LA

Question 1

Earthquakes

Answer 1

• situated on heavily faulted area
  most recent in 1994:
• 60 deaths
• 3 mil w/out electricity

Question 2

what are the improvements to resist EQs?

Answer 2

• residents in permanent state of readiness
• large buildings have emergency plans
• change in perception, hazards are unavoidable while disasters are

Question 3

air pollution and smog

Answer 3

• car culture
• now emission controls
• when cool air meets warm city air
• 220 days a year unhealthy

Question 4

landslides and mudlfows

Answer 4

• steep unstable cliffs
• moisture from pools and sprinklers damage rock minerals
• lack of vegetation

Question 5

brush fires

Answer 5

• by autumn all vegetation is tinder dry
• 1k homes destroyed in 1993
• houses required to have 10m brush clearance zone