STATE
STATE LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. THERE
CHANDELIER SWAYING BLUE LAKE IN
SOUTHERN IDAHO JUST BEFORE 5:00
THIS EVENING. THIS VIDEO WAS
TAKEN IN MENTALLY IN WASHINGTON
AND WE FELT THE QUAKE HERE IN
SPOKANE AS WELL. GOOD EVENING
AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
I'M MARK HANRAHAN. I'M
BROADCASTING FROM MY HOME HERE
ON THE SOUTH HILL AS WE
CONTINUE TO PRACTICE SOCIAL
DISTANCING HERE RIGHT KREM TOO.
MEANTIME MY COLLEAGUE REGINA ON
A FEW MILES AWAY UP AT THE
STATION AND REGINA I FELT THE
QUAKE HERE AT MY HOUSE. DID YOU
GUYS FEEL AT THE STATION AS
WELL. IT WAS WEIRD MARK BECAUSE
I WAS SITTING AT MY DESK AND
I COULD TELL SOMETHING WAS
MOVING I DON'T KNOW IF I WAS
JUST DIZZY OR IF THAT WAS AN
EARTHQUAKE. COMING FROM
CALIFORNIA I WAS LIKE I DON'T
KNOW WHAT THIS IS FEELS LIKE AN
EARTHQUAKE BUT AT YAHOO. MARK
WE'LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU IN
JUST A THERE BUT WE'VE BEEN
GETTING A LOT OF TEXT FROM YOU
TELLING US YOU FELT THE QUAKE
FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE. SOME
OF YOU EVEN SAID YOU FELT IT IN
CITIES LIKE TROY COURTLAND AND
KOHLBERG TODAY CERTAINLY HAS
BEEN QUITE THE DAY FOR WEATHER.
WELL THAT EARTHQUAKE ORIGINATED
NEAR CHARLES IDAHO AND WAS
REGISTERED AT A SIX POINT FIVE.
I SPOKE WITH A SEISMOLOGIST
TODAY AND PROFESSOR OF
GEOLOGICAL SCIENCE FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO WHO TELLS
ME THIS IS A VERY MYSTERIOUS
AND UNEXPLAINABLE EARTHQUAKE
AND WHICH COULD POSSIBLY SPUR
OTHER EARTHQUAKES TO COME IN
THE NEAR FUTURE BY MEETING 28
YEARS FOR THIS EARTHQUAKE. THIS
EARTHQUAKE WE SAID WAS IN 1983
WHEN I FIRST STARTED TEACHING
HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
THEN FINALLY WE HAVE A BIGGER
EARTHQUAKE. THIS WAS A BIG
EARTHQUAKE FOR IDAHO MAGNITUDE.
THAT'S WHY SALT LAKE CITY HAD
THAT EARTHQUAKE MASS WHICH
I BELIEVE WAS 5 7. SO THIS WAS
25 TIMES BIGGER THAN THAT
EARTHQUAKE IN A HOTEL. SO WHAT
TRIGGERED THIS PARTICULAR
EARTHQUAKE. WELL THAT'S A GREAT
QUESTION. WE HAVE TO RETHINK
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE GEOLOGY
OF CENTRAL IDAHO BECAUSE WE DO
NOT EXPECT THIS TYPE OF MOTION
IN ADVOCATE IT'S JUST NORTH OF
THE SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS IF
YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO SUN VALLEY
IN THAT AREA. SO THERE YOU HAVE
THOSE BIG MOUNTAINS THERE. BUT
THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE MADE THIS
TYPE OF FAULT MUCH. NOW YOU
MENTIONED THAT WE'RE NOT ON
PLATES AND WE'RE NOT LIKE
CALIFORNIA. KNOW THAT THERE'S A
LOT MORE RESEARCH THAT NEEDS TO
BE DONE TO SEE WHAT EXACTLY
CAUSED THIS EARTHQUAKE. BUT IF
YOU HAVE TO COME UP WITH AN
EDUCATED GUESS AS TO WHAT IT
COULD BE. WHAT WOULD THAT BE IN
YOUR WELL YOU'RE EXACTLY
CORRECT. WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND
STRESSES THAT AFFECT IDAHO.
