Fun with maps
From Curbed.com blog
By Curbed.com, Thursday, June 25, 2009.
Are you in danger? The California Emergency Management Agency has a nifty little mapping program that lets you input your address to see your local earthquake, flood and fire hazards.
A quick search of our own address for earthquake hazards let us know that we have high ground shaking and live in a "liquefaction seismic hazard zone," which basically means that an earthquake could cause certain types of soil to "lose strength and behave like liquid."
The results also provided a checklist of things we should do to our property to prevent inquiries and reduce damages to our home and property, like "secure your water heater" and "secure your unreinforced masonry chimney."
The Seismic Hazard Zonation Maps are prepared by the California Geological Survey and are state-mandated regulatory maps that show "Zones of Required Investigation" for surface fault rupture, liquefaction and landslide hazards. They are also a ton of fun.
Reposted with permission from Curbed.com. Click here to view original post.
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Submitted by Sean Cruz on June 26, 2009 - 9:14pm.
The initiative taken for the concern is very serious and need an attention of every one. This is the concern which exists in the society and needs to be eliminated from the society as soon as possible.
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Sean Cruz
Estate Planning
Submitted by Ronald Ogden on July 13, 2009 - 1:16pm.
Isn't it interesting how most of the fear surrounding earthquakes belongs to those who live outside of California and have never experienced one. The map is interesting, but it doesn't really have much impact on how I live my life. Earthquakes happen. Life goes on. Most Californians just deal with it. I lived in California for 25 years and it's just not a big concern in most people's lives.
The same is true for tornados. Lived in Texas for 10 years. Experienced three tornados within 1-2 miles of my home. Didn't make me want to move--but my out of state friends were sure scared for me!
Ron Ogden, Associate Broker
RE/MAX Metro - Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City Utah Real Estate
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