THE PI LOT November is Disaster Preparedness Month RSCA Calendar • Sant a Co mes T o T he Sho r e s Sunday - December 7th - RWS Library - 1 to 3pm • Li ght Up The Shores Judg in g December 18th • R SC A A nnual 2015 Mee tin g Wednesday - February 11th Redwood Shores Library Volume 42 Number 11 Redwood Shores Community Association November 2014 Be PreparedBe PreparedNovember is Disaster Preparedness Month For the third year in a row we are addressing emergency preparedness in our November issue of the Pilot. Most of us are aware of the recent Napa earthquake. Although the Napa quake was the strongest quake in Northern California in the past 25 years, and did cause a single fatality , it was small compared to some other well known quakes in this area: Year Quake Magnitude Fatalities 2014 Napa 6.0 1 1989 Loma Prieta 6.9 63 1906 San Francisco 7.8 3000 The San Francisco earthquake was almost 100 times as powerful as the recent Napa quake. We must plan now to protect our families for the future. While it is not possible to remove all risk, there are many things that we can do now to prepare f or what might happe n. This issue ofTHE PILOT will address some of them. RSCA is once again including a red/green Disaster Signal Card in this issue of THE PILOT fornewcomers to the SHORES and for those of you who may not have saved your cards from last year. This tool will improve the ability of first responders such as the Fire, Police and ourCommunity Emergency Management Tea ms (CERT) to quickly identify homes in need of help when land line, cell phone a nd on-line communications are n ot working. Store the card so me- where near your front door , but do not leave the card in front of a window. Sunlight will fade the card to the point where it will be hard to see if a disaster does occur. In addition to the signal card, this issue contains short articles that deal with the three most important issues following an e arthquake. The first article contains instructions on when and how to turn off your gas. The second article a ddresses Creating a Go Bag, and the third arti- cle suggests items that should be in a n Emergency Supply Kit. See page 4 for a rticles and ourPresident’s Message on page 3. Submitted by Mike Mancusi The rain came and went, and didn’train on RSCA’sHalloween Parade. More pictures on page 12