To reach the list moderators in an emergency call 202-986-9275, or send an email to the List Owner, whose address is at www.cleveland-park.com toward the bottom of the page.

Email emergencies are rare, but if you are reporting a hacker attack on the Cleveland Park email list, or need to send out an urgent message about crime or a lost animal and your message needs immediate approval, that constitutes an emergency.  You can also send a SMS (short text message up to 110 characters) to cpemergency-at-adlerbooks-dot-com.  A text message is the best way to reach the list moderator after hours.  (Replace the words with the appropriate email symbols.)  Include your phone number in your message.

You can also instant message the moderator using Yahoo Messenger,  Google Talk, or AIM though the screen name allclevelandpark. 

The DC Emergency Radio Network
Visit http://www.dcradio.org for more information

The DC Emergency Radio Network is available as an alternate means of communication during an emergency.   In the event of a neighborhood or city-wide power, telephone and Internet failure, the DC Emergency Radio Network can keep you in touch with neighbors.

DCERN will use family radio service (FRS) and General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) radios on channel 1, no subchannel (subchannel 0).^*

Many people in Cleveland Park already have FRS and GMRS radios. (These are those little handheld walkie-talkie radios that family and friends use to keep in touch at parks, on ski slopes and in malls. They're sold at Radio Shack and elsewhere. FRS radios are license-free and have a range of ˝ to 5 miles.)

If normal modes of communication go down —be it because of a terrorist attack, power outage, storm or other problem— the DC Emergency Radio Network is a pre-planned way of communicating neighborhood news and information. 

DCERN may also be called into service for other emergencies, such as searching for a lost child, or if neighbors need to evacuate their homes.   If the power goes out, turn your FRS radio on.   

Because FRS and GMRS radios are FM, they will capture the strongest signal, so you'll only hear the person who's talking at that moment and who has the most powerful signal—likely to be your nearest neighbor.  The DC Emergency Radio Network will work a little like a relay, with a message being transmitted person by person down the line.   DCERN may include local police and fire officials. 

That's it: If the Internet fails, or if there’s some other emergency,  tune your DCERN radio to the DC Emergency Radio Network on channel 1, no subchannel.  DCERN may be your pipeline to emergency help and information. 

www.dcradio.org

*Channels are different frequencies; subchannels, also called CTCSS codes, are "privacy codes" that enable you to limit who can be part of your talk-group. For emergency communications CTCSS codes should be off: displayed as 0 on FRS radios. 

Issues in Cleveland Park

Have you been woken up or disturbed by illegal pre-dawn noise?  You can call the police at 311 and file a complaint.  We have a webpage with more information about which city officials to complain to, and how to solve your noise problems: www.quietdc.com.

Help support the effort to get a red light camera at Connecticut Avenue and Ordway Street, and other dangerous intersections in Cleveland Park.  Visit www.redmeansstop.com.  You can help make Cleveland Park safe for pedestrians. 

Have you seen the cobra head streetlights that are replacing the historic teardrop streetlamps in Cleveland Park and other historic neighborhoods?  If  you want to read more about what's happening to Cleveland Park at night, visit www.badlights.com.  Help preserve historic Washington, DC!