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Planning for a catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Southern California, addressing fires, collapses, displaced populations, infrastructure damage, utility disruptions, hazardous waste, injuries, and economic impacts.
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FEMA Region IXRegional Exercise Program Regional Interagency Steering Committee July 16, 2008 William Lundy William.Lundy@dhs.gov 510.627.7265
Golden Guardian 2008 Scenario Impacts • Magnitude 7.8 Catastrophic Southern California earthquake scenario • Approximately 200 mile section of San Andreas Fault
Golden Guardian 2008 Scenario Impacts • Approximately 1,600 ignitions, 1,200 will not be contained • Hundreds of large fires merge into dozens of large conflagrations destroying hundreds of city blocks
Golden Guardian 2008 Scenario Impacts • Thousands of buildings experience some form of collapse • Tens of thousands (perhaps as many as 100,000 people displaced from residences and businesses
Golden Guardian 2008 Scenario Impacts • Damage to each of approximately 6,000 California highwaybridges in the region • Approximately 30 dams experience damage serious enough to cause safety concerns
Golden Guardian 2008 Scenario Impacts • All utilities affected; Power, water, sewage, natural gas, petroleum pipelines and chemical facilities • Over a million gallons of household hazardous materials/waste require removal
Golden Guardian 2008 Scenario Impacts • Potentially tens to hundreds of thousands of injuries and deaths • Economic impacts in the $ Billions