Tagged: emergency

Disaster Preparedness
8:54 am
Tue November 13, 2012

Pet And Animal Sheltering Complicates Emergency Readiness

Originally published on Tue November 13, 2012 9:51 am

PORTLAND - If you watched some of last month's coverage of Superstorm Sandy, you probably saw rescues of people who refused to evacuate. Many stayed behind despite the danger to be with their pets.

Emergency shelters for people usually don't let you bring your house pets or livestock along. The same issue cropped up here during wildfire season last summer. And it could loom over the next flood or earthquake.

Oregon Humane Society trainer Jo Becker starts a recent workshop in Portland with a slide montage of Hurricane Sandy scenes.

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Natural Disasters
12:52 pm
Fri November 2, 2012

What To Have In Your Emergency Preparedness Kit

As millions of people in the northeast remain living without power, we are reminded of the importance of disaster preparedness. Ross Reynolds talks with emergency preparedness training specialist, Debbie Goetz, about what to have in your disaster preparedness kit