST NEWS NETWORK The hovercrafts plowed through the surf right up onto the hard-packed beach near Camp Rilea. The Navy launched the two hovercrafts from a 634-foot mothership about three miles offshore, the amphibious assault ship USS Anchorage. Training scenarios used by regional emergency managers assume that ports, highways and bridges along the Northwest coast will be severed along with communication, electricity and fuel resupply. Miller acknowledged the arrival of Navy ships would be a sight for sore eyes in the aftermath of a real earthquake and tsunami. вЂњThese are really big vehicles,вЂќ marveled Astoria resident Lori Miller, who sat in a beach chair as the spray and sand from the hovercraft settled nearby.

#Sunset beach tv show tsunami free#

Military and law enforcement personnel passed out free earplugs to a large crowd of onlookers, who gathered to watch at Sunset Beach State Recreation Site on the northern Oregon Coast. It induced big smiles despite the overwhelming noise. The Navy and Clatsop County demonstrated what relief by sea could look like. The quake preparations ticked up a notch on Monday, with a practice delivery of supplies using two hulking Navy hovercrafts. Navy has been scouting landing sites along the coast for disaster relief delivery by sea. People visiting or living along the Pacific Northwest coast may be completely cut off after вЂњThe Big OneвЂќВ -the feared magnitude 9.0 Cascadia earthquake and tsunami.