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Sheriff: DOCTOR ON DUTY
Oranjestad
Wildfires point to usefulness of old tech Dr. Vogel
Tel. 583 3777
San Nicolas
Dr. Vis
cific Gas & Electric, cut TIME SHARE FOR SALE Tel. 584 9700
power in the first hours of Divi Phoenix Resort EMERGENCIA 911
the fires, out of concern 1 bdrm Unit # 633 sleeps up to 6
that sparks would ignite still peoples week 1 and 2. Have 37
more blazes, Allman said. weeks left. deed
Cell phones and internet Price $37,000 for 2 weeks.
service failed for many kazalos@aol.com POLICE 100
and CalFire lost “a good 215 9067397 ORANJESTAD 527-3140
portion of its phone lines” _________________________________208098 NOORD 527-3200
in Mendocino County, the TIME SHARE FOR RENT STA. CRUZ 527-2900
sheriff said. Divi Phoenix SAN NICOLAS 584-5000
Instead, emergency work- one bedroom 2 full bath room # POLICE TIPLINE 11141
ers drove through neigh- 633 price $4500 for 2 weeks FIRE DEPT. 115
582-1108
FIRE DEPT.
borhoods ordering resi- call or text 215 9067397 HOSPITAL 527-4000
dents out over bullhorns, e-mail kazalos@aol.com DENTAL CLINIC 587-9850
and knocking on doors. ________________________________208196 AMBULANCE 582-1234
In this Oct. 18, 2017, file photo, a Pacific Gas & Electric worker Ham radio operators, IMSAN 524-8833
replaces power poles destroyed by wildfires in Glen Ellen, Calif. meanwhile, volunteered TIME SHARE FOR SALE RED CROSS 582-2219
The wildfires that damaged much of remote Northern California for work in the disaster, Divi Phoenix
areas, crippling cell phones, landlines and internet leads some one bedroom unit # 633 sleeps Women in Dificulties
to believe that old-fashioned sirens and ham radios might be helping to coordinate the up to 6 people week 1 and 2 PHARMACY
more reliable in a disaster. transportation of victims to
(AP Photo/Ben Margot) hospitals, he said. have 37 weeks left price $37000 Oranjestad:
for 2 weeks Eagle Tel. 587 9011
Allman pledged to stream- San Nicolas
UKIAH, Calif. (AP) — Wild- day or whether the com- line the chain of command kazalos@aol.com Centro Medico Tel. 584 5794
fires that killed nine people munications failures slowed for ordering automated or call 215 9067397 mrs Lydia
in a remote Northern Cali- evacuation efforts. cell-phone alerts, or re- ________________________________208196
fornia county last month However, he described verse-911 calls, to make it For Rent INFORMATION 118
also crippled land lines, cell the hectic first hours of the easier for individual law of- 1 br ,2 br,3 br TAXI-TAS 587-5900
phones and internet ser- wildfires, when dispatchers ficers to order them. Holiday's Special Time Share PROF. TAXI 588-0035
vice, the local sheriff said struggled to field countless The sheriff also urged au- rentals , all Prime resorts TAXI D.T.S. 587-2300
SERVICE AUA 583-3232
Thursday, saying the disas- emergency calls and law thorities to reconsider civil- 51 and 52 Prime Weeks A1 TAXI SERVICES 587-8850
ter shows old-fashioned si- enforcement officers strug- defense sirens, staples of Call;(297)630-1307 280-2828
rens and ham radios have gled to grasp the scale of the World War II area that johnnypaesch@gmail.com CrUiSe SHiP
a place in emergencies. fires surging around the have fallen into disuse in
Failures of modern tech- area, as dry gusts drove recent decades. Invest opportunity
nology can cost “all con- embers and flames for Many areas have taken 7 1 br apartment With
nectivity to the world,” miles.“They’ve never taken down the sirens because a bar and a Swimming Pool
Mendocino County Sheriff this many calls before,” All- of complaints from resi- Near the 5 miN From The November 10
Tom Allman said at a news man said of local dispatch- dents about the noise as- ocean mS insignia
conference. ers. It was “the largest fire sociated with testing the and the airport $550,000 Celebrity equinox
When lives are at stake, situation ... in California his- devices. Call:(297)630-1307
“we need to notify people tory,” he said referring to At a minimum, “I hope johnnypaesch@gmail.com Aruba Airport 524-2424
immediately that this is a the fires that encompassed Mendocino County can _________________________________208391 American Airlines 582-2700
real disaster, we need to several counties. take a step back and re- Avianca 588-0059
Aruba Airlines 583-8300
get out of here.” At the request of authori- position air raid sirens,” All- Jet Blue 588-2244
Nine of the 43 people who ties, the area’s utility, Pa- man said.q Surinam 582-7896
died in the devastating Venezolana 583-7674
Northern California wildfires Aruba Foundation
that began Oct. 8 were For those Visually Incapasitated
Tel. 582-5051
in Mendocino County, in
an area called Redwood AL-ANON group
Valley, although other val- Sabana Liber #8, Noord
Tel. 736-2952 or 593-7081
leys and areas also burned
in the county at the same FUNDACIONS
time. Respetami
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The Los Angeles Times, cit-
ing interviews and a review Centro Diabetic Arubano
of dispatch calls, reported Tel. 524-8888
Monday that the county
appears to have waited Narcotics Anonymous
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evacuations there.
The report said numer- Women in Dificulties
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ous residents called 911 Tel. 583-5400
to report that they were
trapped. Bloodbank Aruba
Allman did not specifically Tel. 587-0002
address the report Thurs-