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April 2, 2013
Editor’s Note: Local media may
y paste the fo
ollowing at ttheir web sitee for persons to look at aan
earthquak
ke ground sh
hake map forr Santa Barb
bara County:: www.counntyofsb.org/cceo/oes.
www.Ready.Gov is an
a excellent resource forr residents w
wanting to inccrease their preparednesss.
Also, pleease ensure th
hat your web
bsite or referrence materiials have thee correct Faccebook and N
Nixle
URLs no
oted above.
April is Earthquak
E
ke Preparredness M
Month:
Know Yo
our Risk, Make a K
Kit, Have a Plan
(Santa Baarbara, CA) – The South
hern Californ
nia region iss renowned aas “Earthquaake Country””.
Over threee years ago, research from UC Irvin
ne identifiedd that the Sann Andreas Faault has caussed a
major earrthquake app
proximately every 137 years
y
during the last 700 years. The earliest recoorded
earthquak
ke was in thee Imperial Valley
V
April 19, 1892 reggistering at 77.1. Since thhen Californiia has
experiencced over 10 earthquakess measuring over
o
6.1. Thhis means thhat the Califoornia is well
overdue for
f a major catastrophic
c
earthquake. Despite thiis obvious riisk, the vast majority of
residents are poorly prepared.
p
Accordin
ng to the stattistics, every
yone accepts that there iss a very real risk of earthhquakes in
Californiia. However it is surprisiing that a larrge majority of people arre not takingg initial, easyy
steps to be
b prepared at
a a basic lev
vel. All locaal emergencyy managers and first respponders urgee
people to
o do the follo
owing – at th
he very leastt:
1. Havee one gallon of water perr person, perr day for aboout five dayss (don’t forgget to includee pets’
needss)
2. Obtaiin a hand-craank radio to receive emeergency infoormation
( Contin
nued Next Pagge )
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3. Obtaiin enough no
on-perishablle food for fiive days
4. Makee sure you haave extra meedication and
d copies of iimportant paapers
5. Makee a family pllan so everyo
one knows what
w to do iff an emergenncy occurs.
vernment wiill be able to provide theese basic neccessities afterr a
Many people believee that the gov
major earrthquake. However,
H
histtory shows that
t in the innitial responsse phase to a natural disaaster
of this magnitude,
m
ou
ur local goveernments willl be focusedd on the secuurity and safe
fety of our
communities. So it is vital that families
f
plan
n and preparee to be on thheir own for aas long as five
days. If we
w all do ou
ur part, we caan build a strrong and ressilient comm
munity togethher.
During th
he month of April, partn
ners in emerg
gency preparredness are uusing this em
mail tag line::
Prepare N
Now! April is EEarthquake Aw
wareness Montth Know You
ur Risk! (Click H
Here) Starting w
with Water and
d a Radio, Make a Kit, Have a Plan (Click Heere) People wanting
w
to kn
now their earrthquake risk
k can go to a ground shaake map withh fault lines for
Santa Baarbara Countty. That map
p is availablee at the depaartment’s Coounty web site:
www.Co
ountyofSB.O
Org/CEO/OE
ES.
Don’t forrget to check
k out the Earrthquake Mo
obile Applicaation from thhe Americann Red Cross at
http://ww
ww.redcross..org/mobile-apps/earthqu
uake-app
Residents wanting more
m
information about preparedness can go to w
www.Ready.G
Gov to obtaiin
informatiion on makin
ng a plan an
nd creating a full prepareedness kit.
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