Earthquake preparedness: Not just a California concern

Day Care and Early Education - Tập 19 - Trang 11-14 - 1992
Ellen N. Junn1, Diana Wright Guerin1
1Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, D. C.

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For many Americans today, the mention of earthquakes conjures up vivid memories of the damage and destruction wreaked by the recent Loma Prieta earthquake in the San Francisco area or the utter devastation caused by the Mexico City or the Armenian earthquakes. But for many Americans, these televised scenes of earthquake damage seem more threatening to Californians rather than residents of midwestern states such as Missouri, until recently, that is.

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