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OWENSBORO: LIVING WITH EARTHQUAKES IN THE NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE OWENSBORO: LIVING WITH EARTHQUAKES IN THE NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE WALTER HAYS GLOBAL.

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Presentation on theme: "OWENSBORO: LIVING WITH EARTHQUAKES IN THE NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE OWENSBORO: LIVING WITH EARTHQUAKES IN THE NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE WALTER HAYS GLOBAL."— Presentation transcript:

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2 OWENSBORO: LIVING WITH EARTHQUAKES IN THE NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE OWENSBORO: LIVING WITH EARTHQUAKES IN THE NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE WALTER HAYS GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE WALTER HAYS GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE

3 CENTRAL UNITED STATES CENTRAL UNITED STATES OWENSBORO NEEDS TO PREPARE FOR A POTENTIAL EARTHQUAKE DISASTER UNLIKE ANY PAST DISASTER IN THE UNITED STATES

4 OWENSBORO: LIVING WITH AN EARTHQUAKE THREAT LOW ANNUAL PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE, BUT... A HIGH PROBABILITY OF A CATASTROPHE

5 COMMUNITY LEADERS NEED TO KNOW THE KINDS OF SITUATIONS THEIR COMMUNITY IS LIKELY TO FACE IN THE FUTURE AND THE OPTIONS FOR PREVENTING A DISASTER

6 WHAT FIRST RESPONDERS NEED TO KNOW WHERE ARE FUTURE EARTHQUAKES MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR? HOW BIG WILL THEY BE? HOW OFTEN WILL THEY OCCUR? WHERE ARE FUTURE EARTHQUAKES MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR? HOW BIG WILL THEY BE? HOW OFTEN WILL THEY OCCUR?

7 WHAT FIRST RESPONDERS NEED TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE LIKELY PHYSICAL EFFECTS AND SOCIETAL CONSEQUENCES? WHAT ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO REDUCE THESE CONSEQUENCES ? WHAT ARE THE LIKELY PHYSICAL EFFECTS AND SOCIETAL CONSEQUENCES? WHAT ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO REDUCE THESE CONSEQUENCES ?

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9 RULES ABOUT FAULTS AND SEISMICITY RULES ABOUT FAULTS AND SEISMICITY ALTHOUGH NOT A LONG FAULT, THE NEW MADRID FAULT CAN GENERATE A GREAT EARTHQUAKE

10 SEISMIC WAVE ATTENUATION SEISMIC WAVE ATTENUATION

11 REGIONAL DEFORMATION EARTHQUAKE TSUNAMI VIBRATION FAULT RUPTURE FOUNDATION FAILURE AMPLIFICATIONLIQUEFACTION LANDSLIDEAFTERSHOCKSSEICHE DAMAGE/LOSS DAMAGE/ LOSS DAMAGE/LOSS

12 GROUND SHAKING

13 LIQUEFACTION LIQUEFACTION

14 RISK MANAGEMENT PREVENTION MITIGATION PREPAREDNESS PREDICTION AND WARNING INTERVENTION EMERGENCY RESPONSE RECOVERY RISK MANAGEMENT PREVENTION MITIGATION PREPAREDNESS PREDICTION AND WARNING INTERVENTION EMERGENCY RESPONSE RECOVERY TECHNOLOGY BASE REDUCTION OF COMMUNITY VULERABILTY POSTDISASTER INVESTIGATIONS RESEARCH

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16 SITUATIONS OWENSBORO MAY FACE

17 BUILDING DAMAGE AND MASS CASUALTIES

18 LIQUEFACTION AND LOSS OF FUNCTION

19 LOSS OF FUNCTION: TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

20 LOSS OF FUNCTION: AIRPORT

21 DAM FAILURE

22 FIRE

23 SEARCH AND RESCUE


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