Saturday, March 29, 2025

I-55 South – Earthquake Themed Rest Area

Marston Welcome Center & Rest Area – Southbound I-55,

3 Miles South of Route 61 and I-55 , located at mile marker 42.4, the Center includes a new building featuring both New Madrid Earthquake and Mississippian culture themes. The Center design elements focus on the Native American Indian culture, as well as incorporating elements surrounding the 1811-12 New Madrid Earthquakes. Unique artistic elements are integrated throughout the building and site. From the contemporary arrowhead sculptures to the Richter Scale column lights to the map illustrating the devastating effects of the earthquakes and their epicenters, the Welcome Center educates visitors on the history of southeast Missouri

http://www.dnr.mo.gov/geology/geosrv/marstonwelcomecenter.htm

Map Your Neighborhood (MYN) Program

An All-Hazard, Local Preparedness & Response Program endorsed by Missouri Seismic Safety Commission (MSSC)

http://mssc.missouri.edu/map.shtml

CAPSTONE 14

An Initiative to Advance Preparedness in the Central U.S.
In support of Presidential Policy Directive 8 (PPD8) the Central United States Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC) presents CAPSTONE-14. Under the direction of the CUSEC Board of Directors, CAPSTONE-14 is a three-year, multi-state scope of planning and preparedness activities culminating in a major, multi-state earthquake exercise in June 2014.

http://www.cusec.org/plans-a-programs/multi-state-planning/173

Recent Earthquake Map

http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/REQ3/html/index.html

Benefits of Chapter Membership

– Voting privileges

– Opportunity to be elected Officer or Director

– Opportunity to be a Nominating Committee member

– Opportunity to be a Committee Chair,Secretary or Committee Member

– Notification and participation in Chapter activities, meetings, events

– Professional Development Hours (PDH)

– Networking with other Professionals

– Mentoring for Students

– Chapter Website

– Chapter Special event invitations, discounts (if available)

Tenth U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering

 

The Tenth U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (10NCEE) in Anchorage, Alaska, July 21–25, 2014, will be held on the 50th Anniversary of the Great Alaska earthquake and tsunami. The theme for the conference is “Frontiers of Earthquake Engineering.”

http://10ncee.org/

Missouri SAVE Coalition

http://sema.dps.mo.gov/programs/SAVEcoalition.asp

 http://www.sema.dps.mo.gov/docs/programs/operations,%20training%20&%20exercise/earthquake%20program/training2013.pdf

Award Winning Documentary From CERI

New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811 – 12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSG5Q03n13U&feature=youtu.be

2014 Great Central US Shakeout

Experts Host Public Forum about Earthquakes and Post Disaster Recovery

The Central U.S.Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC), in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and several local, national and international disaster experts, held a free public forum,
Building Resiliency in the Face of the Earthquake Risk,
from 1:30p.m. to 5:30p.m. on Thursday,October 17, 2013 at the Michael D. Rose Theatre on the University of Memphis main campus.
The purposeof this event was to help increase public understanding of potential impacts that citizens, businesses, and communities in the region may face from earthquakes in the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ).
Professionals with expertise in earthquake hazards, disaster preparedness, building design, and emergency management presented information on building community resiliency to limit injuries, deaths, and economic losses from earthquakes. Participants also learned about short- and long – term earthquake recovery challenges from experts in New Zealand, where a devastating earthquake sequence struck Christchurch in 2010 and 2011.
 http://bit.ly/1e9YMe3. for information

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