If you’ve ever driven down the 405 freeway in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley, you have passed by the sprawling 95-acre Anheuser-Busch brewery where, since 1954, some of the world’s most famous beer brands such as Budweiser, Bud Light and Michelob, and more recent labels like Bud Ice, Kirin Ichiban and […]
Optimum Seismic to Inform Commercial Property and Apartment Owners How to Prevent Financial Losses, Liability, Deaths and Injuries from Major Earthquakes
Members of four leading organizations involved in Orange County’s commercial property and multi-family rental housing industries will come together on Wednesday, Feb. 19 to learn how to protect […]
The California Tower at the San Diego Museum finally reopens after going through a seismic retrofit. The iconic Balboa Park-based attraction appearance did not change on the outside.
For more info, please read the original article by NBC:
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/california/california-tower-finally-reopens-after-seismic-retrofit/2235882/
This article discussed how to start preparing for an earthquake. More importantly they discussed how seismic retrofits are a key part of pre-disaster mitigation.
For more info, please read the original article by Democrat Herald:
https://democratherald.com/news/local/earthquake-preparedness-where-do-we-start/article_de10ff87-57c5-52ec-b8e2-4b6fac30cb3d.html
At the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s annual meeting, experts say Seattle would be okay if the ‘big one’ would hold off for a little bit.
For more info, please read the original article by Geekwire:
https://www.geekwire.com/2020/earthquake-researchers-lay-latest-outlook-really-big-one-thatll-hit-seattle/
The quake struck at 7:33 p.m., about 12 miles northwest of Hollister in San Benito County.
For more info, please read the original article by Fresno Bee:
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/california/article240253221.html
February 2020 Newsletter.
Seismic resiliency is not just about saving buildings. It is the key to ensuring that businesses remain open, people can continue to work and sleep in their own homes, and public services remain intact. I am honored […]
ShakeAlert is a USGS app for your phone, the USGS also feeds the data to Federal Emergency Management Agency, which distributes applicable alerts through the U.S. Emergency Alert System on mobile devices.
For more info, please read the original article by The Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/02/08/californians-can-now-get-earthquake-early-warnings-their-phone-heres-how-alerts-work/
San Diego is blessed to have many stately Victorian homes still keeping watch over the swirling sunsets sinking west behind the harbor.
These majestic and ornate structures, with their brightly colored facades, turrets, spires and wrap-around porches, were built to impress — reflecting the optimism and opulence of a society experiencing […]
California’s homeless population grew by more than 21,300 people in 2019. That’s an increase of 16.4% — more than all other states in the nation combined, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
No matter where you stand on this very complex and controversial issue, the fact […]
