U.S. Geological Survey Western Region E-newsletter
May 1, 2004
http://www.usgs.gov/
This coming Sunday and Monday nights (may 2, 3), NBC will be airing a mini-series "10.5" about a fictional earthquake storm that consumes the west coast. To quote the A.P. wire story "An upcoming TV miniseries about an impossibly large earthquake that strikes the West Coast has left seismic experts shaking their heads at what they called gross inaccuracies."
Lucy Jones was quoted in the L.A. Times as saying "The production is blatantly inconsistent with everything we know about earthquakes. It's a complete science fantasy, but as long as people know that nothing about it could be true, they can sit back and enjoy it."
Media interest in scientist's view of this production is building, and should you be asked to comment on the movie or the underlying premise, the USGS Office of Communications has developed two new informational products which may be of some use in the coming days and weeks. Each focuses on what we're calling "mega-quakes." Both encourage readers to separate science facts from the fictional (some will say fantasy) accounts provided in an upcoming television miniseries. They also encourage readers to plan and prepare for the real hazards they face. Both have been extensively reviewed in the Earthquake Hazards Program and should be considered good messages to use if you are asked about the mini-series. Both are linked off the main USGS web page and the main earthquake website.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/bytopic/megaquakes.html
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/bytopic/megaqk_facts_fantasy.html
Please distribute these links as widely as possible! Please help us get the information out to our friends, cooperators, research partners and others. If you can take a moment and forward this to at least three people outside the Survey who may want or need this information in the coming weeks, that will go a long way to spreading the messages about using good science for decision making and preparing personally for hazards. Encourage your contacts to forward the links on, post the links on their webpages, refer to them as needed and/or to utilize the information internally.
If you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to call or email Butch Kinerney, Public Affairs Specialist, USGS Office of
Communications, 703-648-4732 or <bkinerney@usgs.gov>
Informant: NHNE
PREVIOUS NHNE NEWS LIST ARTICLE:
NBC'S QUAKE MINISERIES 'COMPLETE SCIENCE FANTASY':
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nhnenews/message/7076
http://www.usgs.gov/
This coming Sunday and Monday nights (may 2, 3), NBC will be airing a mini-series "10.5" about a fictional earthquake storm that consumes the west coast. To quote the A.P. wire story "An upcoming TV miniseries about an impossibly large earthquake that strikes the West Coast has left seismic experts shaking their heads at what they called gross inaccuracies."
Lucy Jones was quoted in the L.A. Times as saying "The production is blatantly inconsistent with everything we know about earthquakes. It's a complete science fantasy, but as long as people know that nothing about it could be true, they can sit back and enjoy it."
Media interest in scientist's view of this production is building, and should you be asked to comment on the movie or the underlying premise, the USGS Office of Communications has developed two new informational products which may be of some use in the coming days and weeks. Each focuses on what we're calling "mega-quakes." Both encourage readers to separate science facts from the fictional (some will say fantasy) accounts provided in an upcoming television miniseries. They also encourage readers to plan and prepare for the real hazards they face. Both have been extensively reviewed in the Earthquake Hazards Program and should be considered good messages to use if you are asked about the mini-series. Both are linked off the main USGS web page and the main earthquake website.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/bytopic/megaquakes.html
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/bytopic/megaqk_facts_fantasy.html
Please distribute these links as widely as possible! Please help us get the information out to our friends, cooperators, research partners and others. If you can take a moment and forward this to at least three people outside the Survey who may want or need this information in the coming weeks, that will go a long way to spreading the messages about using good science for decision making and preparing personally for hazards. Encourage your contacts to forward the links on, post the links on their webpages, refer to them as needed and/or to utilize the information internally.
If you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to call or email Butch Kinerney, Public Affairs Specialist, USGS Office of
Communications, 703-648-4732 or <bkinerney@usgs.gov>
Informant: NHNE
PREVIOUS NHNE NEWS LIST ARTICLE:
NBC'S QUAKE MINISERIES 'COMPLETE SCIENCE FANTASY':
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nhnenews/message/7076
Starmail - 2. Mai, 22:47
