California Appoints Geospatial Information Officer

California now has a Geospatial Information Officer, GIO. The CA GIO is responsible for ensuring that the state receives the benefits associated with geospatial data, specifically, increased data access and sharing; reduced duplication and costs; development of technology standards; centers of expertise; public outreach and increased collaboration in state and local governments. READ MORE

California's water supply vulnerable to quakes, floods

The California Department of Water Resources has just released a study that concludes there is a 40 percent chance that a major earthquake will flood 27 delta islands between now and 2030, costing billions in repairs and knocking out the water source for 25 million Californians for more than a year.

Without intervention, it is estimated that about 140 levees of California's could fail in the next century due to storms or rising seas. An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 or greater could result in fatalities, flooding of islands and costs of $15 billion. In California levees have failed about 160 times in the past 109 years. READ MORE

California Department of Water Resources: Delta Risk Management Strategy - Final Phase 1 Report

CalGIS 2009

Did you know there is a one-day HAZUS-MH class at the CalGIS 2009 conference? Last we heard there were still seats available. MORE

SoCalHUG 2009 Meeting ...

OUTSTANDING - SoCalHUG "Spring" 2009 Meeting ... well it was almost be Spring

March 11, 2009, THANKS to the Orange County Sheriff's Department for hosting at the Loma Ridge Emergency Operations Center.

HAZUS.org would also like to thank everybody who participated and to ADOBE for supporting the ADOBE ACROBAT CONNECT PRO on-line meeting.

AGENDA

Dave Montague (ABS): HAZUS Program Update - MR3 Patch 3, MR4. Download Presentation (.pdf, .8MB)

Hope Seligson (MMI Engineering): Update on FEMA's Essential Facility Risk Assessment Projects in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Download Presentation (.pdf 2.7MB)

Diane Vaughan, CalEMA GIS manager: HAZUS and California

Miles Wagner, (San Bernardino County Fire Department OES), Raymond Cheung (Orange County Sheriff's Dept) and Ken Hudnut (USGS) will lead a discussion on using HAZUS for Golden Guardian, what worked, what didn't.

Liz Wojdak: HAZUS news. Download Presentation (.pdf, 1.1MB)

Soil Liquefaction During Earthquakes Technical Seminar

Register now for a day-long seminar to be given in Pasadena, CA on March 10th by I. M. Idriss and R. W. Boulanger, authors of the recently published EERI monograph sent to all members in 2008, Soil Liquefaction During Earthquakes. Participants earn 0.7 Continuing Education Units. MORE

Register on-line for Pasadena, CA class