Did you participate in today's historical earthquake preparedness drill? If not there's still time (hopefully!) to get prepared for the next quake.
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program "educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations." You can find out about CERT training in the Los Angeles area by visiting the CERT-LA website. Those of you farther afield can check with www.californiavolunteers.org for information on disaster preparedness training.
As a follow-up to the Great Shakeout, a Get Ready Rally will be held November 14, 2008 from 4 to 9 pm at Nokia Plaza L.A. Live, Downtown Los Angeles. The rally will feature earthquake preparedness information, presos from government officials vendors and live entertainment.
Curious about the city that may or may not fall in on you during a quake? Downtown LA's SCI-Arc offers a robust schedule of lectures, symposia and other events about art, architecture and urban planning. This week's upcoming slate includes "The City after the Economy // Fall Symposium 2008" which hopes to "broaden the discussion of urban development from an often singular conversation around of issues of capital and its movements to a multivalent conversation that embraces the urban economics of cultural production, aesthetics, ecology and social movements."
Got an earthquake kit? CERT certified? Take a break from worrying that the city could collapse on top of you by planting some flowers. The SoCal Guerrilla Gardeners (featured on SoCal Connected this week) hold regular - and super-secret; SHHH! - seed-bombing expeditions. Check their website for more information.
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