Multi Hazardous area - California

Question 1

Earthquakes

Answer 1

Loma Prieta Earthquake 1989.
Magnitude 6.9.
63 killed.
Over 3,500 injured.
Up to $6 billion in damage.
Most damage to vulnerable areas of the San Francisco Bay area.
On the San Andreas Fault.

$80 million spent on a full retrofit of the San Francisco area in 1995.

Question 2

Droughts

Answer 2

2011-2017 drought period was the longest in California history with the period between 2011-2014 representing the driest in its history.
2007-2009 drought was the first drought to trigger a state-wide proclamation of emergency - caused deadly wildfires.
La nina - episodes of cooler than average sea surface temperature in the equatorial Pacific

Question 3

Wildfires

Answer 3

Camp fire 2018.
2007-2009 drought period resulted in the 2007 and 2009 wildfire seasons being particularly harmful, each burning 1.5 million acres.

Question 4

Landslides

Answer 4

Often occur after sustained long periods of rainfall.
La Conchita landslide 2005 occurred after a 15 day period of near record rainfall.
The landslide was triggered by the rainfall and was somewhat a continuation of the 1995 landslide.
Destroyed 13 homes.
Killed 10 people.

Question 5

Flooding

Answer 5

LA County Flooding 2005.
Killed 17.
$300 million in property damage.
Caused the landslide at La Conchita.