April 2022
What’s That Falling on Your Head?
When the shaking starts, don’t be surprised by what falls on your head. While there are still days that it is nicer to be inside, take a few easy steps. You can permanently lessen the chances that you and your loved ones will be injured with just a few simple steps.
Hear Dean Hiser sing, “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” but not picture frames! https://linntonna.org/get-involved/net/
Follow up with reviewing specific ways to ready your home at
From the Linnton Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET)
LOCAL FILM STARS
Linnton NET Team has done it this time! You would think we’d rather be dreaming up vacations, gardening, kayaking, hiking, or playing hooky, but no . . . we persuaded the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management (PBEM) to film us, talking to you, and introducing safety messages.
Go to https://linntonna.org/get-involved/net/ to see those familiar faces and get smarter.
We are counting on you—literally–PBEM wants to know that their investment is worthwhile and that you are watching. Each viewing is counted. Support NET in this way.
FIREWISE
Linnton has 500 homes. Is your home one that has had a free exterior appraisal of fire risk? Firewise and NET want you and your home to be safe from wildfires. If your home burns, will your neighbor’s home follow? If your neighbor’s burns, will it spread to yours? We are in this together. Nobody wants Linnton to experience a wildfire.
Hear Shawn Looney explain Firewise https://linntonna.org/get-involved/net/
and go to a Portland Fire & Rescue page with everything you need to know from safety tips to fire resistant vegetation.
LINNTON RESIDENTS WEIGH IN
- “What are your biggest safety concerns living in Linnton?”
- “When do you Shelter in Place and when do you evacuate?”
- “What evacuation routes would you take?”
- “What would make you feel safer about living here?”
These are just a few of the questions that folks in each of our neighborhoods responded to in personal interviews and in email questionnaires so that Linnton NET could assess our community’s perspectives on important safety issues and take the next steps. Your input is valuable. Thank you to all who helped with the outreach and to those who talked with us.