I THINK THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT
SEISMIC HAZARD IN NORTH IDAHO.
IN SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE
RIGHT UP THROUGH THE SILVER
VALLEY THERE'S A HUGE FAULT
THERE IT'S CALLED FAULT. IT'S A
BILLION YEAR OLD FAULT. SOME OF
THE OLDER BUILDINGS IN NORTH
IDAHO PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS
PARTICULARLY IN IDAHO WHICH ARE
BUILT OUT OF BRICK UNREINFORCED
MASONRY ARE ARE SUBJECT TO
EARTHQUAKES SHAKING OFF STRONG
LOOK AND SHOOK TODAY FROM AN
EARTHQUAKE THAT WAS 200 MILES
AWAY FROM SO IF SO IF WE WOULD
HAVE AN EARTHQUAKE LIKE THIS
DID ELIOT IN LANE OR SPOKANE OR
IN THE SILVER VALLEY OR FURTHER
NORTH ONE OF THE OTHER TOWNS
THERE COULD BE REALLY
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. AND FOR THE
FULL INTERVIEW YOU CAN CHECK
OUR WEB SITE. ALL RIGHT LET'S
TURN TO WEATHER NOW. A LOOK AT
A VIDEO OF THIS A TORNADO THAT
TOUCHED DOWN NEAR RICHLAND THIS
AFTERNOON IT HAPPENED JUST
ABOUT TWO HOURS AGO OR A COUPLE
HOURS AGO AND WAS CONFIRMED BY
NWS PENDLETON. LET'S TURN TO
METEOROLOGIST THOMAS PATRICK
NOW AND THOMAS WHAT CAN YOU
TELL US ABOUT THAT TORNADO THIS
WAS DEFINITELY A FLUKE OF A
TORNADO IN FACT MOST OF THE
SEVERE WEATHER IN THE COUNTRY
TODAY WAS IN GEORGIA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA. SO HOW DID THIS ALL
HAPPEN. WELL IT WAS SEEMINGLY
RANDOM IT BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK
AT THE RADAR AT THAT TIME
BETWEEN 2:00 AND 3:00 O'CLOCK
IN THE AFTERNOON IT REALLY JUST
LOOKS LIKE A BUNCH OF SHOWERS
MAYBE SOME HEAVIER DOWNPOURS AT
TIMES BUT IF YOU NOTICE RIGHT
NORTH OF RICHLAND THERE WAS A
LITTLE BIT OF YELLOW AND ORANGE
THAT POPPED UP ON RADAR THAT
MIGHT HAVE BEEN JUST STRONG
ENOUGH TO HOLD SOME ROTATING
WINDS THAT WERE IN JUST THE
RIGHT POSITION AT JUST THE
RIGHT TIME. YEAH. BIT OF A
FLUKE OUT THERE. WELL IT LOOKS
LIKE IT COULD HAVE BEEN A COLD
AIR FUNNEL AT FIRST BUT THE
IMAGES AND THE VIDEOS THAT WE
SAW FROM THAT AREA LOOKS TO BE
A BIT STRONGER THAN YOUR
TYPICAL COLD AIR FUNNEL FOR THE
IN THE NORTHWEST IN THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON. NONETHELESS
QUITE INCREDIBLE STUFF. GREAT
PICTURES WE'RE GLAD EVERYBODY
TOOK THOSE PICTURES FROM A SAFE
DISTANCE THAT YOU SEE AT LEAST
IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE AS
A WHOLE THIS IS THE LAST 12
HOURS YOU CAN SEE THE STREAKS
OF THE RAINFALL AND THE
PRECIPITATION MOVING ACROSS
WASHINGTON. WHILE MOST INTENSE
IN SOUTHERN WASHINGTON IF YOU
LOOK CLOSELY THERE'S SOME BLIPS
OF THUNDER THAT POP UP THE
SPOKANE COUNTY AREA. SO WE NOT
ONLY SAW THUNDERSTORMS BUT IN
MY CASE WE GOT THUNDER SNOW ON
THE SOUTH HILL FOR A LITTLE
BIT. SO WILD WEATHER TODAY.
