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Experts Team Up on Tsunami Resilience in California

By Guest PostSeptember 8, 2013Environmentalaskan peninsula, cabrillo marine aquarium, california, california coast, crescent city harbor, environmental impact, great earthquake, knowledge, lucy jones, nuclear power plants, pan pacific tsunami, property in california, safrr tsunami scenario, tohoku oki tsunami, tsunami resilience, U.S. Geological Survey

While scientists can’t predict when a great earthquake producing a pan-Pacific tsunami will occur, thanks to new tools being developed by federal and state officials, scientists can now offer more accurate insight into the likely impacts when tsunamis occur. This knowledge can lead officials and the public to reduce the risk of the future tsunamis that will impact California.

What are the potential economic impacts? Which marinas could be destroyed? Who needs to be prepared for evacuations? A newly published report looks at these factors and more. (more…)

ARkStorm: California’s other “Big One”

By Guest PostJanuary 17, 20111 commentEnvironmentarkstorm scenario, arkstorm summit, cal ema, climate change, economic systems of california, emergency planning purposes, fema, flood modeling, flooding, forecasting, geologic flood history in california, hypothetical california scenario, lucy jones, marcia mcnutt, mike dayton, nancy ward, sacramento, san andreas earthquakes, scenario, sea level rise scenarios, storm, united states

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — For emergency planning purposes, scientists unveiled a hypothetical California scenario that describes a storm that could produce up to 10 feet of rain, cause extensive flooding (in many cases overwhelming the state’s flood-protection system) and result in more than $300 billion in damage.

The “ARkStorm Scenario,” prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey and released at the ARkStorm Summit in Sacramento on Jan. 13 – 14, combines prehistoric geologic flood history in California with modern flood mapping and climate-change projections to produce a hypothetical, but plausible, scenario aimed at preparing the emergency response community for this type of hazard. (more…)

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Experts Team Up on Tsunami Resilience in California

ARkStorm: California’s other “Big One”