Cincinnati Nesties
Are you ready to ShakeOut?
Earthquakes are an inevitable part of our future, and we must act quickly to ensure that disasters do not become catastrophes. What we do now, before a big earthquake, will determine what our lives will be like afterwards.
The Great Central U.S. ShakeOut in April 2011 will involve more than one million people through a broad-based outreach program, partnership with the media, and public advocacy by hundreds of partners. This event is being coordinated by the Central United States Earthquake Consortium and its member states: Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.
The Great Central U.S. ShakeOut
The ShakeOut will be centered around a simultaneous "drop, cover, and hold on" drill that will be held at 10:15 AM CDT on April 28, 2011*. The ShakeOut will be held during the New Madrid Bicentennial ]www.newmadrid2011.org, highlighting disaster preparedness as part of a year long effort to inform the public about earthquakes in the central U.S.
This event is a "teachable moment" on par with having an actual earthquake (often followed by increased interest in getting ready for earthquakes). It creates the sense of urgency that is needed for people, organizations, and communities to get prepared, to practice what to do to be safe, and to learn what plans need to be improved for earthquakes. Not just any drill will accomplish this; it needs to be big. It must inspire communities to come together. It must involve children at school and parents at work, prompting conversations at home. It must allow every organization, city, etc., to make it their own event.
The 2011 ShakeOut drill will be the largest earthquake preparedness event in central U.S. history. To participate, go to ]www.ShakeOut.org/centralus and pledge your family, school, business, or organization's participation in the drill. Registered participants will receive information on how to plan their drill and how to create a dialogue with others about earthquake preparedness. All organizers ask is that participants register so they can be counted and receive communications, and at the minimum practice "drop, cover, and hold on" at the specified time.
*Indiana residents will ShakeOut on April 19, 2011 at 10:15 a.m.
It is only a two minute commitment for something that can save your life, and it all begins with registering, which is free and open to everyone.
For more information, visit ]www.ShakeOut.org/centralus
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Earthquakes
I used to be on the board when it was the joint board for Toledo and Cincy.
I worked on a story for work recently about earthquakes in Ohio and Cincinnati is an area that "could" be greatly impacted if the New Madrid earthquake ever occurred again mostly because of the power and industrial plants along the Ohio river. If you have some downtime you might want to check it out. Currently the Ohio seismic activity is in the Cleveland Area, but the earthquakes there are nothing like the one that happened in the New Madrid area.
I just wanted to FYI you guys in case you want to know more about it since I never knew there were earthquakes in Ohio. Feel free to pass on to whomever. If you have any questions feel free to page me on the Toledo board!
LT
Are you ready to ShakeOut?
Earthquakes are an inevitable part of our future, and we must act quickly to ensure that disasters do not become catastrophes. What we do now, before a big earthquake, will determine what our lives will be like afterwards.
The Great Central U.S. ShakeOut in April 2011 will involve more than one million people through a broad-based outreach program, partnership with the media, and public advocacy by hundreds of partners. This event is being coordinated by the Central United States Earthquake Consortium and its member states: Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.
The Great Central U.S. ShakeOut
The ShakeOut will be centered around a simultaneous "drop, cover, and hold on" drill that will be held at 10:15 AM CDT on April 28, 2011*. The ShakeOut will be held during the New Madrid Bicentennial ]www.newmadrid2011.org, highlighting disaster preparedness as part of a year long effort to inform the public about earthquakes in the central U.S.
This event is a "teachable moment" on par with having an actual earthquake (often followed by increased interest in getting ready for earthquakes). It creates the sense of urgency that is needed for people, organizations, and communities to get prepared, to practice what to do to be safe, and to learn what plans need to be improved for earthquakes. Not just any drill will accomplish this; it needs to be big. It must inspire communities to come together. It must involve children at school and parents at work, prompting conversations at home. It must allow every organization, city, etc., to make it their own event.
The 2011 ShakeOut drill will be the largest earthquake preparedness event in central U.S. history. To participate, go to ]www.ShakeOut.org/centralus and pledge your family, school, business, or organization's participation in the drill. Registered participants will receive information on how to plan their drill and how to create a dialogue with others about earthquake preparedness. All organizers ask is that participants register so they can be counted and receive communications, and at the minimum practice "drop, cover, and hold on" at the specified time.
*Indiana residents will ShakeOut on April 19, 2011 at 10:15 a.m.
It is only a two minute commitment for something that can save your life, and it all begins with registering, which is free and open to everyone.
For more information, visit ]www.ShakeOut.org/centralus