Rural Oregon area boasts a top evacuation system - OregonLive.com
May 16, 2009
HERMISTON -- Wildfires, tsunamis, terrorist attacks, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions -- they could all make an emergency evacuation necessary somewhere.
Surprisingly, the place in the Northwest most prepared for an evacuation is the sparsely settled farm country of north-central Oregon.
Thanks to a sophisticated wireless system in Umatilla and Morrow counties, officials and first responders can communicate across about 1,000 square miles, watch a disaster unfold on monitors linked to remote-controlled cameras, and even reverse traffic on area highways to funnel people away from catastrophe...
HERMISTON -- Wildfires, tsunamis, terrorist attacks, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions -- they could all make an emergency evacuation necessary somewhere.
Surprisingly, the place in the Northwest most prepared for an evacuation is the sparsely settled farm country of north-central Oregon.
Thanks to a sophisticated wireless system in Umatilla and Morrow counties, officials and first responders can communicate across about 1,000 square miles, watch a disaster unfold on monitors linked to remote-controlled cameras, and even reverse traffic on area highways to funnel people away from catastrophe...
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