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14 February, 2021

Los Angeles County tops FEMA disaster risk list

By |2021-02-14T23:02:55+00:00February 14th, 2021|Earthquake Protection, Earthquake Resilience|

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, […]

4 February, 2021

Benefits of Earthquake Resilient Communities Subject of New Webinar Series on Feb. 17

By |2021-04-26T14:17:09+00:00February 4th, 2021|Earthquake Resilient Communities, SDCAA|

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 […]

3 February, 2021

Benefits of Earthquake Resilient Communities Subject of New Webinar Series on Feb. 17

By |2021-04-26T14:19:52+00:00February 3rd, 2021|AAOC, Earthquake Resilience|

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 […]

2 February, 2021

Benefits of Earthquake Resilient Communities Subject of New Webinar Series on Feb. 17

By |2021-04-26T14:23:29+00:00February 2nd, 2021|AACSC, Earthquake Resilience|

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 […]

1 February, 2021

Benefits of Earthquake Resilient Communities Subject of New Webinar Series on Feb. 17

By |2021-04-26T14:25:04+00:00February 1st, 2021|AAGLA, Earthquake Resilience|

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 […]

4 January, 2021

Resilience Reduce Earthquake Disaster Risk

By |2021-02-02T23:41:25+00:00January 4th, 2021|Earthquake Resilience, SDCAA|

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 […]

3 January, 2021

Choose Earthquake Resilience, Not Complacency

By |2021-02-02T23:40:59+00:00January 3rd, 2021|AAOC, Earthquake Resilience|

Some scientists and economists say the COVID-19 pandemic, a rare, severe and widespread crisis, sparked widespread belief in hindsight that everyone should have seen it coming and been better prepared.

This year has been unprecedent – in our lifetimes, at least.  Earlier societies are said to have been hit harder in […]

2 January, 2021

New Bridge Built with Earthquakes in Mind

By |2021-02-02T18:10:21+00:00January 2nd, 2021|AACSC, Earthquake Protection, Earthquake Resilience, Seismic Engineering, Seismic Resilience|

More than 60,000 vehicles pass daily over the new Gerald Desmond Bridge in Long Beach – a 2,000-foot-long expanse of cables and steel connecting downtown and the 710 freeway to the port.

Opened in October, it is built to accommodate taller ocean cargo vessels, which are expected to rise to nearly […]

1 January, 2021

After 50 Years, San Fernando Quake Still Provides Lessons

By |2021-02-02T23:30:13+00:00January 1st, 2021|AAGLA, earthquake damage, earthquake preparedness, Earthquake Protection, Earthquake Resilience|

Half a century ago – on Feb. 9, 1971 – a 6.6-magnitude earthquake rattled the San Fernando Valley, killing 65, injuring 2,500, and causing $505 million in damage ($3.2 billion in today’s dollars).

Forty-seven people perished at one site alone when the San Fernando Veteran’s Hospital crumbled into a heap of […]

15 December, 2020

Seismic Engineers: Outwitting Earthquakes with Smart Design

By |2021-04-13T20:45:05+00:00December 15th, 2020|Seismic Engineering, Seismic Retrofit|

The Third Little Pig built his house out of brick, so when the Big Bad Wolf huffed and puffed – it didn’t blow down.

But what if that childhood fable’s menace had been an earthquake instead?

The outcome of that story could be much different.

Brick, concrete, and steel were once considered indestructible […]

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