Hurricane Hilary is a reminder to sign up for services that alert you when storms, extreme heat, earthquakes, tsunamis or fires threaten or hit an area.
Hurricane Hilary is a reminder to sign up for services that alert you when storms, extreme heat, earthquakes, tsunamis or fires threaten or hit an area.
Be in the loop when disasters like extreme heat or a hurricane this week, or earthquakes, tsunamis and wildfires at other times are headed California’s way.
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What ShakeAlert warning system got wrong and right about this week’s 6.0 quake in California [The Mercury News :: BC-CALIF-EARTHQUAKE-WARNING-SYSTEM:SJ]
But that doesn’t mean it won’t work for us.
The fledgling system, built to alert people about imminent risk, was tested on Thursday evening in the toughest of places: a hotspot of geologic turbulence in a rural and remote region with very few sensors.
Its performance in the Bay Area and other metropolitan areas is likely to be far better, especially as it gains more experience, said Doug Given, ShakeAlert Program national coordinator at the U.S. Geological Survey.