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SALEM, Ore. — Governor Kate Brown today detailed her support for Senate Bill 1537, which proposes a $12.7 million investment to build infrastructure, improve citizen awareness and education, and ultimately ensure that more Oregon families are supplied for an eventual Cascadia subduction earthquake and other large-scale natural disasters.
Read MoreThis week, Airmen from the 173rd Fighter Wing hosted crews from Yokota Airbase and Little Rock Air Force Base for the second annual Cascadia Airlift Exercise. Three C-130 aircraft staged on the ramp at Kingsley Field to practice supply airdrops over the Oregon Coast in a simulated disaster response after a major earthquake.
Read MoreGovernor Kate Brown today released a plan to prepare Oregon for the expected Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake. An earthquake on the Cascadia Subduction Zone could reach magnitude 9.0 or greater and create a tsunami that will devastate the Oregon coast. Governor Brown's goal is to prepare all Oregonians to survive and recover from the expected
Read MoreKINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. - Airmen from the 173rd Fighter Wing collaborated with C-130J crews from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. for a multidepartment disaster relief exercise on Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore.
Read MoreSecretary of State Dennis Richardson released an audit that calls on state officials to do more to prepare Oregon for a catastrophic disaster. Auditors found that Oregon is vulnerable to a Cascadia earthquake and tsunami that is expected to have catastrophic consequences throughout the region...
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