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Related: About this forumTrump's budget cuts West Coast quake warning system funding
Updated 2:08 am, Saturday, May 27, 2017
LOS ANGELES (AP) President Donald Trump's budget proposal would cut federal funding for an earthquake early warning system for California, Oregon and Washington state, a development that seismology experts and some local leaders say would be the end of the project.
The system being developed in conjunction with various universities is intended at providing critical seconds of warning when an earthquake has started and potentially dangerous shaking is imminent. The system would allow time for people to take cover and to slow or halt such things as critical industrial processes and transportation systems.
A version of the ShakeAlert system has been undergoing testing but still needs to have more seismic sensors installed in Northern California, Oregon and Washington. The proposed funding cuts for the next fiscal year starting Oct. 1 would come from the budget of the U.S. Geological Survey, a bureau of the U.S. Interior Department.
Veteran seismologist Lucy Jones, who recently retired from the U.S. Geological Survey after years of providing earthquake information to the public, said she was deeply disappointed.
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Trump's budget cuts West Coast quake warning system funding (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
May 2017
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LenaBaby61
(6,979 posts)1. Trump's budget cuts West Coast quake warning system funding
That rotten, evil, putin-puppet's at war with us here on the western & bluer parts of the country.
katmondoo
(6,457 posts)2. He hates America
GreydeeThos
(958 posts)3. Trump sure hates California
He hates the whole west coast because they did not vote for him.
littlemissmartypants
(22,868 posts)4. Nice catch, Judi Lynn! ♡ lmsp