5 Things You Should Know About Earthquakes
Creve Coeur Patch looks at how you should prepare and what you should do during an earthquake if the New Madrid fault should really let loose.
Most people in the St. Louis area have never been through a major earthquake, despite the fact that much of its population lives in the potential shock zone of the New Madrid fault. Knowing what to do during a tornado may have saved scores of lives on Good Friday, but few St. Louisans are prepared for what to do if a major earthquake hits the area, said Mark Rosenblum, with the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) That’s part of the reason SEMA is conducting The Great American Shakeout earthquake drill Thursday, which will involve at least 2.8 million people in eight states. Among those registered as participating in Thursday's drill, scheduled for 10:15 a.m. include: Not participating in the drill? Everyone can take five …
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