Earthquakes have inflicted pain and damage on Long Beach and surrounding communities in past decades.
A recent Resilience Advantage webinar touched on milestones in the Long Beach resilience story — the 1933 earthquake, state legislative changes following the earthquake, the new resilient City Hall and Port buildings, and the new Long […]
Ramona Town Hall, constructed in 1894, is undergoing a renovation that includes a seismic retrofit.
This iconic structure has stood its ground for 125 years, even rising back from the ashes of an arson fire that burned much of the building in the mid-1990s.
Residents of the town today are working to […]
Concern over safety prompted closure in 2018. Is your building safe?
Long Beach Community Hospital reopened this year after being shut down in 2018 out of seismic safety concerns.
Worry over the safety of the building prompted its closure, but the facility reopened in January and was expected to […]
How much worse would a major earthquake make California’s already serious housing crisis?
It could destroy much of the existing affordable housing in Los Angeles County — older apartment buildings, many of which are at risk of severe damage in a major earthquake.
In 2016, voters in the city overwhelmingly approved Proposition […]
2021 FEMA Hazard Risk Map. (Red and orange represent highest risks.)
Is your neighborhood at high risk of suffering from an earthquake? If you live in or near Los Angeles County, you could face greater than risk all other counties in the nation.
A new online tool, […]
The benefits of making buildings and communities more resilient to better withstand powerful earthquakes will be discussed during “The Resilience Advantage,” webinar on Wednesday, Feb. 17 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
To register, visit optimumseismic.com/the-resilience-advantage/. There is no fee to sign in.
A coalition of leading business organizations […]
The benefits of making buildings and communities more resilient to better withstand powerful earthquakes will be discussed during “The Resilience Advantage,” webinar on Wednesday, Feb. 17 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
To register, visit optimumseismic.com/the-resilience-advantage/. There is no fee to sign in.
A coalition of leading business organizations […]
The benefits of making buildings and communities more resilient to better withstand powerful earthquakes will be discussed during “The Resilience Advantage,” webinar on Wednesday, Feb. 17 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
To register, visit optimumseismic.com/the-resilience-advantage/. There is no fee to sign in.
A coalition […]
The benefits of making buildings and communities more resilient to better withstand powerful earthquakes will be discussed during “The Resilience Advantage,” webinar on Wednesday, Feb. 17 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
To register, visit optimumseismic.com/the-resilience-advantage/. There is no fee to sign in.
A coalition of leading business organizations […]
The best way to prepare for disaster is to ask yourself, “What’s the worst thing that could happen?”
When it comes to earthquakes, you can assess damage from past experiences, identify the near-misses or “thank goodness it didn’t happen here” scenarios and search out the best ways to mitigate those possibilities […]
