1/ Hi Regan! The first thing we need to say is that you are absolutely right about Utah. Living here is fantastic, one of the best-kept secrets of the nation. But we need to talk...
2/ Utah hasn’t had a devastating earthquake in a long time, but you should know our state is constantly planning for one. In fact, we’re collaborating with @FEMA and @femaregion8 on a catastrophic #earthquake plan. @thereganbrown
3/ In 2012, we started inviting everyone to be part of the @UtahShakeOut, a day of special earthquake drills because the earthquake threat in Utah looks like this:
4/ A nice clearing house of #earthquake information from @USGS is here earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/by…
Hat tip to @KC7NEC for the link
Hat tip to @KC7NEC for the link
5/ No matter how big an earthquake is, most people will survive it. Some people get really worried about how much damage they will see in an earthquake. We wrote this:
6/ The main thing is just to make preparedness part of your life. In fact, we can work with @BeReadyUtah to create a special section on BeReadyUtah.gov about preparedness for college students. Let us know if you or friends want to help with that.
7/ Moving onto fires now🔥:
Thousands of Utahns live near wildland-urban interface areas (think areas near wilderness). They need to be ready for wildfires, both for preventing them and escaping them. readyforwildfire.org/prepare-for-wi…
Thousands of Utahns live near wildland-urban interface areas (think areas near wilderness). They need to be ready for wildfires, both for preventing them and escaping them. readyforwildfire.org/prepare-for-wi…
8/ You can always stay up to speed on fire season, which is hopefully wrapping up soon in Utah (right, @UtahWildfire?) by following them and checking out this site gacc.nifc.gov/gbcc/dispatch/… for updates.
9/ And now, tornadoes🌪:
According to @NWSSaltLakeCity we have 3-4 tornadoes a year in Utah. We had damaging twisters in 2015 in Riverdale/Ogden, Manti in 2002 and Salt Lake City In 1999. That one was insane.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Salt… H/T again to @KC7NEC
According to @NWSSaltLakeCity we have 3-4 tornadoes a year in Utah. We had damaging twisters in 2015 in Riverdale/Ogden, Manti in 2002 and Salt Lake City In 1999. That one was insane.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Salt… H/T again to @KC7NEC
10/ And now, we hopefully haven’t scared poor @thereganbrown out of Utah. But we’ve given you some great twitter accounts to follow. Also, follow:
@UUSSquake
@utahgeological
@provocity
@ProvoPolice
@UtahDPS
@UCSO
@UUSSquake
@utahgeological
@provocity
@ProvoPolice
@UtahDPS
@UCSO
11/ And now we need to let you get some rest, but just remember we’re here to answer any questions you have.
Thanks to @TVNewsAngieReed for the nudge tonight. We love all of our new Utahns. Good luck, @thereganbrown. Study hard and change the world.
Thanks to @TVNewsAngieReed for the nudge tonight. We love all of our new Utahns. Good luck, @thereganbrown. Study hard and change the world.
