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Citizens To Play A Role In Largest Earthquake Drill In U.S. History
I wanted to bring your attention to an important earthquake preparedness event that readers in California may already have heard about — The Great Southern California ShakeOut – occurring this...
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Just Two Hours After ‘Warning’ Earthquake, L.A. Fire Department Seizes Moment...
Though today’s 5.4 earthquake in Los Angeles was fortunately not too serious, some experts are already saying it was a “warning” of a major one to come. But the question is whether this warning will...
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Take The “Quake Quiz” From San Francisco’s Office Of Emergency Management
Roberto De Vido (who keeps me apprised of Japanese public preparedness efforts from his home on the outskirts of Tokyo) just brought something to my attention here in the U.S. — the Quake Quiz...
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A Greater California ShakeOut: On October 15th, The North Will Join The South...
At the Natural Hazards & Applications Workshop on Friday, a panel of those involved with the Great California ShakeOut offered an update of their plans for the second annual drill, which will take...
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Get Ready To “Rumble” For Preparedness In San Francisco During Mid-October
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom yesterday announced “The Big Rumble” marking the 20th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake with a week-long series of special preparedness events. In a letter to...
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Ojai OK, You’re OK…So Community’s OK — Readiness Drill Involves Public, CERT,...
In recent posts, I have highlighted a couple of major California preparedness events occurring in mid-October — “The Great California Shakeout” and “The Great Rumble”. I wanted to mention another one,...
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6.9 Million Participate In California ShakeOut; Shows Value Of Having Single...
Congratulations to the organizers of The Great California Shakeout which took place yesterday at 10:15 PT. In the ShakeOut’s second year, 6.9 million Californians participated up from 5.5 million in...
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“Cost Of Earthquake Insurance Discourages Many Californians”
In the wake of this week’s Baja California earthquake, San Diego’s KPBS had an interesting piece discussing why so few state residents have earthquake insurance. [There] may be good reasons to get...
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Are Earthquakes Becoming More Frequent? No, But Our Exposure To Them Is...
With today’s 7.1 earthquake in western China on the heels of the quakes in Haiti and China as well as those last week in Baja California and Indonesia, seismologist Roger Musson has a timely op-ed in...
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On Earthquake Preparedness Month, Some Red Cross ‘Prepare-aphernalia’ Ideas &...
With April being Earthquake Preparedness Month, the always creative Robin Parker from the Red Cross Oregon Trail Chapter has a guest post on the American Red Cross blog with some ideas for “interesting...
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A Few Words Of Preparedness Advice From Seattle’s “Earthquake Lady”
As part of a special report from Seattle’s local public radio station, KUOW, “On Shaky Ground: Waiting for the Big One in the Pacific Northwest,” there’s a three-minute audio interview with JoAnn...
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“Study Paints Grim New Madrid Quake Scenario”
A University of Illinois study commissioned by FEMA and just released publicly says the New Madrid seismic zone is capable of producing a massive earthquake that could devastate parts of the central...
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NYC CERT Team Leader Writes Journal About Experiences Training Earthquake...
Earlier this month, I wrote about a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) group from New York City that went to Haiti to train earthquake survivors in emergency preparedness and response. CERT team...
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“Did You Feel It?” If So, USGS Wants You To Report Details To Its Earthquake...
Soon after this week’s 5.2 earthquake near San Diego, the Twitter feed of the Great California Shakeout asked their followers to visit the United States Geological Survey’s (USGS) “Did You Feel It?”...
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On Six-Month Haiti Earthquake Anniversary, Oversight Group Calls For More...
On the six-month anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti, the Disaster Accountability Project (DAP) released a report today criticizing the lack of transparency by groups raising relief funds from the...
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“Disaster Politics: Why Earthquakes Rock Democracies Less”
“On January 12, 2010, Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, was struck by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake that caused widespread destruction and killed approximately 222,000 people. The next month, Chile was hit...
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On 9/11, Palo Alto Will Become “Quakeville” For Extensive Disaster Drill...
Readers of this blog know how excited I get about creative, well-planned emergency exerrcise that involve the public. So, I wanted to bring your attention to “Quakeville,” an two-day earthquake drill...
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Following Two Successful California “ShakeOuts,” Major Earthquake Drill With...
Coming off the success of two “Great California ShakeOut” earthquake drills, there will be a new “Great Central U.S. ShakeOut” to practice preparedness in the midwest next April with a similarly large...
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Two-Day California Earthquake Disaster Drill Focuses On Testing Social Media...
A two-day drill, Exercise 24 (X24), was launched today by San Diego State University’s Immersive Visualization Center in large part to test how social media would be used to respond to a crisis....
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