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Entries Tagged as 'Earthquake Preparedness'

Two-Day California Earthquake Disaster Drill Focuses On Testing Social Media Response

September 24th, 2010 · No Comments

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. According to a CNN.com article, “Fake Earthquake Disaster Drill Tests Facebook, Twitter”:
The idea is to test the speed and widen the scope of responses [...]

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Tags: Earthquake Preparedness · Preparedness 2.0 · Preparedness Events · Volunteer Opportunities

Following Two Successful California “ShakeOuts,” Major Earthquake Drill With Significant Public Involvement Is Coming To The Midwest

September 7th, 2010 · No Comments

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 public involvement.
The Great California ShakeOut began in 2008, as the Great Southern California ShakeOut, an effort to educate the public about emergency management [...]

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Tags: Earthquake Preparedness · Preparedness Games

On 9/11, Palo Alto Will Become “Quakeville” For Extensive Disaster Drill Involving Public

August 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment

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 in Palo Alto, California that begins on September 11th. As described in an article at Palo Alto Online:
The ground is shaking violently. Family heirlooms [...]

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Tags: City Preparedness · Earthquake Preparedness · Preparedness Events

“Disaster Politics: Why Earthquakes Rock Democracies Less”

July 20th, 2010 · No Comments

“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 by an 8.8-magnitude earthquake — approximately 500 times stronger than that in Haiti — but only 500 people died. Why the disparity?”
That’s the question addressed in an interesting [...]

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Tags: Earthquake Preparedness · International

On Six-Month Haiti Earthquake Anniversary, Oversight Group Calls For More Transparency From Groups Soliciting Public Relief Donations

July 12th, 2010 · No Comments

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 public.
The “Report On The Transparency of Relief Organizations Responding to the 2010 Haiti Earthquake”, according to DAP, is the result of an investigation aimed at determining [...]

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Tags: Earthquake Preparedness

“Did You Feel It?” If So, USGS Wants You To Report Details To Its Earthquake Website

July 9th, 2010 · No Comments

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?” website. “Did You Feel It?” collects reports from citizens after temblors from around the world.
These public reporting can be very helpful according to the [...]

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Tags: Earthquake Preparedness · Preparedness 2.0 · Preparedness Resources · Volunteer Opportunities

NYC CERT Team Leader Writes Journal About Experiences Training Earthquake Survivors In Haiti On Disaster Preparedness & Response

June 29th, 2010 · No Comments

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 members along with their Haitian students
Herman Schaffer, the NYC team leader, kept an interesting journal of the experience and posted it on the City’s Office [...]

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Tags: CERT · Earthquake Preparedness · International

“Study Paints Grim New Madrid Quake Scenario”

June 26th, 2010 · No Comments

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 United States — and notes the lack of preparedness for such an event.
According to a Chicago Tribune article on the study:
“I think everybody [...]

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Tags: Earthquake Preparedness · Federal Emergency Management Administration · Preparedness Reports

A Few Words Of Preparedness Advice From Seattle’s “Earthquake Lady”

June 13th, 2010 · 4 Comments

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 Jordan, the Public Education Coordinator, Seattle Office of Emergency Management, on how to stay safe in an earthquake.
Jordan is a top local public emergency communications [...]

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Tags: Earthquake Preparedness · Media

On Earthquake Preparedness Month, Some Red Cross ‘Prepare-aphernalia’ Ideas & A Contest

April 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment

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 items you could add to your earthquake preparedness kit. Or, as they to call them,”prepare-aphernalia”. The post with links can [...]

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Tags: Earthquake Preparedness · Preparedness Ideas · Red Cross