Category: Crime & Safety

Protesters Blocking Southbound HWY 1 Near Fremont Boulevard

About 50 protesters are blocking Highway 1 Saturday afternoon in Monterey, according to the California Highway Patrol Traffic Incident Information Page.

Protesters are walking northbound on the southbound lane of the highway near the Freemont Boulevard exit. The California Highway Patrol said they have closed part of the highway

http://www.kionrightnow.com/news/local-n…http://www.kionrightnow.com/news/local-news/reports-of-protesters-blocking-southbound-hwy-1-near-freemont-boulevard-exit/32067414

Register To Be Notified During An Emergency!

AlertMontereyCounty is a system used by City and County public safety officials to deliver emergency notifications to residents and businesses impacted by, or in danger of being impacted by, an emergency or disaster.

AlertMontereyCounty uses the 9-1-1 database to call and deliver a recorded message to all landline phone numbers in a specific geographic area within a City and/or the County.

Residents may also be notified on their cell phone, Voice over IP (VoIP) phone or at their email address. Those wishing to receive messages on these devices must register online.

Register Here:
http://www.alertmontereycounty.org/

Tsunami Preparedness Week

This is Tsunami Preparedness Week. Tomorrow, March 25, at 10:00 AM the Naval Postgraduate School will be sounding their Tsunami alarm to test their system. If you live close to NPS you may be able to hear it.

Tsunamis are among Earth’s rarest hazards. But, even though tsunamis do not occur very often, and most are small and nondestructive, they pose a major threat to coastal communities, particularly in the Pacific. A tsunami can strike any ocean coast at any time. There is no season for tsunamis. We cannot predict where, when or how destructive the next tsunami will be. However, while tsunamis cannot be prevented, there are things you can do before, during and after a tsunami that could save your life and the lives of your family and friends. Read these pages at the following link to learn about tsunamis and what you can do to keep yourself and your loved ones safe in the event of a tsunami.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/Tsunami/

Visit http://alertmontereycounty.org/ & sign up to receive emergency alerts on your cell phone, through text message or by email.

Emergency Radio Drill

Tonight we will be conducting the City’s first monthly radio drill from our Emergency Response Container at the Tot Lot on Spray Avenue.

Stop by and see us or check in on the air from home or an evening walk on the beach. Our emergency container recently had solar panels installed and we now have a base radio that can be used as a relay station for most of the Monterey Peninsula.

Del Monte Beach is the selected location for a radio relay point if there is a coastal incident.

Show some pride in you neighborhood and check in. Monday at 8pm on CERT channel #3.

In a real disaster emergency teams will check in at our neighborhood container with radio reports.

In a real disaster the Neighborhood Captain would be the one to contact the City’s Emergency Operations Center long distance with a base radio on Channel #3 with critical information. You will be dependent on your neighborhood container for information.

I hope to see you on the radio tomorrow night after dinner at 8pm.