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What would you have them do? Have everyone move out of the PNW?
by redisman 5y ago
What would you have them do? Have everyone move out of the PNW?
- Asparagirl 5y agoIt's not up to me, so please temper that impulse to shoot the messenger. But retrofitting or even rebuilding homes, schools, hospitals, bridges, etc. would be a great start. Proactively holding more mandatory earthquake drills, not just in schools. Adding Earthquake Early Warning devices to schools, office buildings, power stations, transit (which would slow down or stop the train before the shaking starts). Adding more seismic sensors to the currently very sparse Early Warning network, to get better data and therefore better predictions and more warning time to people living away from the epicenter; even ten or fifteen seconds of warning could prevent some injuries. More info: https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/early-warningshakealertr https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/early-warni... and https://www.shakealert.org/implementation/wea/ https://www.shakealert.org/implementation/wea/ and https://www.pnsn.org https://www.pnsn.org
- robocat 5y agoLook at what first world countries do just after major earthquakes. Do some of that. I live in Christchurch, New Zealand, and there were some obvious deficiencies in planning before the 2010 quake, and some obvious fixes were done after the 2010 quake. The main problem is convincing the cynical private and public that some prevention is worth paying for. Also the statistical victims are often not those that are making the financial choices.