I DON'T THINK IT GETS QUITE AS
INTENSE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
BUT THE PRECIPITATION IS NOT
GOING ANYWHERE. SO BREAKING
DOWN HOW MUCH MORE SNOW AND OR
RAIN OR MAYBE EVEN CROP ALL
THAT WE'LL SEE IN THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. I HAVE THAT IN YOUR
FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES
SOUNDS GOOD. THOMAS YOU HAD TWO
HOURS LEFT OF MARCH AND TOTALLY
GOES OUT QUIETLY FROM HERE.
WELL YESTERDAY HIGH WINDS WERE
TOPPLING TENTS AND CREWS WERE
PACKING UP THOSE TENTS AT THAT
DRIVE THROUGH CORONA VIRUS
TESTING SITE AT THE SPOKANE
COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. NOW LEADERS
SAY THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND A
MORE SECURE LOCATION TO HAVE
THE SITE BACK UP RUNNING AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THEY ARE
CONSIDERING OTHER SITES THAT
COULD LAST LONGER AND WITHSTAND
STRONGER WEATHER AND THAT MAY
BE THE FAIRGROUNDS MAY BE AT A
DIFFERENT LOCATION HAVE A
COUPLE OF OPTIONS. WE'LL BE
ABLE TO GIVE UPDATE THURSDAY
MORNING PRESSURE LEADERS AT THE
REGIONAL HEALTH DISTRICT SAY
THEY EXPECT A NEW SITE TO BE UP
AND RUNNING BY TOMORROW
MORNING'S CITY LEADERS ARE ALSO
LOOKING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AS A
POSSIBLE QUARANTINE AND
ISOLATION SITE TO HELP WITH THE
CORONA VIRUS RESPONSE GOVERNOR
JAY INSLEE ADDING ADDITIONAL
GUIDANCE TODAY TO THE STATEWIDE
STAY AT HOME ORDER. HE ADDED
THAT NANNIES ARE ESSENTIAL IF
THEY ARE IN THE HOME TAKING
CARE OF CHILDREN OF ESSENTIAL
WORKERS AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR
FACILITIES AND RENEWABLE
ENERGIES INSLEE ALSO SIGNED A
PROCLAMATION THAT WILL ALLOW
EXPERIENCED EMPLOYEES IN THE
INDUSTRIES OF MEDICINE PUBLIC
HEALTH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
OTHER ESSENTIAL POSITIONS WHO
ARE NEARING RETIREMENT TO
REMAIN IN THEIR POSITIONS RIGHT
NOW. GOVERNMENT HEALTH PUBLIC
SAFETY AND NONGOVERNMENT
WORKERS IN OUR REGION ARE ALL
WORKING TOGETHER TO NAVIGATE
THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR
COMMUNITY. THERE COLLABORATE IS
ALL TAKING PLACE UNDER ONE ROOF
AT THE SPOKANE FIRE TRAINING
CENTER. IT'S NOW BEING REFERRED
TO AS THE INLAND COVERED
NINETEEN RESPONSE COMMAND
CENTER CRAMMED TUBES AMANDA
ROLLY SHARES HOW THESE AGENCIES
ARE WORKING TOGETHER DURING
THIS UNPRECEDENTED OUTBREAK
OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS YOU MAY
HAVE SEEN VIDEOS LIKE THIS AS
THIS OUTBREAK CONTINUES THAT
TREND WILL START TO LEVEL OFF.
