Tuesday, October 22, 2013

FEMA EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION- regarding 7.1 Magnitude Bohol Philippine Earthquake October 15, 2013

Hi, I'm posting this link from the US Federal Emergency Agency, or FEMA. There is a very comprehensive section on Earthquakes, including publications for building designers, and others.

To those who got hit by the 7.1 or 7.2 Magnitude earthquake in the Visayas, Philippines, do take a look:

http://www.fema.gov/earthquake-publications

Excerpt:

Building Codes and Seismic Rehabilitation
Among the most important strategies for earthquake risk reduction are the development, adoption, and enforcement of seismic building codes and standards, and the seismic rehabilitation of existing structures—these publications and tools address the public policy, socioeconomic, and technical aspects of these strategies. (This category combines relevant publications from the “Public Policy Makers and Planners” and “Building Designers, Managers, and Regulators” categories.)

Another excerpt

FEMA E-74 Reducing the Risks of Nonstructural Earthquake Damage

Main Content

This document explains the sources of earthquake damage that can occur in nonstructural components and provides information on effective methods for reducing risk associated with nonstructural earthquake damage.Download the PDF from the FEMA Library.

Sadly, Santo Nino Basilica lost its belfry in the 7.1 Philippine Earthquake

Bohol, Cebu, Visayas, Philippines hit by 7.2 Earthquake

Walking tour of old Cebu

Pictures of Historic Cebu - 1

Pictures of Historic Cebu - Santo Nino Basilica - 2

tags: Philippines, Visayas, Bohol, Cebu, earthquake, October 15 Philippine earthquake, information, earthquake preparedness, seismic damage

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Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.