SoCalHUG Summer 2009 Quarterly Meeting

When: Thursday / September 24, 2009 / 1:00PM - 4:00PM

Where: City of Riverside EOC - directions will be posted soon

On-Line: We are hoping to also have the meeting on-line - more info soon


AGENDA ...

Michael Byrne
California's Geographic Information Officer

Margaret Vinci
Manager at Cal Tech's Office of Earthquake Programs, Seismological Laboratory

Phil McCormick (our Host)
Riverside City Fire Department Office of Emergency Management

Michael McDaniel
City of El Segundo

Hope Seligson
MMI Inc.

More info soon ...

HAZUS Training at Loma Linda University

There are two HAZUS courses scheduled at Loma Linda University this summer...

L313: Basic HAZUS - August 24 to 26, 2009

L317: Comprehensive Data Management for HAZUS-MH - This course has been POSTPONED

Courses are offered for FEMA/EMI credit.

MORE INFO SOON ...

Rock & Roll

A light earthquake occurred at 8:39:36 PM (PDT) on Sunday, May 17, 2009. The magnitude 4.7 event occurred 1 mile ESE of Lennox, CA. The hypocentral depth is 9 miles.

USGS Real-time Earthquake Map for Los Angeles region, VIEW

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California's water supply vulnerable to quakes, floods

The California Department of Water Resources has just released a study that concludes there is a 40 percent chance that a major earthquake will flood 27 delta islands between now and 2030, costing billions in repairs and knocking out the water source for 25 million Californians for more than a year.

Without intervention, it is estimated that about 140 levees of California's could fail in the next century due to storms or rising seas. An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 or greater could result in fatalities, flooding of islands and costs of $15 billion. In California levees have failed about 160 times in the past 109 years. READ MORE

California Department of Water Resources: Delta Risk Management Strategy - Final Phase 1 Report

CalGIS 2009

Did you know there is a one-day HAZUS-MH class at the CalGIS 2009 conference? Last we heard there were still seats available. MORE