Starting March 11, 2021, ShakeAlert®-powered earthquake early warning alerts will be available for delivery directly to wireless devices in Oregon.
In May 2021, Washington state will follow suit and complete the ShakeAlert public alerting rollout across the entire West Coast. California enabled ShakeAlert-powered alerts in October 2019.
As massive slabs of Earth squish into and grind past each other off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, many people may wonder when they will feel ensuing earthquakes.
***Sandbags and sand are available for Polk County residents at the Polk County Public Works Yard (820 SW Ash). At times there may be prefilled bags, but come expecting to fill the bags yourself and while there are a couple shovels, in a high usage time you may need to bring your own shovel.***
Polk County Emergency Management is working with NOAA to help improve the nation's readiness against extreme weather, water and climate events. We are committed to work with NOAA and other Ambassadors to strengthen Oregon's and the nations resilience against extreme weather.