THESE ARE SPOKANE REGIONAL
LEADERS PROVIDING THE COMMUNITY
UPDATES AND DIRECTIVES DURING
THE PANDEMIC AND IT'S ALL DONE
RIGHT HERE AT THE SPOKANE FIRE
TRAINING FACILITY 71 DIFFERENT
AGENCIES FROM OUR REGION ARE
REPRESENTED AT THE INLAND
COVERED 19 RESPONSE COMMAND
CENTER. THOSE INCLUDE SPOKANE
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SPOKANE
REGIONAL HEALTH DISTRICT AND
CITY LEADERS. ALL OF WHICH ARE
WORKING TOGETHER UNDER ONE
ROOF. HAVING EVERYBODY IN THE
SAME BUILDING IS ABSOLUTELY
ESSENTIAL. THIS WHOLE INCIDENT
IS SO COMPLEX AND THERE ARE SO
MANY PARTS AND PIECES TO IT
WHETHER IT IS THE HEALTH
RESPONSE WHICH WHICH RAY CAN
SPEAK TO OR WHETHER IT IS THE
LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND THE
THINGS THAT THAT MY OFFICE IS
DOING IN EMERGENCY COMMAND
CENTER FOR THESE AGENCIES WAS
ALSO USED DURING THE 2050
WINDSTORM. RIGHT NOW IT IS
ORGANIZED BY THESE FUNCTIONS
EACH FUNCTION SERVES THE
PURPOSE OF GETTING CRITICAL
INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC
QUICKLY AND SENDING RESOURCES
WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED? COMMAND
CENTER TEAM MEMBERS FREQUENTLY
LOOK AT SHORT TERM AND LONG
TERM STEPS THAT NEED TO BE
TAKEN DURING THIS PANDEMIC. WE
CALL THAT FEATURING AN AND IT'S
THE INTENT TO LEAN FORWARD AND
ANTICIPATE BECAUSE IF YOU ARE
LEAN FORWARD LEANING FORWARD
AND ANTICIPATING THE POTENTIAL
ISSUES THE DECISIONS YOU MIGHT
HAVE TO MAKE THEN YOU'RE IN A
BETTER POSITION TO ACT. ONCE
YOU HIT THOSE IDENTIFIED
TRIGGER POINTS OR DECISION
POINTS WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE
GROUND STARTS HERE IN
OPERATIONS AND PLANNING. IN
FACT THIS FUNCTION WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING UP THE
DRIVE THROUGH SCREENING SITE AT
THE SPOKANE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.
SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE
HELPERS THEY ARE HERE AT THE
COMMAND CENTER. AGENCY
REPRESENTATIVES WORK SEVEN DAYS
A WEEK AT TIMES MORE THAN 12
HOURS A DAY TO PROTECT AND
SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AMANDA
ROLLY CRIME TO NEWS. NOW WE'LL
SEND THINGS BACK TO MARC AT
HOME TO GO OVER THE LATEST ON
THE CORONA VIRUS NUMBERS HERE
IN THE INLAND NORTHWEST. MARK
THAT'S RIGHT VIRGINIA. THE
SPOKANE REGIONAL HEALTH
DISTRICT NOW REPORTING ONE
HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE
CONFIRMED CASES OF THE CORONA
VIRUS. THEY SAY 22 PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN HOSPITALIZED SO FAR AND
FOUR DEATHS HAVE NOW BEEN
CONFIRMED ACROSS WASHINGTON.
THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN FORTY
EIGHT HUNDRED CASES. THE DEATH
TOLL NOW STANDS AT ONE HUNDRED
AND NINETY FIVE. AT LEAST ONE
HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH KOVAC
19 AGAIN IN SPOKANE COUNTY AND
AGAIN TWENTY TWO HAVE BEEN
HOSPITALIZED IN GRANT COUNTY.
