By Lance Winslow
For those who live in an Earthquake zone, you'd think they'd be better prepared, but they aren't. It is rather amazing when you consider it. Indeed, I live in California and for the most part, the whole place is in or near Earthquake faults, and many folks are not prepared, some who literally live on-top of a fault-lines in fact. There are more faults in California than you can count, seriously and they keep adding more as the Earthquake science gets better, along with our high-tech sensors.
According to an interview in Arizona Central on May 2, 2010; reposted from the Los Angeles Times that day; "50 new fault lines are added to California Earthquake map," and written by Hector Becerra - May. 2, 2010 12:00 AM - Los Angeles Times:
"These maps are used to make a lot of other maps, to map landslides, areas where you have liquefaction because of earthquakes, for tsunami coastal mapping," state geologist John Parrish said. "They can be used to make decisions on where to build schools and hospitals, where you need a higher standard of construction. They can tell you what kind of a surface you're building on and how close you are to a fault."
Okay so, this is an intriguing thought isn't it? "Should Every Classroom in California Have Earthquake Fault Maps on the Wall?" That's not a half bad idea, it would remind children how important it is to always be prepared, and to take precautions at home and take these issues seriously. It could indeed, someday save their lives. Right now Earthquake scientists are working very hard to develop pre-Earthquake warning systems which will warn people ahead of the shaking that the Earthquake Waves are on their way.
The systems developed in Japan, another quake ridden location on our planet, warn people about 15-30 seconds ahead of the major shaking. That might not seem like a lot of time, but the average person could easily run 50-100 yards or more in that amount of time if they had too. And if such a system was hooked to mobile technology it could warn everyone near any given cell tower in the Earthquake zone immediately. Cell phones could have a certain ring-tone for quakes, and these systems could be designed similar to reverse 911 systems.
Maybe we should all be thinking here and set up a simple system which would really make humans in Earthquake zones safer?
According to an interview in Arizona Central on May 2, 2010; reposted from the Los Angeles Times that day; "50 new fault lines are added to California Earthquake map," and written by Hector Becerra - May. 2, 2010 12:00 AM - Los Angeles Times:
"These maps are used to make a lot of other maps, to map landslides, areas where you have liquefaction because of earthquakes, for tsunami coastal mapping," state geologist John Parrish said. "They can be used to make decisions on where to build schools and hospitals, where you need a higher standard of construction. They can tell you what kind of a surface you're building on and how close you are to a fault."
Okay so, this is an intriguing thought isn't it? "Should Every Classroom in California Have Earthquake Fault Maps on the Wall?" That's not a half bad idea, it would remind children how important it is to always be prepared, and to take precautions at home and take these issues seriously. It could indeed, someday save their lives. Right now Earthquake scientists are working very hard to develop pre-Earthquake warning systems which will warn people ahead of the shaking that the Earthquake Waves are on their way.
The systems developed in Japan, another quake ridden location on our planet, warn people about 15-30 seconds ahead of the major shaking. That might not seem like a lot of time, but the average person could easily run 50-100 yards or more in that amount of time if they had too. And if such a system was hooked to mobile technology it could warn everyone near any given cell tower in the Earthquake zone immediately. Cell phones could have a certain ring-tone for quakes, and these systems could be designed similar to reverse 911 systems.
Maybe we should all be thinking here and set up a simple system which would really make humans in Earthquake zones safer?
