Earthquakes cannot be forecasted or predicted accurately, and may never
be. The only way to ensure public safety is with detailed maps of
all high-risk zones and faults in earthquake-prone parts of California,
combined with comprehensive preparedness plans for all key regions, to
get people to safety when earthquakes strike.
This has not been done in adequate detail for California, so our leading
Earth Scientists are now undertaking this landmark, future-defining work.
They need your support with generous funding to complete this crucial
project, and see that the State and all major cities in highest risk areas
adopt our preparedness plans soon.
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Background on why California needs a Serious Preparedness Plan
The map at right shows that essentially the entire west coast of California
-- where 75% of the population lives -- is in the red zone of greatest
risk for P and S waves (ground shaking), which causes building collapse,
ruptured dams, liquefacted mud slides (+ other consequential damage), that
cause the most human casualties and the greatest property losses during
an earthquake.
Therefore, almost everyone in California is at risk when a major earthquake
(M7+) hits their city or town. Historical earthquakes have been concentrated
in the San Francisco Bay region and near the Los Angeles region, commonly
at or near the San Andreas transform fault, but not always close to this
major crustal suture. Since earthquakes originate deep in the crust,
the surface epicenter of any major quake could hit anywhere in the red
region at right.
But we know from world experience that almost all earthquake epicenters
are on or near faults that are part of an intricate network of crustal
fractures in regions like California, where the earth's crust is being
sliced to pieces. So a serious Preparedness Plan to protect people
in such an active region of the Earth, must start with a detailed, accurate
analysis of all significant faults.
Lack of sufficient detail to be useful to Towns and Cities
To date, only a tiny fraction of the crucial faults have been mapped by
Govt. agencies, and even fewer have been pinpointed as likely earthquake
targets. For example, the Los Angeles basin has a hundred faults that could be focal targets for any
major earthquake in the Los Angeles area, but existing maps show maybe a dozen or so? Some key faults
are obscured by developments, but our experienced scientists are now starting to map the multitude of faults in this
extremely vulnerable, high-risk Los Angeles region.
When all our data becomes available, the City of Los Angeles, its residents,
and the State will be totally flabbergasted at how fractured and shredded
is the bedrock below the Los Angeles basin and surrounding areas. At
that point they will grasp the urgent need for a complete and accurate
"Preparedness Plan" to route all residents to safer places --
a very detailed plan, per mile, rather than the vague, over-generalized,
unworkable plans they have now.
Previous plans have not located all crucial faults in adequate detail in
any region, have not rated their relative risks, nor mapped out dam and
reservoir destruction swaths, nor gauged high-risk areas for slumping,
collapse, mud slides, and other consequential disasters -- and most importantly,
no existing plans map out key routes, strategies and safe havens on a sufficiently
detailed scale to be useful to each individual city, town, community, or
risk area, so that they can institute their own strategic plans when an
earthquake strikes.
In short, the thousands of faults of high-risk have not yet been delineated,
and no California town, city or community has enough solid, very detailed
data on which to formulate their own "survival and exit strategy"
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Base Map from Conservation Dept. State of Calif. |
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from Martin/Jennings 1975 Fault Map of California |
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PC Research's detailed Preparedness Plans by California Regions
Existing maps of high-risk faults for earthquake shaking and damage, like the one at left , are far too general, show less than one-hundredth of all major faults in a region, and are next to useless in helping Cities and communities develop detailed plans of how to save lives and keep all essential services operational during an earthquake.
Our work will produce hundreds of times this detail for all major earthquake-prone regions of California.
It is limited only by lack of funding at present. Philanthropists, celebrities and donors in California,
it seems, would rather donate to foreign causes overseas than secure the safety and future of their own state and
its people -- is Aids in Africa more important than your own friends, relatives, children, homes and lives?
Because of the complexity of the Los Angeles Basin, its extreme vulnerability
in the event of a large earthquake, and with the massive infrastructure
to contend with, it is the most expensive region to evaluate. Others are
less costly, as shown below --
1. Los Angeles Region Cost to undertake detailed fault and
hazards study = $2.0 million; cost of Preparedness Plans for all Cities in Region = $2.0 million; cost to interface
with City, county and local governments to develop plans = $0.5 million.