THERE ARE 50 CONFIRMED CASES
AND ONE DEATH? AND WE WANT TO
GIVE YOU A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK
AT CASES ACROSS THE REGION NOW.
THOSE ARE ALL LISTED ON YOUR
SCREEN ACROSS STATE LINE IN
IDAHO THE PANHANDLE HEALTH
DISTRICT REPORTS 30 CASES IN
KOOTENAI COUNTY. RIGHT NOW
THERE IS ONE CASE IN BONNER
COUNTY. STATEWIDE THE DEATH
TOLL IS AT NINE FOR IDAHO AMONG
FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN TOTAL
CASES. WELL EVERY DAY WE GET
NEW DATA ABOUT THE SPREAD OF
THE CORONA VIRUS. THE NUMBER OF
CASES THE NUMBER OF DEATHS AND
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TESTED.
BUT THOSE NUMBERS TELL THE
WHOLE STORY. CASEY DECKER FOR
US TALKED TO THE STATE'S HEALTH
OFFICER ABOUT JUST THAT THE
FIRST NUMBER THAT EVERYONE'S
TRACKING OF COURSE THE NUMBER
OF CONFIRMED CASES. AND WHILE
TECHNICAL ISSUES HAVE MADE IT
TRICKY TO KEEP REAL TIME
ACCURATE DATA. DR. KATHY LOW
FEE SAYS LONGER TERM DATA IS
MORE USEFUL ANY ONE FIGURE FROM
THAT DATA THAT INITIALLY SEEMS
ALARMING. THE DAILY NUMBER OF
NEW CASES EARLY LAST WEEK THE
HIGH END ESTIMATE WAS TWO IN 50
NEW CASES PER DAY. BY LAST
WEEKEND THAT HAD SHOT UP TO AS
MANY AS 600. BUT DR. LOW FEE
SAYS THIS IS ACTUALLY A GOOD
THING. MOST OF THIS JUMPING
CASE COUNTS WAS DUE TO A
DOUBLING IN THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO WERE TESTED AND
THAT'S ACTUALLY GOOD NEWS
BECAUSE TESTING CAPACITY HAS
LIMITED AND TO SEE AN ALMOST
DOUBLING IN THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING TESTED IS
GREAT? SO HOW DO WE KNOW HOW
FAST THE VIRUS IS REALLY
SPREADING. LOTFI SAYS LOOK TO A
DIFFERENT FIGURE. THE
PERCENTAGE OF DAILY TESTS THAT
COME BACK POSITIVE IN MID-MARCH
THAT NUMBER WAS 6 OR 7 PERCENT
IN THE PAST FEW DAYS IT'S
BECOME MORE LIKE 8 OR 9
PERCENT. AND THIS SUGGESTS AN
INCREASE KOBE 19 ACTIVITY IN
THE STATE AND THE NUMBER OF
DAILY DEATHS IS GOING UP AS
WELL. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN.
IS SOCIAL DISTANCING NOT
WORKING. WELL THAT'S NOT QUITE
IT. BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE
VIRUS IS STILL SPREADING IT'S
SPREADING GRADUALLY WHEREAS IN
PLACES LIKE NEW YORK COVERED 19
CASES ARE SKYROCKETING? THAT
DATA REALLY SUGGEST CURRENTLY
THAT COVERED 19 IS STILL
INCREASING IN OUR STATE BUT IT
DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE
INCREASING AT AN EXPONENTIAL
PACE. WE DO BELIEVE THAT OUR
SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES ARE
HAVING SOME IMPACT IN SLOWING
DOWN THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.
SO IF WE'RE FLATTENING THE
CURVE WHAT DOES THAT CURVE LOOK
LIKE NOW LOW FEE POINTED TO
MODELING DONE BY YOU RIGHT NOW
THEY PREDICT WASHINGTON WILL
HIT ITS PEAK ON APRIL