As a native of the southeast U.S. getting ready to move to San Francisco, earthquakes terrify me -- I've never felt one before. Hearing about last night's 5.6 quake doesn't make me feel any better. I just discovered this emergency alert service that will at least help to keep us informed.
during the San Diego wildfires, lots of people subscribed to KPBS's (local npr radio station) twitter stream as a way to get updates on evacuations. KPBS also had a really good google map up in the first few hours, and was way ahead of everyone else in keeping it up to date. (fwiw i live in SD, work in an area that was under threat of evac).
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As a native of the southeast U.S. getting ready to move to San Francisco, earthquakes terrify me -- I've never felt one before. Hearing about last night's 5.6 quake doesn't make me feel any better. I just discovered this emergency alert service that will at least help to keep us informed.
earthquakes keep rents here bearable.
So 20 seconds after the earthquake has stopped you get a text message that says "RUN!"...nice!
Such a service is good for things that can be forecast like tornados, storms,fires(like the recent one in San Diego), tsunamis etc.
It is however of doubtful value for earthquakes. Last time I checked no one had the ability to know when the Earth beneath them will shake.
Too bad for you!
My university (USC) set up a system like this after the Virginia Tech tragedy. It includes email, cell phone / voicemail, SMS, and pagers.
during the San Diego wildfires, lots of people subscribed to KPBS's (local npr radio station) twitter stream as a way to get updates on evacuations. KPBS also had a really good google map up in the first few hours, and was way ahead of everyone else in keeping it up to date. (fwiw i live in SD, work in an area that was under threat of evac).