March 22nd, 2008 by Kishore
If you missed the pesticide science cafe, boy did you miss a good one. Here’s a 2 minutes recap:
The Presentation (Flash is required)
To move to the next slide, click on the right side of the current slide. Click on the left side to go back.
Videos from the Pesticide event are up on the website. As always, you can watch snippets of the video on YouTube as well.
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March 22nd, 2008 by Kishore
Once again, there was front page news in the SF chronicle on earthquakes. Every few months, we get a new study saying essentially the same thing: Hayward Fault has earthquakes on average 140 years apart (based on the last 5). The last big one was 1868, so its time to be concerned. Most likely, the earthquake will be 6-7 range based on statistics, but there are more homes on the Hayward than any other fault in the Bay Area.
What this new study shows is the rate of uninsured along the fault. 95% of residences along the fault are NOT insured, exposing millions to some serious risk. But if Bear Stearns taught us anything, the government will pick up the tab.
Other than that, the info on shaking hasn’t changed much since our April talk on the Hayward Fault.
More Info
USGS Press Release
1868 Hayward Alliance (Preparation and Safety)
Predictive Intensity Map along Hayward Fault
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