February 2019 Newsletter.
February is Earthquake Awareness Month, a fitting time (albeit coincidentally) for the city of Portland to start flagging schools and other buildings that could put people at risk in an earthquake. […]
January 2019 Newsletter.
The New Year is a time for self-reflection: What is it that we failed to accomplish in the previous year, and what can we do in the next 12 months to be better, fitter, […]
December 2018 Newsletter.
Drop, cover and hold on. If you remember anything about earthquakes, make it this. I found reports of last week’s 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Anchorage alarming due to the countless descriptions I […]
November 2018 Newsletter.
More than 60 million people participated last month in the 10th annual Great ShakeOut, a global drill that originated here in earthquake-prone California. It’s a great opportunity for people to check […]
October 2018 Newsletter.
Gov. Brown this month struck down new legislation that would have helped cities identify seismically vulnerable buildings in their communities. The veto came despite Assembly Bill 2681‘s broad bipartisan support from […]
September 2018 Newsletter.
California cities are feeling encouraged by the news that the city of Berkeley received federal and state funding to help pay the costs to retrofit privately-owned buildings determined to be vulnerable […]
Aug. 2018 Newsletter.
Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” was an autobiographical account by June Carter of what it was like to fall in love with the popular singer. Today, […]
July 2018 Newsletter.
The emergency room at Long Beach Community Hospital was shut down last week over concerns that it would be unable to meet state seismic compliance regulations that take […]
June 2018 Newsletter.
California isn’t the only state holding earthquake drills. Last week, Arizona held a practice run — preparing for some 400,000 evacuees from California fleeing “The Big One.” More than 1,000 agencies […]
May 2018 Newsletter.
South Korea, an area previously considered immune from earthquakes due to its location far from tectonic plates, suffered $53 million in damage in November from its second-largest quake in modern history. Scientists have […]
