Originally posted by tallblondealien
This was never an issue until the last few years. The New Madrid Fault Zone has had virtually no press until the last couple of years. Now,
all of a sudden, it seems extremely important that everyone be prepared in the event that a catastrophic earthquake along this fault line.
There seems to be a lot more here, than meets the eye. They are asking for business, private individuals and others, to join in the drill.
This is the same info they were asking for last year, when the drill happened in May(I believe) 2011.
Here is a link to the info I stumbled
upon. Perhaps others can see more into this than I have been able to do. Thanks for any insight and info that you may reveal or relate.
www.emissourian.com...
Its called The Great Shake Out - they have them for all areas of the US.
www.shakeout.org...
Part of the reason it seems "all of a sudden" is because there hasn't been a big public presence. However, with the 200 year anniversary of the
last Big One (a 7.7 on Feb 7, 1812), science and emergency prep folks are jumping on the PR band wagon, hoping to get people to listen. (Other Shake
Outs were in the news a lot last year - pretty hard to miss if you watch/read any national news or search ATS)
New Madrid 1811-1812 Earthquake
What is difficult with the New Madrid, as the scientists will tell you, is that people don't believe they live in an active earthquake zone, so VERY
little has been done to prepare. Not just a person getting emergency water and flashlights ready, but building codes, urban design, bridges, etc. etc.
NOT prepared for earthquakes.
By piggybacking on major anniversaries, there is a hope that people will listen and prepare. For those of us on the New Madrid, there isn't anything
you can do about all those buildings and bridges that may not hold up in a bigger earthquake, but we can all have food, water, an evacuation plan if
our house crumbles, etc.
