KSQM radio drills, preparations for earthquake, tsunami

From sending “good vibes” through the airwaves to sticking under tables and desks, volunteers looked at Sequim’s KSQM 91.5 FM radio station last week to help locals avoid getting upset at the prospect of a major disaster, during The Great Washington Shakeout.

The 60-second drills took place at 10:21 a.m. on October 21, following the tradition of national and local event mode on the third Thursday of October. More than 7,000 Clallam County residents have registered to participate, according to the Clamam County Emergency Management Team.

About a dozen KSQM volunteers took part in the exercises, with broadcaster Bud Davies putting the test exercise into the air while the others fell, covered and continued the exercise before being brought outside to the parking lot.

Local emergency preparedness training has increased in recent years as fears of tsunamis and potential earthquakes, such as those caused by the Cascadia subduction zone, can have a magnitude of 9.0 or higher.

KSQM Director Jeff Bankston said the goal of station staff is to get information to people during an emergency if other methods of communication are disrupted.

“A lot of people are relying on the internet for connections, which may be down,” said Neil Serapin, KSQM chief operator.

“Unless they have a satellite phone or HAM radio, communications outside the county may be really limited.”

Depending on fuel availability, he said, the station’s transmitter could stay on the air for about a week with a generator, and if the transmitter and building off Blue Mountain Road were still up, it could provide emergency broadcasting and studio capabilities.

Seraphin added the importance of being able to communicate during the first few days of a disaster, because help may not come for several days.

“We have to understand what to do and how to communicate,” he said.

The KSQM signal arrives from the Blaine region west of Port Angeles to southern Victoria to the San Juan Islands, Serafin said.

For more information, listen to 91.5 FM, or go online at ksqmfm.com.

Drop it, cover it and stop it

For earthquakes, first responders recommend the “drop, cover, and hang” method:

• Drop onto your hands and knees, allowing you to stay low and crawl for cover if you are nearby.

• Cover your head and neck with one arm and one hand. Move around, stay on your knees, bend under a table or desk, or go to an interior wall away from windows.

• Wait for the shaking to stop

Emergency planners recommend people to stay indoors until the shaking stops; Moving inland and to higher ground if in a coastal area; If he moved outside to an obvious place; And if you stop driving to an obvious place and wait until the shaking stops to proceed with caution.

For more information, please visit shakeout.org/washington.

Jeff and Tama Bankston make a phone call during the Great Washington Shakeout, an annual earthquake/tsunami preparation event, after KSQM volunteers evacuate the building as a training exercise. Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash

Linda Johannessen, a Jill-of-all-trades volunteer at KSQM, checks the information on her phone before the Great Washington earthquake on October 21. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

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