Good morning all: Just FYI, at the January Board meeting I spoke briefly about Cascadia Rising, a major FEMA exercise that the Northwestern Division is in preparation for; Sections participating in the exercise are - Eastern and Western Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska. In addition, British Columbia and the Yukon Territories are involved. The attached article is written by Bill Ward (K9GRZ) Idaho's ASEC for training and exercises. 73 and good Hamming Jim Pace, K7CEX ARRL the National Association for Amateur Radio Northwestern Division Director