Hari Sabtu, duo minggu nan lalu MakNgah ikut serta Drill Gempa di Wantsonvill California (20 mil dari Santa Cruz) sebagai anggota volunteer dari american Red Cross. Drill Gempa ini dilakukan secara berkala di berbagai daerah di Caliofarnia.
DengnUlang Tahun ke-20 Gempa Sanra Cruz 1989 (epicenternya di Loma Prieta dekat Santa Cruz) boiasa juga dengan Gempa San Francisco, Masyarakat California mengadakan Drill Gempa Besar-besaran. Kita di Sumatera Barat sebaiknya juga merencanakan melakukan hal-hal seperti ini di masa depan. California dan Sumatera Barat senasib dalam hal gempa; kia sama-sama duduk di atas "Baa Hangat". Salam, --MakNgah Sjamsir Sjarif http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_12030675 Statewide earthquake drill held Posted: Saturday, Oct 17th, 2009 BY: TODD GUILD Michelle Magbag, a first-grader at Landmark Elementary School, joins other students in taking cover beneath their desks Thursday as part of the Great California ShakeOut, a statewide school earthquake drill. (Photo by Tarmo Hannula) At 10:15 a.m. Thursday, 20 first-graders at Landmark Elementary School were studying math when principal Jennifer Wildman came on the loudspeaker and told the kids to get under their desks, cover their heads and hold on. The students were taking part in the Great California ShakeOut, the largest earthquake drill in the nation's history, and the first time that all of California participated in the drill. Last year, only residents in Southern California participated in the drill. Nearly 7 million people were signed up to participate, said Susan Garcia, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Geological Survey and a Bay Area co-coordinator for the Great California ShakeOut. Garcia said that almost 1 million people from the Bay Area participated. Thousands of schools, businesses, nonprofit organizations, government agencies and other groups took part in the drill, designed to prepare Californians to protect themselves from falling material and other hazards during an earthquake. "It's a day of earthquake preparedness and awareness," Garcia said. "We live in earthquake country. An earthquake can happen at any time, and it's very important to know how to protect yourself." The fact that the first statewide earthquake drill fell near the 20th anniversary of the Loma Prieta Earthquake was a coincidence, Garcia said. Organizers of the drill chose the third Thursday of October to be the annual date for the drill. The event was sponsored by the Earthquake Country Alliance, which is made up of the California Emergency Management Agency, the Southern California Earthquake Center, the U.S. Geological Survey, the California Earthquake Authority, the American Red Cross and other organizations. Sumber: http://www.register-pajaronian.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=7835 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ . Posting yg berasal dari Palanta RantauNet ini, jika dipublikasikan ditempat lain wajib mencantumkan sumbernya: ~dari Palanta r...@ntaunet http://groups.google.com/group/RantauNet/~ =========================================================== UNTUK DIPERHATIKAN, melanggar akan dimoderasi: - DILARANG: 1. Email besar dari 200KB; 2. Email attachment, tawarkan disini & kirim melalui jalur pribadi; 3. One Liner. - Anggota WAJIB mematuhi peraturan serta mengirim biodata! Lihat di: http://groups.google.com/group/RantauNet/web/peraturan-rantaunet - Tulis Nama, Umur & Lokasi pada setiap posting - Hapus footer & seluruh bagian tdk perlu dalam melakukan reply - Untuk topik/subjek baru buat email baru, tidak dengan mereply email lama =========================================================== Berhenti, kirim email kosong ke: [email protected] Untuk melakukan konfigurasi keanggotaan di: http://groups.google.com/group/RantauNet/subscribe -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
