Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Legislation to Strengthen California's Emergency Response Capabilities

CA Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a package of legislation that will strengthen the state's ability to respond to emergencies and natural disasters. These include a bill that merges the Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES) and Office of Homeland Security (OHS) into the California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA). To read the Governor's press release, click here...

Retrofit plan to ride out quake at Cal stadium

Seismic engineers say they have solved one of the world's great retrofit puzzles: how to keep UC Berkeley's Memorial Stadium from crumbling into a pile of concrete rubble during a major earthquake. To read more, click here...

The Hayward Fault: Predictable Peril

KQED SF Bay Public Television Channel 9 will be presenting The Hayward Fault: Predictable Peril, as part of its QUEST series.

When: Tuesday / September 30, 3008 / 7:30PM

The show will feature Tom Brocher the chair of the 1868 Hayward Earthquake Alliance & USGS, Jim Lienkaemper, USGS, and Mary Lou Zobeck, RMS, Inc.

After the show is aired it will be posted on the KQED web site...

New BAHUG BLOG ...

HAZUS.org has entered the Web 2.0 era. As part of these changes we have changed the home page of the BAHUG site to a BLOG format.

This will allow more efficient content updates and more important it will allow the BAHUG user community the ability to directly participate in posting content and comments.

HAZUS.org has activated moderated BAHUG user posting and comment capabilities.

If you have any comments or suggestions or want to be granted posting privileges on this blog send us an email ... click on the "BAHUG Contacts" hot-link in the menu on the far right or click here ...

Study Shows Odds High For Big California Quake

The latest Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast (UCERF) study concludes that the odds are high for a big California quake.

USGS Press Release
Full Report
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1868 Hayward Earthquake Alliance General Meeting

Mark your calendars ...

1868 Hayward Earthquake Alliance General Meeting

Meeting focus: Mitigation and Preparation: Status of Bay Area Infrastructure - Water, Power, Transportation

Tuesday / September 30, 2008 / 12pm
ABAG Main Auditorium
101 Eagth Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Use the Lake Merritt BART station

Call-in Number: 650-329-5199 / Meeting code: 1868

http://1868alliance.org/

Economic Losses for a 6.9M Hayward Fault Earthquake

Data from the Bureau of Labor Statics Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages have been used to analyze potential business and economic losses resulting from an earthquake on the Hayward fault. This analysis did not utilize HAZUS-MH. To view this report, click here...