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A report for the Oregon Health Authority provides a glimpse of the potential loss of life from a Cascadia Subduction Zone tsunami — an event whose precursor hundreds of thousands of Oregonians will rehearse for during an annual self-led drill Oct. 21.

According to the website for the Great Oregon Shakeout, held along with other Shakeout events around the world on the third Thursday of October, 520,000 in the state plan to participate. And so on 10/21, at 10:21 a.m., they will practice the “drop, cover, hold on” protective response to a quake. The event also encourages disaster preparedness, like having at least 72 hours’ worth of food and water, plus a flashlight, batteries, medicine and other supplies.


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