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Fri, Oct 16, 2009 -- 9:00 AM
Lessons from Loma Prieta
Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake, which killed 63 people, damaged 18,000 homes, triggered the collapse of major Bay Area transportation arteries and caused up to $10 billion in business losses. Since then, state officials and disaster experts have been working to prevent such losses in future quakes. We discuss the lessons learned from Loma Prieta.
Host: Dave Iverson
Guests:
- Gerald Bawden, research geophysicist with the United States Geological Survey
- Gregg Adams, chair of the department of surgery at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
- Mary Lou Zoback, senior research scientist and vice president for earthquake risk at Risk Management Solutions
- Stephen Sellers, assistant secretary of prevention and operations with the California Emergency Management Agency
