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Portland in an emergency, TOPOFF4-style
I love Portland. The first thing I was assigned to do, after arriving at Portland International Raceway (PIR) for the emergency exercise with other volunteers from The Salvation Army on Wednesday: Separating paper…
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Steel Bridge
If it really had been blown up, as the TOPOFF4 exercise simulated, Portland would be in deep trouble. More on that soon.
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The Odd Couple?
This afternoon, I’ll be in a Hillsboro radio studio with Dave Lister, who once again is guest hosting the Jayne Carroll Show on KUIK, westside talk radio. My segment will air live on…
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The disaster drill
I don’t know about you, but I was expecting “the largest disaster drill ever” to be a little more… shall we say, disruptive. Bridges roped off, frequent radio bulletins… something noticable to the…
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Sweet
My friend Susan Landauer, super-volunteer in the Portsmouth neighborhood, steered me to the web site of the Little Red Bike Cafe on North Lombard. She says the owners give a discount of 50…
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Not all beds have monsters under them
Jim Redden reports in today’s Tribune on relatively insignificant administrative errors made by three candidates seeking Public Campaign Financing. I have three quick comments: 1. Anyone who thinks it’s easy to follow all…
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