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Sunday, June 5, 2016

‘Doomsday EQ drill’ in Northwest, largest in US ever: Mega-quake could kill 15,000 people in 30 minutes

‘Doomsday EQ drill’ in Northwest, largest in US ever: Mega-quake could kill 15,000 people in 30 minutes | The Extinction Protocol: "Imagine a devastating earthquake and tsunami have cut off Pacific Northwest coastal communities. Phone and internet service have collapsed.

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Ham-radio operators living on the stricken coast fire up their radios, contact emergency managers and report on the magnitude of the disaster so that no time is wasted in saving lives. This is the kind of scenario that will be rehearsed during the second week of June in a massive earthquake and tsunami readiness drill that has been developed by the U.S. government, the military, and state and local emergency managers over the past few years to test their readiness for what — when it strikes — will likely be the nation’s worst natural calamity."

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