Oblique imagery

The free bird's eye capability on bing maps provides an interesting way to explore the San Andreas fault.

Here is one example:

Oblique view of the San Andreas fault at Cajon Pass

Enjoy!

On the way from Oakland back to Burbank a few days ago, our airplane flew right alongside the San Andreas fault from Loma Prieta to Gorman and I took photos, 105 new ones in all. These are now all posted on my Picasa site, and I hope you'll enjoy them.

http://picasaweb.google.com/kwhudnut/SanAndreasPhotosFromAirplanes?feat=directlink

Hour-long TV program on the San Andreas fault

I hope that you will enjoy this episode on the San Andreas fault by The History Channel.

ShakeOut news coverage and interviews, etc.

Here is the link to the ShakeOut video piece on MSNBC:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/27666717#27666717

A nice article on CNN with photos and video:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/11/13/quake.drill/

A lot of information is also linked up at this USGS site:

http://www.usgs.gov/homepage/science_features/shakeout.asp

Or this main site for ShakeOut:

http://www.shakeout.org/

ShakeOut blitz has begun - check this out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clQpk4it_Tk

HCN article on SoSAFE & ShakeOut

http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.19/the-coming-quake/

Lifeline Corridor Crossing the San Andreas fault

This article appeared today and nicely explains the situation at Cajon Pass. A great San Andreas event with surface faulting through this and other lifeline corridor crossing points will potentially sever the links between the urban metropolitan area and the rest of the nation. Through the ShakeOut study, we see that the economic and social impacts of this are enormous. It is therefore crucial to plan for efficient repairs to these lifelines in the event of a real earthquake. ShakeOut is an opportunity for people to engage in such planning, and we have been working with the lifeline utilities operators to accomplish this and to encourage retrofitting and creative engineering solutions to make lifelines more resistant to earthquake damage.

http://www.highlandnews.net/articles/2008/10/16/news/04earthquake.txt

In the photo, a scarp along the San Andreas lies in shadow beneath my arm.