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Suggestions For
Different Scenarios
In Arkansas, the most significant threats
are the New Madrid fault zone and tornadoes.
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Deployed
Earthquake
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Route to EOC.
Unique to Earthquakes is the size and shape
of the damaged area. While a tornado
can be very devastating the damaged area is
usually a "swath" that can be maneuvered
around. Power lines, trees, light poles, and
debris will be everywhere in the path that
the tornado took. However, to get from
point A to point B, a map or navigation
program and general knowledge of the path
will reveal a way to your destination.
During an earthquake however, bridges all
over the quake area could be questionable,
dangerous, or completely failed. It
may be impossible to reach the EOC or some
other destination safely. You
should know right now if you can get to the
EOC location or destination that you may be
deployed if bridges are out. The
likely EOC for your area can be found
here.
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Commercial
Communications. An earthquake will
take out commercial communications longer
and on a wider scale than a tornado as
communications backbones are disrupted
rather than just local distribution centers.
Due to the bridge issue, crews getting to
the damaged areas will take longer.
I'm curious what type of communication
utilities
Tornado
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From Home
Earthquake
Tornado
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