Posted on 05/22/2017 10:18:04 AM PDT by simpson96
California will likely roll out a limited public earthquake early warning system sometime next year, researchers building the network say.
New earthquake sensing stations are being installed in the ground, software is being improved, and operators are being hired to make sure the system is properly staffed,(snip)
The new sensor stations are particularly important for rural Northern California, where gaps in the network have put San Francisco at risk for a slower alert if an earthquake begins on the San Andreas fault near the Oregon border and barrels down to the city.(snip)
More work still needs to be done to properly educate Californians on how to react safely when they get an early warning to an earthquake, said seismologist Lucy Jones.
Examples of a limited public rollout include having more school classrooms be linked to the early warning system, giving students seconds or perhaps more than a minute of warning that an earthquake is on the way and to drop, cover and hold on underneath their desks. Scientists have also invited private companies to become test users of the early warning signal.
Some agencies are already using the early warnings. BART, a commuter rail system in the San Francisco Bay Area, already programs its trains to slow down when alerted about an incoming earthquake, which reduces the risk of derailment. And private companies are already looking at ways to make the early warnings more useful, such as signaling a firehouse station to open up firehouse doors before a power outage starts or the building is damaged.
Eventually, people will be able to receive on their phones and computers an alert that will say, "strong shaking expected at your location,"
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
I thought they already had an app for that ...
“Dude! That’s the 8-second warning! Take cover!”
“Uhhhhhhhh, what?”
“Earthquake! Now! Take cover!”
“Trump did what?”
“No! Earthquake! Hurry!
“He’s colluding with the Russians, I tell ya. I knew it all along.”
“You idiot! There’s an earthquake! It’s going it hit in like 3 seconds now! Do something!”
“Uhhhhhhhhh, what?”
Hey, JR left the barn door open and all the horses got out. They just past me so should be showin up at yer place in a bit. If’n my cyferins right.
And it will be as worthless as any other Emergency Warning/EVAC Order that they’ve concocted in the past and totally unenforceable!!
How many millions to get an 8 second warning? Let’s have a government funded study as a followup to determine the percentage of the population that responds in 8 seconds.
SF will only have an additional 8 seconds to pee in the streets.
So in other words, the final cost for the thing will exceed $500 million and the "real" rollout won't occur until 2050.
How many 2 or 3 scale earthquakes will it take before people start ignoring the warnings?
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