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... Berkeley Daily Planet Berkeley Daily Planet Edition Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 Article Back to Mainpage Index of Sections Prepare for Catastrophes at All Levels, Says Lecturer, By: Susan Ervin-Tripp Worried about the impending earthquake in the Berkeley area?

There has been a series of lectures at Stanford and at UC Berkeley for the centennial of the 1906 earthquake.

Kathleen Tierney spoke March 1 on “Preparedness for catastrophic and near-catastrophic events: Issues and challenges in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.” Professor Tierney is director of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder, professor of sociology, author of works on hazards and disasters, and a member of many committees on disaster research.

Her appearances on NPR and PBS discussing catastrophe planning can be found on the Internet.

She advocated planning for a catastrophe like another earthquake at the national, state, local government, neighborhood, business, and household levels.

In catastrophes, because of infrastructure destruction, household or office water and food supplies and citizen rescue groups may be necessary.

During the discussion the issue of mandatory preparations, similar to mandatory smoke alarms, was suggested in the audience.

In the case of Katrina, scientists had already predicted the Category 4 hurricane the preceding week and given accurate descriptions of what eventually happened.

The levees were known to be good only up to Category 3, yet Homeland ...

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14, 2006 12:00 AM Jonah Mayers, 10, used to celebrate his March 7 birthday and part of the enticing springtime indoors, the pockets of his shorts stuffed with Kleenex and an asthma inhaler close at hand.

But these days - while ash, juniper, ragweed and other airborne pollens are creating crowds in allergy specialists' offices - Jonah bicycles with family in his Laveen neighborhood, pa...