[Oremem/Idamem] MARS EXERCISE- EEI REPORT LOST COMM OREGON

[John Jewkes- SMD OR/ID US ARMY MARS]

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R 131742Z MAR 04
FM JOHN JEWKES/AAA0OR OR/AAA0ID ID
TO JAMES BANKS/ AAA9W AZ
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MARS EXERCISE
SUBJ: EEI REPORT
1. REF: LOST COMM PORTLAND OREGON
A. QWEST AND VERIZON SWITCHING BUILDING DESTROYED.
B. OPERATIONAL NOTE- ONLY HAM AND MARS RADIO
COMMUNICATIONS ARE RELIABLY GETTING INFORMATION
INTO/OUT OF VARIOUS HOSPITALS IN AREA. ARES/RACES 
HAS BEEN ACTIVATED AND HAS SENT MITIGATION TEAM TO
OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCES UNIVERSITY AND VA MED
CENTER ON MARQUAM HILL. MARS MEMBER ON STAFF AT 
THE SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL HAS ESTABLISHED VHF AND
HF LINK TO LOCAL HOSPITALS AND STATE OEM IN SALEM.
C. MAIN BRIDGES OVER WILLAMETTE AND COLUMBIA RIVER
ARE CLOSED FOR INSPECTION AFTER REPORTS RECEIVED BY
ARMY INTEL AND LOCAL POLICE OF MEN DRESSED IN SKI
MASKS AND JOGGING SUITS CARRYING BLACK RUCKSACKS
ONTO THEM IN 70 DEGREE WEATHER. MEN THEN JUMPED IN
THE RIVER BELOW FROM BRIDGE ALL BUT ONE DIED FROM
FALL. 
D. CONTENTS OF PACKS/LOCATION OF MOST PACKS NOT
KNOWN. BOMB SQUAD, ATF AND FBI AGENTS HAVE BEEN
INSPECTING BRIDGES ALONGSIDE CITY TRANSPORTATION
WORKERS. POTENTIAL OF SIMILAR EVENT AS MADRID AND
SALEM WITH EXPLOSION.
E. INTERMITTENT OPERATIONAL IN CITY. PHONE MODEMS 
CONTROL MANY OF THE UTILITY JUNCTIONS AND ORIFICES
IN THE CITY INCLUDING SEWAGE AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
F. INTERMITTENT. LONG DISTANCE WORKS MORE OFTEN 
THAN LOCAL PHONES. MAY BE DUE TO DISRUPTION IN THE
POWER GRID CAUSED BY MODEM/PHONE OUTAGES.
G. PORTLAND EOC 131730Z MAR 04; CITYNET RADIO 832.7550
MHZ 131733Z MAR 04; KEX 1190 AM RADIO 131740Z MAR 04;
H. UNKNOWN PARTIES BELIEVED TO BE AFFILIATED WITH 
SAME CELL AS THE 'PORTLAND SEVEN' GROUP ARE THOUGHT
TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INCENDIARY DEVICES USED TO
DESTROY THE MAIN SWITCHING TERMINALS FOR THE TWO
MAJOR PROVIDERS OF PHONE SERVICE IN NORTH OREGON.
DAMAGE WAS ALSO SEVERE TO THE PORTLAND EOC WHICH
SITS IN THE NEXT BUILDING AS WELL AS DAMAGE BY WATER
AND FLAME RETARDING CHEMICALS. IT IS ALSO BELIEVED
THAT MEN SPOTTED ON BRIDGES ARE AL-QAEDA SYMPATH-
IZERS AND MAY HAVE LIVED IN PORTLAND OR VICINITY.
REMAINING LINES AND CELL PHONES ARE OVERLOADED 
AND HAVE HAD SOME FAILURE OF THE TOWERS AND THE
RELATED SOFTWARE AS A RESULT. MOST 800 MHZ RADIOS 
ARE NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME. OLD 'POLICE PHONE'
BOOTHS ON SIDES OF MANY OLDER DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS
REMAIN OPERATIONAL AS THEY ARE HARD-WIRED TO THE
911/EOC BUILDING AND HAVE ALLOWED SOME RELAY OF 
RESPONSE, COMMAND AND CONTROL INFORMATION. VHF
SIMPLEX RADIOS ON LOAN FROM ARES/RACES MEMBERS
BEING USED FOR FIRE/POLICE DISPATCH.
MARS EXERCISE
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