Emergency Actions During the Solar Eclipse
Celeste Solum
January 31, 2017

​​Did you know that during the coming Solar Eclipse, August 21, 2017, Emergency Management operations will be in full swing? 

Highlights include:

• Across the country plans are being made for logistic operations
• Expect traffic jams
• Poor cell service
• Emergency response will be slow
• Advising to stock up on food, water, and fuel for more than a few days
• Some jurisdictions are dusting off their temporary power generators
• Emergency communications are being established
• Traffic control and crowd control will be in force.
• Some states will be running “practice run” exercises, such as Oregon, testing their Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake plan.
• Plan on increased wildfires

All this for a solar eclipse?