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Local organizations receive communication awards for ShakeOut
Menlo Park, Calif. — Southern California scientists, emergency planners, businesses, and organizations who worked on communication efforts for the 2008 earthquake drill ShakeOut received a prestigious federal award Wednesday at the U.S. Geological Survey’s facilities here. The USGS Eugene M. Shoemaker Awards for Communications Excellence are given annually to recognize
San Diego Union-Tribune: “Families get lively lessons in science”
By Michael Burge “We live in a dangerous place.” “So says Lucy Jones, a scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey, in a presentation for families at the annual convention of the American Association of the Advancement of Science yesterday.” “We actually have a lot of different ways the Earth can
The Press-Enterprise: “Foiling Water’s Fury”
By Janet Zimmerman ” The potential for devastating floods have not garnered the same attention or concern as earthquakes among planners and the public, said Dale Cox, project manager for the U.S. Geological Survey’s Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project, the group behind the drills.” “The Big One as it relates to a
