March 14, 2006 … one of my earliest blogs for Petaluma360 (Our Cyberplace #5), was titled, “CERT Training.” It is only a coincidence, but the 12th CERT Course to be offered in Petaluma starts tomorrow night at Groverman Hall, PVH. The theme of this “old message” is just as true [...]
Today’s message is to prepare you and your family; not to scare you. Yesterday’s 6.5 magnitude earthquake off the coast of N. California was strong enough to capture today’s headlines and get your attention, A big mess, but no injuries … Temblor Causes Significant Damage, Knocks Out Power in Ferndale, [...]
A few years ago, at this time, the mass media was alive with all sorts of photos, facts, data, and information pertaining to the centennial celebration of the great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Now, three years later, I have yet to see anything related to this year's anniversary on April [...]
Eagle-Eyes woke Me, Myself, & I up the other morning at 4 a.m. and yelled, "Look at this headline in the P.D.!" - County vulnerable to telecom sabotage. "Oh, oh!" said Me."Here we go again," I added. Myself entered the conversation with a new acronym - WOOO! Me asked, "What [...]
One week from today, Saturday, April 18, 2009, will be the 103rd Anniversary of the great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake (Mag. 7.8). Although Petaluma didn't experience widespread damage, communities all along the 300 miles of the San Andreas Fault felt the shaking and were severally damaged - like San Francisco [...]
We started to blog about Emergency Preparedness on 3-21-06. After posting 52 blogs devoted to disaster readiness and preparedness, the "Trio" do not believe a majority of the citizens (not just Petalumans) are adequately informed or ready to cope with a mega-disaster, such as a 7.8 magnitude earthquake along the [...]
I just heard the official announcement changing the schedule for the Republican National Convention that was to begin in St. Paul (MN) on Monday; because of the pending emergency situation in the Gulf Coast region due to Hurricane Gustav. Here we go again, three years later. It's quite a coincidence [...]
Maybe today's headline in The Press Democrat will get the attention of Sonoma County readers. The story about the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study that "all but guarantees state will have temblor of 6.7 or more within 30 years" was broadcast last night on major TV stations and Comcast.net News, [...]
That's a good question to ask during the anniversary week of the great S.F. Earthquake of 1906. (April 18th at 5:12 a.m., magnitude 7.7) When - not IF - the next major earthquake strikes the Bay Area, please do not call me for help. I'll be too busy looking after [...]
This is not an April Fools' Day joke! The probability of at least one earthquake, magnitude 6.7 or greater, in the San Francisco Bay Region is 62% between now and 2032. History has shown that damaging earthquakes of magnitude 6.0 (or greater) have occurred on the average of ever four [...]