1. The Big One - California's Impending Earthquake
... multiple casualties affecting the population, public health, environment." It is talked about what precautions and what plans the government has to take into action before the catastrophe hits. The number of deaths from a magnitude 8.3 San Andreas Fault event estimated by the California Department of Mine and Geology are in "the range of 3,000 to 12,000 people depending on ... the time the event occurs, hospitalized casualties are estimated to be 3 times the number of deaths and significant non-hospitalized casualties are estimated at 30 times the number of deaths." To prevent the numbe...
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