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Californians urged to be quake-ready

LOS ANGELES — Emergency response authorities are urging Californians to take earthquake preparedness seriously and plan on having to take care of themselves for up to two weeks in a disaster. Experts gathered Thursday at a Los Angeles County Fire Department training facility drew attention to the issue of personal readiness in advance of...

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US, Canadian investors fund earthquake retrofit projects

How do you say “National Outline Plan 38 Retrofitting of Structures against Earthquakes” in French? It appears that for Montreal’s Tidan Hospitality and Real Estate Group, it doesn’t matter – the main thing is that it creates penthouses in Tel Aviv. Tidan, together with several US and Canadian investors, invested $200 million in Kriger Real Estate...

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Ill. agency urges earthquake prepardedness – KWQC-TV6 News and Weather For The Quad Cities -

Associated Press – September 15, 2010 4:14 AM ET SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – think earthquakes and you may not immediately think Illinois. But authorities say earthquakes can and do occur in the state and they’re urging Illinoisans to become more aware of how to react. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency says residents should start thinking about participating...

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Earthquake Preparedness and Survival Kit

Recommended Links: Chile Earthquake photo Because of the dreadful earthquake in Chile days ago and Haiti a couple of weeks ago, the threat of quakes and their aftermath may be prowling in the back of our minds. Could an earthquake happen in any place here in our country? Almost 200 years ago, the new Madrid quake was...

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‘Emergency Disaster Kits For Earthquake Preparedness’, EarthquakePreparedness’s blog message on Netlog

Friday, 10 September 2010 at 22:02 We had the privilege recently of being included in a National Preparedness Task Force town hall meeting in San Diego to talk about emergency preparedness and naturally earthquake preparedness was a big part of the discussion. in this article we will primarily discuss about the importance of emergency...

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Finding fairness for all victims is what will define us

Though of a similar magnitude, the contrast between the initial human impact of the Christchurch and Haiti earthquakes could not have been more stark. No doubt this was a factor that prompted former Prime Minister Helen Clark to promote New Zealand as an example to the world of earthquake preparedness. While the initial response phases of...

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In Earthquakes, Poverty, Population and Motion Matter – NYTimes.com

There are plenty of reasons damage and deaths from the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck near Christchurch, New Zealand, on Saturday utterly paled compared to the absolute devastation wrought by the 7.0-magnitude quake near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I sent a query about the different outcomes in Christchuch, Haiti (and Chile) to a half dozen engineers and geologists...

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