Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Emergency preparedness in NL a one lane street!
With only one remaining link (Railroad disbanded) across the island portion of Newfoundland and no roads across the entire portion of Labrador our emergency preparedness is a one lane street. (100 car ferry)
If a bridge gets washed out on the island portion of the province it will be divided. Badger bridge, Bishops Falls bridge, Pynns brook etc.
Put stock piles of now defunct Bailey(Acro) bridges in strategic locations if not already done. Bridges will be useless in the event of a flooding river some sort of cable car or expropriate ski lifts could be used.
Train local militia in emergency preparedness. Bailey (Acro) bridge construction.
Plan for transport of military to island portion of NL boats, planes, ferries etc
Connect the remaining 5km of road between Bucans and Howley as an alternate route to get across Island if bridges get washed out.
Connect and upgrade the dirt road from Red Indian lake Bucans to route 480.
Plan for mass exodus of remote locations in Labrador and Newfoundland, only accessible by ferry.
List of Additional ferries on standby with times and locations on hand in file.
Make high ground safe havens rally points IE: Bucans plateau, Goose Bay?
Stockpile military tents and refugee supplies on Island portion of province.Water, shelter, food, medical etc.
Plan to use now defunct rail bed as secondary route. Recces and upgrades required for bridge classification and road bed.
Some of the threats I perceive would be aTidal wave need to evacuate to high ground. Tsunami evacuate to high ground, Toxic spill, Volcanoes, Fire, Disease, Terrorist attacks, Polluted or contaminated water, Hurricane, evacuate to try and get out of its path and into sheltered locations. Floods dividing cutting of access to close medical centers with one link across province. Hydro dams breaking due to earth quakes Main Dam Junction Brook bridge etc.
Rallying points.
List of Buses available for mass evacuation.
List of Boats available for mass evacuation.
List of Heavy equipment available.
Update:
Return the full Weather office to either Gander or somewhere else in NL where we can get real forecasting not word of mouth forecasting.
Make a record of Ham radio net works and users to be used in the event of a communications breakdown. Cuba has a set up like this and it works quite well.
Oil spill readiness?!! Stock pill Bags of Bog to be used as oil absorbant.
Emergency broadcasting system.
If a bridge gets washed out on the island portion of the province it will be divided. Badger bridge, Bishops Falls bridge, Pynns brook etc.
Put stock piles of now defunct Bailey(Acro) bridges in strategic locations if not already done. Bridges will be useless in the event of a flooding river some sort of cable car or expropriate ski lifts could be used.
Train local militia in emergency preparedness. Bailey (Acro) bridge construction.
Plan for transport of military to island portion of NL boats, planes, ferries etc
Connect the remaining 5km of road between Bucans and Howley as an alternate route to get across Island if bridges get washed out.
Connect and upgrade the dirt road from Red Indian lake Bucans to route 480.
Plan for mass exodus of remote locations in Labrador and Newfoundland, only accessible by ferry.
List of Additional ferries on standby with times and locations on hand in file.
Make high ground safe havens rally points IE: Bucans plateau, Goose Bay?
Stockpile military tents and refugee supplies on Island portion of province.Water, shelter, food, medical etc.
Plan to use now defunct rail bed as secondary route. Recces and upgrades required for bridge classification and road bed.
Some of the threats I perceive would be aTidal wave need to evacuate to high ground. Tsunami evacuate to high ground, Toxic spill, Volcanoes, Fire, Disease, Terrorist attacks, Polluted or contaminated water, Hurricane, evacuate to try and get out of its path and into sheltered locations. Floods dividing cutting of access to close medical centers with one link across province. Hydro dams breaking due to earth quakes Main Dam Junction Brook bridge etc.
Rallying points.
List of Buses available for mass evacuation.
List of Boats available for mass evacuation.
List of Heavy equipment available.
Update:
Return the full Weather office to either Gander or somewhere else in NL where we can get real forecasting not word of mouth forecasting.
Make a record of Ham radio net works and users to be used in the event of a communications breakdown. Cuba has a set up like this and it works quite well.
Oil spill readiness?!! Stock pill Bags of Bog to be used as oil absorbant.
Emergency broadcasting system.
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I like your ideas. It is easy to be complacent in a isolated area like NL that is really removed from the realities of the outside world. NL may be physically separtate from the world but it is an absolute part of it. I used to live in Howley,(you know me), but I now live in Ontario. A regular advertisement on TV here is to prepare yourself and your family in the event of a "disaster". It would be wise to do the same back home. If you would like a further discussion please feel free to drop me a line. We have not communicated in a long time and I would really enjoy hearing about you now. theresadconnors@yahoo.ca
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