If you felt some shaking on the Fourth of July, and even if you didn’t personally sense it, you have likely heard it was from a 6.4 magnitude earthquake in the Mojave Desert near the town of Ridgecrest. The quake is being called one of the biggest in Southern California in 20 years, could be felt in various counties as far as San Diego County and Nevada, and is continuing to put out aftershocks.
More than 900,000 individuals, businesses and organizations in San Diego County are registered to drop, cover and hold on at 10:18 a.m. on Thursday 10/18 for the Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill.
Credit: San Diego County Sheriff's Department At its Sept. 11 meeting, the County Board of Supervisors recognized the Del Mar Fairgrounds with a special National Preparedness Month proclamation thanking the organization for being part of a network of key community partners.
Credit: Pixabay San Diego County is vulnerable to many types of emergencies: fires, floods, and earthquakes just to name a few. These disasters can strike at any time, and we should all be prepared to keep ourselves, and our loved ones, safe. But a 2017 survey conducted by the County found only half of San Diego County residents are prepared to evacuate their homes within 15 minutes. Only 38 percent have an emergency plan.
What happens when San Diego County Parks and Recreation and the San Diego County Office of Emergency Services team up to encourage emergency preparedness? They launch a Summer Preparedness Camp-aign.
In this edition, these local elementary students get a different kind of baseball clinic, trees are multiplying in our parks and things are heating up – thank goodness for Cool Zones!
Natural disasters can happen at any time and you may only have minutes to evacuate. It’s important to have a plan and to make sure you practice it at least twice a year with the entire family.
