[EAS] Quake Early Warnings in Jeopardy

Bill Ruck ruck at lns.com
Mon May 29 22:59:11 CDT 2017


I am contemplating tieing someone down and forcing him to listen to a 
continuous loop of Dolby's "Blinded by Science".

On the other hand, Mother Nature does a really good job announcing an 
earthquake.

Bill Ruck
Curmudgeon
San Francisco

At 05:56 PM 5/29/2017, you wrote:
>Story in this weekend's Wall Street Journal:
>Budget Cuts Funding For Tremor Warnings
>President Donald Trump's budget proposal would cut funding for an 
>earthquake early-warning system for California, Oregon and 
>Washington state, a development that seismology experts say would be 
>the end of the project. The system being developed in conjunction 
>with various universities is intended to provide critical seconds of 
>warning when an earthquake has started and potentially dangerous 
>shaking is imminent. - Associated Press



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