{"id":1352,"date":"2014-01-28T10:56:58","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T10:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abetteremergency.com\/blog\/?p=1352"},"modified":"2014-01-28T10:56:58","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T10:56:58","slug":"week-of-january-26th-emergency-news-you-can-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abetteremergency.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/week-of-january-26th-emergency-news-you-can-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of January 26th: Emergency News You Can Use"},"content":{"rendered":"

A weekly round-up of news, articles and surveys to make your next emergency better. Have a suggestion for the round-up? Contact me at abetteremergency@gmail.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

I wonder if the builder of a house designed to survive a tsunami, earthquake and gale force winds<\/a> is secretly hoping to get a chance to validate construction techniques.<\/p>\n

You would think a building that survived an atomic bomb blast could handle an earthquake. Only now will one of the most famous landmarks in Hiroshima Japan be quake-proofed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A couple of interesting articles about southern California’s earthquake risk. \u00a0The first one suggests L.A.’s ‘big one’ could shake more than predicted<\/a>. The second offers a virtual map showing how earthquakes will hit cities<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s great to see the coalition of effort that went into disaster-proofing a village in Cebu<\/a>. \u00a0I hope it’s successful because it shows promise.<\/p>\n

Changes to health care laws and reimbursement in the United States encourages people to avoid hospitals. \u00a0Using paramedics to make house calls<\/a> may spur this growing trend in Canada.<\/p>\n

If you ever wanted to know when your ship would come in, check out this marine traffic site <\/a>. It may not be newsworthy, but I thought it was cool.<\/p>\n

[GARD]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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