1.17 San Andreas

Question 1

High Tech Monitoring

Answer 1

GPS stations and GPS sensors.
Pressure.
Temperature.
Seismic data in real time.

Question 2

Prediction

Answer 2

Warning systems

Question 3

Education

Answer 3

Security Training
Training Exercises
Drills

Question 4

Community Preparedness

Answer 4

Agencies and firms working together and using messaging services to contact one another.

Question 5

Adaptation

Answer 5

Seismically reinforced buildings and seismic retrofits.

Question 6

Seismic Retrofits

Answer 6

Modifications to preexisting buildings to make them more EQ resistant.

Question 7

Models Forecasting Disaster Impacts

Answer 7

Interdependence between energy and utility systems, trying to get them back to operating as soon as possible.

Question 8

California Preparation (Education)

Answer 8

$3.3m spent on drills and training exercises.

Annual Golden Guardian exercise.

Question 9

California Preparation (Adaptation)

Answer 9

A seismically reinforced and modern emergency operations centre.
180 seismic retrofits around California e.g. small but critical pump stations or transmission mains.

Question 10

California Preparation (Community Preparedness)

Answer 10

California State Law - the mayor is no longer in charge.
Leads from all agencies work together in the same room.
Twitter used to send alerts about emergencies.

Question 11

California Preparation (High Tech Monitoring)

Answer 11

Nasa have upgraded GPS stations.
Computer models work out disaster potential
Sensors added to buildings/bridges to quickly tag buildings as safe/dangerous.

Question 12

California Preparation (Prediction)

Answer 12

ShakeAlert is an early warning systems that sends a text message.

Question 13

California Preparation (Models Forecasting Disaster Impacts)

Answer 13

California Utilities Disaster Impacts - look for interdependences between energy and utility systems to bring them back online ASAP.