Earthquakes

Earthquake Preparedness

ABAG (Association of Bay Area Governments) information on earthquake preparedness. http://quake.abag.ca.gov/

http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/fixit/fixit.html

About water: Store water for post-earthquake use in a cool dark place. Shelf-life is 2 years. Use old water for plants.

How to make drinking water safe: (1) if water is cloudy, let it stand for half a day; (2) filter, e.g. with with cloth or coffee filter; (3) boil it for 2 min; (4) add 2 drops of 5% chlorine solution (unscented bleach) and let stand for an hour; after an hour, if there is chlorine smell, it's safe to drink; if there is no chlorine smell, add 2 more drops & wait another hour; if there is no chlorine smell on a 3rd try, discard the water.

Berkeley

• • Your Family Disaster Supply Kit - https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Health_Human_Services/Public_Health/Disaster_Supply_Kit.aspx

  • Disaster Resistant Berkeley web page: http://www.getreadyBerkeley.org

  • City disaster prep gateway page:

• http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/disasterresistant/

  • CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) Classes - https://www.cityofberkeley.info/certclassschedule/

  • Berkeley Disaster Preparedness Neighborhood Network "The Network" (BPDNN): http://www.bdpnnetwork.org/

  • City of Berkeley departments:

  • Fire Department

  • Activity Guides

  • Get Ready

  • Office of Emergency Services

  • Berkeleyside article - 2018 Jan 4 after 4.4 earthquake in Berkeley - Earthquake jolts question: Do you have the right food in your disaster kit? - http://www.berkeleyside.com/2018/01/04/earthquake-jolts-question-right-food-disaster-kit/

City & County of San Francisco

• • http://www.72hours.org/- find out how you can prepare yourself and your family for an emergency. You can also learn what to do in response to a specific disaster.

FEMA

• • http://www.fema.gov/areyouready

• Earthquake Safety at Home

  • Emergency supplies list - https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/34326

  • Food - https://www.ready.gov/food

  • Food & water - https://www.fema.gov/pdf/library/f&web.pdf

  • Make a Plan - https://www.ready.gov/make-a-plan

  • Family Emergency Plan - https://www.ready.gov/sites/default/files/FamEmePlan_2012.pdf

  • Neighbors page - https://www.ready.gov/neighbors

  • Preparedness on a Shoestring (pdf)

Kaiser Permanente - Earthquake Guidelines from Kaiser Permanente (2012)

Misc

• http://www.redcross.org/ - In particular, see the Plan & Prepare pages at http://www.redcross.org/prepare

  • http://www.preparenow.org/ (especially for vulnerable populations)

  • http://www.oes.ca.gov/Operational/OESHome.nsf (California OES—Office of Emergency Services)

  • Active Traces of the Hayward Fault (interactive map)

  • http://yourlocalsecurity.com/ has pages about tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods and wildfires at http://yourlocalsecurity.com/natural-disaster-safety

Recommended Earthquake Safety Actions from Earthquake Country Alliance (2014)

LOCCNA Disaster Preparedness meeting of 2011 April 13:

• 1. A disaster, by its nature, overwhelms the the capabilities of government to serve its citizens.

  2. In a disaster, bottom line: you're on your own.

  3. For information during a disaster, tune in to AM radio1610.

Five Critical Steps:

• 1. Make a plan for yourself, your family, or your household on how to evacuate your home, and where to meet following an earthquake.

  2. Arrange for a long distance telephone contact that everyone in your family can use to tell where and how they are.

  3. Prepare an emergency supplies kit for you and your family, enough for five [to seven] days for each person. [including 1 gal water/day/person]

  4. Prepare your home to survive an earthquake.

  5. Get to know your neighbors and organize your neighborhood.

Handouts:

• • Five Critical Steps to take to Prepare for an Earthquake (pdf; City of Berkeley Office of Emergency Services)

  • pp. 28-38 of Basic Emergency Preparedness Manual (City of Berkeley) —section on emergency supplies)

  • Disaster Preparedness for Pets (pdf; City of Berkeley)

  • Message from Jesse Townley (pdf)

UCB - Links from 2016 UC Berkeley workshop:

• • Quake CAFE: quakecafe.org

  • QuakeFinder: QuakeFinder.com

  • ShakeAlert: shakealert.org

  • Temblor: temblor.net

An analysis of what the 2015 movie San Andreas got right and where it went astray:

http://earthquakecountry.org/sanandreas/

Berkeleyside article on 1868 earthquake.