Californian disaster. You dont think about alaska unless perhaps youre an earthquake specialist or some trivia master. But alaska is exactly where the great quake happened on march 27, 1964, at 9. 2 on the Richter Scale. It was the biggest earthquake ever recorded in north america and the second most powerful in world history. Does anyone know the most powerful . [inaudible] the answer is chile in 1960, and that when registered 9. 5. The white and alaska lasted more than four minutes which is an incredibly long time for an earthquake. The human tragedy and physical damage of it all are dramatically and vividly captured by henry in his book, but the impact on people, on structures and on the landscape is only part of the story that henry tales. His book also is a story about how a major Natural Disaster ended up spurring scientific inquiries. And that part of the story centers around one individual in particular, a geologist with u. S. Geological survey named george plastered. He wasnt
The second panel is perhaps more of our technical panel. We have several witnesses present to help answer questions about modern development on the north slope and what it might look like in the future. Joining us today are mr. Aaron shut. Aaron is the president and ceo. Thank you for being here. You also brought your son with you which is a great Educational Opportunity for him and we appreciate you both being here. Lois is with us and she has been before the committee before. We welcome her back, she is the Arctic Program director for the wilderness society. Following ms. Epstein, we will have mr. Richard glenn, also a frequent flyer to the energy committee. He is executive Vice President for land and Natural Resources with the arctic slope regional corporation. It is good to have you back. Pepper show is known to many alaskans and many in washington d. C. His the former special assistant at the department of the interior during the previous a ministration. Welcome back test on our p
Leaders and it was very clear that there is no daylight amongst the elected leaders in terms of how they are viewing these decisions coming out of the administration. So i just want to make again very clearly enunciate very clearly that i oppose this administrations decision on anwr i oppose its decision offshore, i oppose its costly restricts and endless decisions within the mpra and oppose what its doing to our plasser miners and Timber Industry and many other Resource Producers ready to provide good jobs to hardworking alaskans. The state of alaska was actively ignored. The north slope bureau, alaska native corporations and many alaskans all of whom asked for an oil and gas alternative in interiors anwr plan by claiming that it requires an act of Congress Even though an act of wilderness requires the very same. The actions from this administration seem destined to shut down our transAlaska Pipeline weakening our economy, forcing our state to make steep budget cuts and really violati
Situations working to keep everyone safe. Heres the thing. They say there is major infrastructure damage across anchorage. Major buildings and homes are damaged, many roads and bridges closed. Theyre obviously dealing with a lot of problems there. The schools have asked for parents to pick up their children. We just god word from the Anchorage International airport that the runways are open. They are landing planes but are not allowing people to drive up to and from the airport. So the ramps, the incoming and out going ramps to the airport have been closed. I was texted a picture from a colleague, a person who works for senator murkowski who had seen a tweet about this. Major road damage on Minnesota Drive which is right there next to the international airport, international boulevard, which runs to the airport is damaged as well. So you have Severe Damage to a lot of the roads. I did talk to some people in hotels there. One in a marriott said his shook pretty well, for about a minute,
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