Broadcasting & Cable Goes Inside TV Stations' Plans to Cover California's Inevitable 'Big One' Earthquake.B&C's Oct. 6 Cover Story Takes Readers inside the Technological Advancement and Ever-Changing Plans at Local Stations to Cover the Big One NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- In April, a group of scientists and engineers, working with the U.S. Geological Survey The term geological survey can be used to describe both the conduct of a survey for geological purposes and an institution holding geological information. A geological survey (USGS USGS United States Geological Survey (US Department of the Interior) ), released an official forecast of California earthquake probability, and the findings were frightful: They suggest a better than 99% chance of an earthquake measuring 6.7 or greater hitting the state sometime in the next 30 years, and a 46% chance of one posting a 7.5. (The Northridge quake, which claimed at least 60 victims and rang up $25 billion in damage, registered a 6.7.) The Chino Chino (chē`nō), city (1990 pop. 59,682), San Bernardino co., S Calif.; founded 1887, inc. 1910. It is the business and processing center of a diversified farming (notably dairying) area. Hills, Calif. earthquake on July 29, measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale Richter scale (rĭk`tər), measure of the magnitude of seismic waves from an earthquake, devised in 1935 by the American seismologist Charles F. Richter (1900–1985). , caused no fatalities, but it put an exclamation point exclamation point: see punctuation. exclamation point - exclamation mark on an alarming fact that had come up three months earlier. The prospect of a giant quake is always top of mind for television station managers, and never more so than now. Univision station KMEX Los Angeles will hold Earthquake Preparedness Week starting Oct. 13, with media outlets practicing communications. A month later on Nov. 13, the USGS and the California Office of Emergency Services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' , among others, are preparing what is essentially a fake quake, encouraging the whole of Los Angeles to take part in emergency drills when the quake "hits." Through extensive original reporting, Broadcasting & Cable's Oct. 6 cover story by Deputy Editor Michael Malone takes readers inside the technological and ever-changing plans at local stations to cover the Big One. For more information, go to: http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6601848.html About Broadcasting & Cable For more than 75 years, Broadcasting & Cable has been the leading industry source for news and analysis on the business of television. With breaking news, blogs, podcasts and original video on its Website, Broadcastingcable.com, and industry events including its annual Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame Awards, B&C continues to evolve as a truly multiplatform brand. |
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