New England's Next Earthquake:
The Writing On The Wall
New England's Next Earthquake: The Writing on the Wall demonstrates just how devastating even a moderate earthquake can be in New England. It recounts the history of severe earthquakes in New England, examines the seismic hazards in the region, and includes inexpensive tips that people can take to make their homes more earthquake resistant.
"We don't think of New England as 'earthquake country' simply because the last earthquake was more than one generation ago..." says Dr. Klaus Hans Jacob, research scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in New York, "...the chances are probably 20% that within your lifetime you may see, somewhere in New England, a severe earthquake occurring." New England is also likely to suffer serious and widespread damage from a major earthquake due to our unique soils and the abundance of old, seismically unsafe buildings throughout the Northeast.
This video was the winner of the 1994 National Media Awards Contest from the National Coordinating Council on Emergency Management (NCEEM). Now, NESEC has updated and re-released this award-winning video along with its companion program, Earthquakes in New England [for K-5 Audiences] NESEC re-edited the original content, modernized the graphics, and combined these two videos onto a single DVD. This new DVD is available as our gift for you for a $15 donation to NESEC.
To get your copy of this award winning video, please send us a personal check, payable to "NESEC" for $15.00 to:
The Northeast States Emergency Consortium1 West Water Street, Suite 205
Wakefield, MA 01880
or call NESEC at (781) 224-9876.
ONLINE BROCHURES
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