Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Earthquake Preparedness
On the radio this morning there was a quote from some Cal Tech dude who was basically whining about wanting to implement an earthquake alert system like they have in Japan, but he can’t get funding because Washington DC doesn’t think earthquakes are top priority. The brief news report went on to say that in Japan the systems they have in place can alert them of impending earthquakes up to 60 seconds in advance.
Wow! 60 seconds! Imagine what you could do if you had that kind of warning! I can totally picture it… Cal Tech dude sitting at his desk… suddenly *BWEEP! BWEEP! ALERT!*
“Oh my!” says Cal Tech dude. “An earthquake, how exciting! I’d better call the earthquake preparedness committee...”
*ring… ring...*
“Thank you for calling the disaster preparedness hotline, if this is an emergency, please press 1”
“One, right.” *beep*
“If you’re calling to report a fire, please press 1. For riots, press 2. For flooding, press 3. For earthquakes press 4.”
“It said 4, right? Okay.” *beep*
“Hello, I’m Jim with the earthquake preparedness committee, how can I help?”
“Jim! Yes, there’s going to be an-”
*RUMBLE RUBMLE RUMBLE*
“...earthquake… Shit. Hello? Jim? JIM??”
“Sorry, I was under my desk. Thanks for the warning.”
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