We are asking everyone in SoCal to participate in ShakeOut, and many organizations and people are already joining up. Today, I was very impressed by the level of intensity shown by LADWP, who have just performed a preliminary set of exercises as part of the lead-in to the main ShakeOut event. They are checking their systems and already discussing what can be done to improve. We're hoping that other major utilities will participate at such a high level. The LADWP General Manager came to personally hear the outbriefs on water and power systems, then to guide response efforts and direct recovery in the simulation. I was very pleased at how the exercise went today, and this was an early step of many they will take.
On May 5th, there will be a USGS-OES press conference in Ontario to announce more details of the ShakeOut scenario, and to encourage widespread public participation in the Nov. 13th main event.
On July 16th, LADWP will hold a full-scale exercise based on the ShakeOut scenario, along with a series of related activities to make their systems more robust.
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