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FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | JULY 2015 19 Emergency Preparedness Committee Margaret Vinci, Manager of the Office of Earthquake Programs at Caltech, Pasadena, will deliver the bad and the ugly of what is just up the road from us, the San Andreas Fault. Her presentation will be timely as the movie "San Andreas" just came out in movie theaters. Vinci will also talk about the Early Earthquake Warning System being put into place in California. So join us July 29, at 6 pm in the Lodge Ballroom for her presentation "It's Not If It Will Happen, It's When It Will Happen." California Golden Guardian is a statewide annual exercise designed to evaluate California's capabilities. In 2008 the first Full Scale Golden Guardian Exercise took place on Nov. 13 and 14, and involved a scenario that centered on a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that shook a 200- mile line along the southern San Andreas Fault. The earthquake would start at the Salton Sea and move west to North Los Angles County. More than 5.5 million people participated in this exercise. There was involvement by state agencies, cities, schools, hospitals, and private utilities representing power, communications and for the first time in California history, public and private water and wastewater agencies in the state. Some of the scenarios that were tested: • Agencies would have no electricity, cellular or landline phones, or Internet service. • Emergency Medical would not be available. • There would be no security services for five days. • Mutual Aid would be requested from the State. • Water Agencies would ask for Mutual Aid from out of state. • Water Agencies need to coordinate with fire agencies to ensure firefighting water. This event helped all entities within the state and federal agencies, such as FEMA, understand the ramifications of a major earthquake in southern California. A lot was learned to identify items that would be needed to start the recovery efforts in the state and the amount of aid that would be needed when this event occurs. The 200-mile section of the San Andreas Fault has been identified by the United States Geological Survey as the most likely fault in California to have a mega earthquake in the next 30 years. We live in a beautiful place, but just like any place in the world, Mother Nature is waiting to surprise us. Therefore, be informed, prepared and get involved in the planning preparations for any emergency. Join or attend the EPP meetings. ~ Gary Sturdivan, EPC Chairperson Informational Presentation For "The Big One" Margaret Vinci

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