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For California, an Earthquake Early Warning System Is Up and Running

Posted by timothy on from the timely-in-light-of-christchurch dept.

autospa writes "In California's Coachella Valley around Palm Springs, a state-of-the-art, first-in-the-world earthquake early warning system in now installed and operational. Twelve locations are now in place with 120 sites planned, all meant to detect an earthquake and give people a chance to get under a table, or in the case of a fire station, get the engines outside of the building."

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  1. Re:How do they know it works? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    So, barring an actual earthquake, how do they know this thing works?

    They just pick up the sensor, shake it really hard, and listen for alarms.

  2. Re:And by olsmeister · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sure they understand that Windows are one of the first things to go during an earthquake, and you don't want to be anywhere around them.

  3. Re:It uses video cameras and cats by Dunbal · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's what Schroedinger's box is for. The really weird ones don't survive.

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    Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.