>> Total Cost for Los Angeles Region = $4.5 million. Completion time
= 2 years. <<
2. San Francisco Region Cost to undertake detailed fault and hazards
study = $1.5 million; cost of Preparedness Plans for all Cities in Region = $1.5 million; cost
to interface with City, county and local governments to develop plans =
$0.5 million.
>> Total Cost for Los Angeles Region = $3.5 million. Completion time
= 2 years. <<
3. Southern Region Cost to undertake detailed fault and hazards
study = $1.0 million; cost of Preparedness Plans for all Cities in Region = $1.0 million; cost
to interface with City, county and local governments to develop plans =
$0.5 million.
>> Total Cost for Los Angeles Region = $2.5 million. Completion time
= 1.5 years. <<
4. Central Region Cost to undertake detailed fault and hazards
study = $1.0 million; cost of Preparedness Plans for all Cities in Region = $0.75 million; cost to interface with City, county
and local governments to develop plans = $0.25 million.
>> Total Cost for Los Angeles Region = $2.0 million. Completion time
= 1 year. <<
5. Northern Region Cost to undertake detailed fault and hazards
study = $1.0 million; cost of Preparedness Plans for all Cities in Region = $0.75 million; cost
to interface with City, county and local governments to develop plans =
$0.25 million.
>> Total Cost for Los Angeles Region = $2.0 million. Completion time
= 1 year. <<
Conclusion
So for less than $15 million, every City, Town, county and community in
the highest risk coastal regions of California will get abundant details
on all types and scopes of earthquake related hazards, including detailed
maps of dangerous vs. safe areas, showing them how to move people and emergency
services to those safe regions.
Any major earthquake in populated California will cost $25 to $250 billion
in property damage alone, let alone loss of life. State and Federal
Governments have already spent over $250 million on "studies"
that have failed to give Towns, Cities, counties and communities the crucial
details and plans they need, to look after the people and property under
their dominion. Our work will give them everything they need
to develop detailed plans and strategies to safeguard everyone in their
communities.
A total of $15 million is nothing compared to the money already spent on
debating about California earthquake scenarios. How can we do what
others have not done so far? Our solution is -- (1) we are linked
to the top professionals and scientists in the world who are leaders in
their field, (2) we focus them on the goal, with strategies and tools that
can cut development time to 1/100th of what it takes others, and (3) the
results are efficiently condensed and delivered to local authorities in
sets of strategic plans, backed by all the details they need. Our
leading strategy is always a winner!
In summary, for less than some California celebrities and philanthropists
donate to overseas efforts with little hope of success, a donation to our
Preparedness Project can do more for California right now than anything
else can possibly do. It will help give everyone in highest risk
areas the knowledge and security that local authorities have everything
they need to devise safety plans for all people in their communities. |
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Save your City, your Life, and your Happiness
San Francisco, Los Angeles, Coastal California -- wake up! No one
knows how soon it will be before a major earthquake hits your region and could destroy everything you know and
hold dear. It is easy to act quickly and support an effort that in 1-2 years will give your local Cities or Towns
everything they need to do the best anyone can do in an earthquake.
It is a lot harder to find the organization that can produce the crucial
data your Cities and Towns need to help them plan best, for the worst crisis.
You have found that non-profit organization, with a unique plan and ability
to coordinate world experts to get the job done right. We cannot
complete these projects without your most generous support, as they simply
take money, time, and hard dedicated work, to produce the results you must
have.
ACT NOW to support our earthquake Preparedness Plan for California, so Cities, Towns and counties can be ready.
If you procrastinate, a killer earthquake might hit before they are ready. Don't be too late to save
your loved ones. Don't believe anyone who claims they can
predict when and where an earthquake will hit -- it is not yet possible.
The only way is to build the crucial detailed data necessary to rate
all areas based on Earthquake Risk Factors, and deliver to the authorities
an integrated plan -- "This is what you must do to minimize loss of
life and property in a major earthquake catastrophe" -- then help
those agencies put those plans into effect as soon as they possibly can.
We do it the best way.
Therefore, if you live in California or care for people there, donate generously right now to our Earthquake Preparedness
Plans for each major earthquake region of California. You know what it will cost (above), and it is a small amount
compared to the loss of life and property that such a catastrophe will surely bring to populated areas.
DONATE NOW ! |
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