-Appeared on Apartment Association California, Southern Cities (AACSC).
Nobody knows where or when the next major earthquake or disaster will strike. While there is clear evidence about the types of buildings likely to suffer damage from seismic shaking, it’s always best to assess your risks by having […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA).
September is National Preparedness Month, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency messages to help people protect themselves and their businesses against earthquakes.
To help apartment owners get ready for a seismic emergency, FEMA has set up a special QuakeSmart […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA).
It’s been more than six months since a massive 9.2-magnitude quake shook Southeastern Alaska, and while some businesses are still trying to get their lives back to normal the overwhelming majority of communities there seem to have withstood the […]
Nearly 150 years ago, an earthquake estimated at 7.8 magnitude struck California’s Inyo County in the Owens Valley killing 27 people in 1872.
The quake struck at 2:30 a.m. while most people in the sparcely populated area were sleeping. […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association California, Southern Cities (AACSC).
“Here’s who to thank that we all survived the quake on Friday,” a headline in the Anchorage Daily News read just days after the Nov. 30 2018 earthquake shook the region with a 7.0-magnitude force.
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-Appeared on Apartment Association California, Southern Cities (AACSC).
California’s devastating wildfires and the recent quake in Alaska may distract us from our own vulnerability to natural disaster.
But did you know that Southern California’s deadliest earthquake occurred right here in the Apartment Association of […]
-Appeared on Southern California Rental Housing Association.
“Here’s who to thank that we all survived the quake on Friday,” a headline in the Anchorage Daily News recently read.
Striking images from the Nov. 30 earthquake there show Vine Road near Wasilla fractured and […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association California, Southern Cities (AACSC).
California just experienced its deadliest and most destructive wildfire, ever. Nearly 14,000 homes, 530 commercial structures and 4,300 other buildings were destroyed in November when the Cal Fire ravaged the Butte County landscape, incinerating entire communities like […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA).
The Philippines is all too familiar with natural disasters: deadly tropical storms and typhoons, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. Located along the Pacific’s so-called “Ring of Fire,” where seismic activity and tropical storms hit with alarming […]
When buildings crumble – when they are red-tagged due to damage from an earthquake – small businesses suffer, setting off residual waves of hardship that can devastate economies.
The Los Angeles County Business Federation (BizFed) has teamed up with Chairman’s Circle member Optimum Seismic […]
