The Great Southern California ShakeOut
- By Let's Build Editors
- Published 06/15/2008
"The Great Southern California ShakeOut is a week of special events featuring the largest earthquake drill in U.S. history, organized to inspire Southern Californians to get ready for big earthquakes, and to prevent disasters from becoming catastrophes."
ShakeOut is One-of-a-Kind
The Great Southern California ShakeOut is a week of special events featuring the largest earthquake drill in U.S. history, organized to inspire Southern Californians to get ready for big earthquakes, and to prevent disasters from becoming catastrophes.
An Earthquake Drill for the Record Books
At 10 a.m. on November 13, 2008, millions of southern Californians will "Drop, Cover, and Hold On". Why? An enormous earthquake is our future, and the ShakeOut Drill is our chance to practice what to do when it happens. Individuals, families, businesses, schools and organizations will join firefighters, police officers, and other emergency responders (involved in the statewide "Golden Guardian" exercise) in our largest-ever earthquake preparedness activity. Don't miss out!
ShakeOut is based on a potential 7.8 magnitude earthquake on the southern San Andreas Fault. This type of earthquake occurs in southern California every 150 years on average, and the last was 151 years ago! Dr. Lucy Jones of the U.S. Geological Survey has led a group of over 200 scientists, engineers, and others to study the likely consequences of this enormous earthquake in great detail.
In summary, the ShakeOut Scenario estimates this earthquake will cause some 2,000 deaths, 50,000 injuries, $200 billion in damage and other losses, and severe, long-lasting disruption. The report has regional implications and is a dramatic call to action for preparedness, and is available at www.ShakeOut.org.
Don't forget to Do The Drill! and "Drop, Cover, and Hold On!" at 10 am on November 13, 2008.
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1 Response to "The Great Southern California ShakeOut" 
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said this on 09 Oct 2008 1:34:01 PM PST
This is a great event. I am really excited to participate in this drill. I was just watching a news story on the internet about this, and apparently they had a press conference in the Cajon Pass yesterday. One of the professors involved said that through the preparation for this drill, they figured out that water pipes throughout Southern California will burst if there is an earthquake this big, and they won't be repairable. They'll have to be replaced, and there aren't enough pipes in the world right now to do this. It would take 6 months to fix all of the damage. So the water companies are working on a solution to this before it happens. The link to the video is:
http://www.fdnntv.com /news.asp?articleID=1909< br /> I am glad that they are figuring this out before an earthquake like this really happens! |
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