Tag: Earthquake
Earthquake Lessons from Chile
Last month I was one of 40 Seattle business, government, labor, and academic leaders on a study mission to Santiago and Valparaiso, Chile.* One of my major reasons for going was to identify lessons from the recent Chilean experience with a major earthquake. Chile, like Seattle, is on the Pacific Rim of Fire. In February, […]
[Full Post]Posted: June 12th, 2012 under News Releases.
Tags: Earthquake
Earthquakes and Seattle – Improving Our Emergency Plans
The Council has held a series of briefings and discussions reviewing the disastrous earthquakes in Chile, New Zealand, and Japan over the last few months (an exercise for the reader: what section of the Pacific Rim has not yet had a major earthquake in recent years? Hint: you live there.). Our goal has been to […]
[Full Post]Posted: November 28th, 2011 under News Releases.
Tags: Earthquake, Emergency Plan