21st Century Essential Guide to Earthquake Survival: Major Collection of USGS, FEMA, and CDC Documents with Scientific and Threat Data, Structure and Construction Safety-Technical and Scientific Reference (CD-ROM)

This comprehensive electronic book on CD-ROM presents a thorough review of practical emergency plans and protective measures for surviving the horrible consequences of earthquakes. Earthquakes pose significant hazard to life and property. Although earthquakes cannot be prevented, effective measures can be taken to reduce loss of life and damage to property that they cause. There is material about earthquakes and structure safety from the U.S. Geological Survey, and additional safety information from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Centers for Disease Control.

Contents include:

General Quake Info * Hazards & Preparedness * Earthquake Research

Earthquake Hazards - Efforts aimed at defining the location and quantifying the degree of the earthquake hazard. Such information guides planners, businesses and individuals in both avoiding the hazard (choosing where and how to build) and mitigating it (strengthening existing structures and planning for emergency response).

Safer Structures, Engineering and Building Codes - Basic information about strong shaking and earthquake engineering. Links to agencies actively studying strong shaking and damages resulting from it, or advancing earthquake engineering, design standards, regulatory provisions, etc.

Earthquake Preparedness - Basic information on how to prepare for an earthquake. Links to agencies involved in earthquake preparation and response, from the Federal level to neighborhood response teams.

This incredible CD-ROM has over 190,000 pages, reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems. The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material.

Our news and educational CD-ROM and DVD-ROM discs are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched by finding specific words, or printed without untold hours of tedious research and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc format makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust.