2013 AGU Fall Meeting Presentations by SAFRR Staff

* Lucy Jones - Public lecture "Imagine an America without Los Angeles: Natural Hazards and the Complexity of Urban America" - Sunday 12/8 12:00-1:00pm in Moscone South- Room 102.
* Anne M. Wein et al. - NH41B-1718. "SAFRR Tsunami Scenario: Economic Impacts and Resilience"
* Erin R. Burkett - NH43B-1746. "Cascading Disaster Assessment for the ShakeOut Earthquake Scenario"
* Stephanie Ross et al. - NH54A-07. "The SAFRR Tsunami Scenario: Improving Resilience for California from a Plausible M9 Earthquake near the Alaska Peninsula"
* Geoffrey S. Plumlee et al. - NH54A-08. "Environmental and Environmental-Health Implications of the USGS SAFRR California Tsunami Scenario"

On Sunday, December 8th, from 12:00-1:00 pm, Dr. Lucy Jones gave the public lecture at the American Geophysical Union's 2013 Annual Fall Meeting, "Imagine an America without Los Angeles: Natural Hazards and the Complexity of Urban America." In her presentation she shared vulnerabilities of our modern society to natural disasters, with an emphasis on the importance of recognizing the intertwined nature of system components. Various interdependencies themselves increase vulnerability through the potential for failures to cascade into further triggered consequences. For instance, dependence of many systems on the availability of working internet is just one example in which failure can lead to disruption in many other services such as transportation, power and communications. For more information on the public lecture go to:AGU 2013 Fall Public Lecture.