Next quarterly meeting tentatively scheduled for January 20, 2011 in Portland Oregon
September 3rd, 2010Washington DNR Science Topics
July 12th, 2010Summer Quarterly Meeting – 8/26/2010
July 2nd, 2010Title: Summer Quarterly Meeting – 8/26/2010
Location: FEMA Region 10 Lynnwood Facility, 20700 44th Ave West; Lynnwood, WA
Description:
Board Business Meeting (10:00a)
- Welcome: Kenneth B. Murphy, FEMA 10 Regional Director
- Call to order – Andre Le Duc
- Approval of minutes – Steve Charvat
- Financial Report –Tim Walsh
- Committee reports:
- Education and Outreach subcommittee reports
- Grants & Projects Development – Andre Le Duc, Chair
- Governance subcommittee reports
- Nominating committee — Steve Charvat, Chair
- Program Support subcommittee report
- Next Quarterly Meeting Program
- Liaisons Reports:
- NEHRP Liaison – Yumei Wang, Liaison
- WSSPC Liaison – Open
- New Business: Election of CREW Board Directors (11:00a)
Afternoon Program (1:30p)
Seismic Engineering in Afghanistan – Jeff Hepler, Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
- Update on Chilean Earthquake – Joan Gomberg, USGS
Start 2010-08-26 (10:00 AM)
End 2010-08-26 (3:00 PM
Federal, Private and Educational Organizations with Earthquake Related Sites
July 1st, 2010Federal Government
State/Provincial Government (British Columbia , Oregon, Washington)
Local Government
Non-profit Organizations (Regional, British Columbia, Washington)
Private Organizations (British Columbia , Washington)
Universities
Information on emergency preparedness for people with disabilities
http://www.disability.gov
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) mitigation site
http://www.fema.gov/MIT/eqmit.htm
National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program is at:
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami-hazard/
The Gateway to USGS Earthquake Information is at the
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
British Columbia Provincial Emergency Program (PEP)
http://www.pep.bc.ca
Greater Vancouver Regional District
http://www.gvrd.bc.ca/
Oregon Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI)
http://sarvis.dogami.state.or.us
The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development’s website is at:
http://www.lcd.state.or.us
They are presently upgrading the natural hazards planning site
Oregon Emergency Management
http://www.osp.state.or.us/oem/
State of Washington Military Department Emergency Management Division
http://www.wa.gov/mil/wsem/
Seattle Emergency Management Program
http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/eoc/emsprg.htm
King County Emergency Management web site:
http://www.metrokc.gov/prepare/hiva/earthquakes.htm
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Institute for Business and Home Safety
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is an initiative of the insurance industry to reduce deaths, injuries, property damage, economic losses and human suffering caused by natural disasters.
Seattle Project Impact
http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/projectimpact/
is a public-private partnership whose overall goal is to make the community more resistant to the damaging effects of disasters, both natural and man-made.
Non-Profit Organizations
EQNet
http://www.eqnet.org
is a very extensive database of earthquake related links in many categories. A really great resource!
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Emergency Preparedness for Industry and Commerce Council
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The Association of Contingency Planners
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Project Impact Seattle
http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/projectimpact/
is a public-private partnership whose overall goal is to make our community more resistant to the damaging effects of disasters, both natural and man-made.
http://www.wsspc.org/home.html
This is a great clearinghouse of earthquake information
Washington
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BC Tel‘s site about emergency planning with respect to telecommunications
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Taylor Devices
http://www.shockandvibration.com
BC Gas
http://www.bcgas.com
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The University of Washington Geophysics Program has a wealth of information about seismology, as well as recent earthquakes
http://www.geophys.washington.edu/SEIS/
Resources:
July 1st, 2010Building a safer home?
June 30th, 2010Visit IBHS Disaster Safety to learn more about how to make your home safer.
CREW is highlighted in the KUOW “On Shaky Ground” series
June 30th, 2010CREW was recently highlighted on KUOW‘s “On Shaky Ground” series. Click here to listen to the broadcast.
Predicting the next Northwest mega-quake still a struggle for geologists
June 30th, 2010Oregon Live recently wrote an interesting article regarding earthquakes in the northwest. Read it here.
Do we have the same earthquake risks as Haiti? As Chile?
June 30th, 2010On March 23rd, CREW, PNSN, EERI and UDP discussed the lessons for the Pacific Northwest, and the local and global impacts and responses to the Haitian and Chilean earthquakes. Download the presentations below:
- Degenkolb Engineers Chilean Earthquake Reconnaissance – David Gonzalez (Degenkolb Engineers)
- Haitian and Chilean Earthquakes Compared – Lessons for the Pacific Northwest – Tim Walsh (WADNR)
- Haitian and Chilean Earthquakes Compared – Lessons for the Pacific Northwest: The Events – Joan Gomberg (USGS)
- Haiti Earthquake Briefing: Observations on Damage and Lessons for PNW – Mark R. Pierepiekarz (MRP Engineering)
Download the flyer (.pdf)
Read CREW’s editorial from the Seattle Times
Chilean and Haitian Earthquakes reminders of Cascadia’s ticking time bomb