Need you! Survey about earthquakes in California (San Francisco, San Gabriel: new house, construction)

[bellacantare]

Survey about earthquakes in California

1. Age:
b) 20-40

2. Gender:
b) Female

3. Where do you live?
a) Northern California

4. What do you think are the biggest problems after (occured) earthquakes?
e) Destroyed infrastructure (bridges etc.)

5. What was the magnitude of the most intensive earthquake you’ve ever experienced?
Magnitude (Richter scale):
e) 6-7

6. How often do earthquakes occur in your area?
I can't answer this question with the options provided. There may be daily earthquakes up and down California, but if you talking about feeling earthquakes, it's more like yearly. No where near monthly.


7. What arrangements does the government make concerning the limitation of damage?
c) Earthquake-proved“ buildings, bridges (elastic)

8. Does the government participate in the compensation for damage (destroyed house)? If yes how much?
That sounds like more of a personal insurance issue. There are relief efforts if needed, but I don't know the percentage that comes from the government.


9. In what way are you prepared/shielded against earthquakes?
d) I’m not prepared at all, nor shielded.
e) Earthquakes usually don’t affect me

10. What are you concerned with most at the moment?
a) Economic crisis

11. How often do you think about earthquakes and their danger?
e) Monthly
(This question would be better if the options were qualified/rated as: All the time, Often, Sometimes, Never)

12. What scenario makes you most afraid?
d) An assault

13. Suppose, an eathquake destroyed your house, what would you do?
b) Rent a flat in the same town (already rent)

14. In what way are you interested/engaged in earthquake researches?
d) I’m not engaged, but I usually look for new discoveries (I think articles on earthquakes are interesting to read, but I'm not personally looking for new discoveries. Is that what you meant?)

15. Where do you get the information? (linked to question before)
a) Newspaper
e) TV

[california5]

1. Age:

b) 20-40.


2. Gender:

b) Female

3. Where do you live?

c) Southern CA

4. What do you think are the biggest problems after (occured) earthquakes?


e) Destroyed infrastructure (bridges etc.)

5. What was the magnitude of the most intensive earthquake you’ve ever experienced?
Magnitude (Richter scale):

e) 6-7

6. How often do earthquakes occur in your area?
a) Daily, but we normally don't even notice, they are too small to feel.



7. What arrangements does the government make concerning the limitation of damage?
c) „Earthquake-proved“ buildings, bridges (elastic)


8. Does the government participate in the compensation for damage? If yes how much?

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9. In what way are you prepared/shielded against earthquakes?
a) My house is solid


10. What does you concern at most at the moment?
a) Economic crisis


11. How often do you think about earthquakes and their danger?

e)rarely

12. What scenario makes you at most afraid?


c) A Terrorist attack


13. Suppose, an earthquake destroyed your house, what would you do?
a) Rebuild the house at same place


14. In what way are you interested/engaged in earthquake researches?

c) Not at all


15. Where do you get the information? (linked to question before)

[Zurich]

thnx to JerZ, bellacantare and to california5

to JerZ, in qst 7., I mean, if the immigration is limited so there will be maybe less dead people if the *big one* comes.. but thnx anyway, it was fun reading your answers such as nr. 12 hehe

to bellacantare, you got nr. 14 right, that's exactly what I meant..

ain't it possible to edit my very first post in order to change some details such as bellacantare proposed in nr. 11 ?

cheers

[Zurich]

need more volunteers, please

[Zurich]

12 Responses are not enough.. need much more, so please participate

[OC Investor2]

Answers bolded

Originally Posted by Zurich

hello to everybody!
I'm a swiss student in Zurich. Next year's gonna be my last one in high school.. so I've to work on a special topic for half a year.. I've chosen "Earthquakes ind California"
Now I'd like to make a survey with you. I hope that you find time (it won't take more than 5min) for answering the questions.

Please response as follows: e.g
1.b
2.a
3.d
4.c etc..

thank you

Survey about earthquakes in California

1. Age:
a) -20
b) 20-40.
c) 40-60
d) 60+

2. Gender:
a) Male
b) Female

3. Where do you live?
a) Northern California
b) Central CA
c) Southern CA

4. What do you think are the biggest problems after (occured) earthquakes?
a) Collapsed electricity network
b) Destroyed buildings
c) Finances for the reconstruction
d) The dead
e) Destroyed infrastructure (bridges etc.)

5. What was the magnitude of the most intensive earthquake you’ve ever experienced?
Magnitude (Richter scale):
a) 1-2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5
e) 6-7

6. How often do earthquakes occur in your area?
a) Daily
b) few times per week
c) Weekly
d) Every other week
e) Monthly
f - Frequently , but only strong enoug to feel or worry about once every few years

7. What arrangements does the government make concerning the limitation of damage?
a) Disaster exercises
b) Early warning system
c) „Earthquake-proved“ buildings, bridges (elastic)
d) Stopping the immigration

8. Does the government participate in the compensation for damage? If yes how much?
a) No, no participation at all
b) -25%
c) 25-50%
d) 50-75% - If you pay into the insurance pool
e) 75-100%


9. In what way are you prepared/shielded against earthquakes?
a) My house is solid
b) I’m well insured
c) I continuously take part in disaster erxercises
d) I’m not prepared at all, nor shielded.
e) Earthquakes usually don’t affect me
F - Maintain family emergency plan & supplies

10. What does you concern at most at the moment?
a) Economic crisis
b) Middle East conflict (maybe relatives over there)
c) Danger of an earthquakes in my region
d) Global Warming

11. How often do you think about earthquakes and their danger?
a) Daily
b) Few times per week
c) Weekly
d) Every other week
e) Monthly
f -Rarely

12. What scenario makes you at most afraid?
a) „The big one“, earthquake in CA that should occur in the next 30 years
b) A Forest fire
c) A Terrorist attack
d) An assault

13. Suppose, an eathquake destroyed your house, what would you do?
a) Rebuild the house at same place
b) Rent a flat in the same town
c) Leave the „danger zone“ (e.g. San Francisco)
d) Leave CA

14. In what way are you interested/engaged in earthquake researches?
a) I donate money to earthquake foundations or smth. similar
b) I’m a researcher myself
c) Not at all
d) I’m not engaged, but I usually look for new discoveries

15. Where do you get the information? (linked to question before)
a) Newspaper
b) Internet
c) Presentation
d) Radio
e) TV

[kiwilover70]

Hopefully you can get more posts soon. When is this thing due?
1)c
2)b
3)a
4)e
5)e
6)All of your responses are not approp I would say a couple times a year
7)c
8)Never

[kiwilover70]

Answer to 8 was that I have no idea becasue I have never had to make a claim.
9)b
10)a
11)hardly ever
12)d
13)a
14)c
15.....

[Fleet]

Originally Posted by Winston Smith

Lived in CA since 75. Strongest quake felt -- Northridge - 7.1. Biggest problem after a sizable quake (after rescuing life and getting people to safety) is getting information. After Northridge, the first service to be restored was telephone, and we got info from friends and family across the country and globe who were watching news reports. We were without electricity for about a day.

Fortunately, the '94 Northridge quake was a 6.7, not 7.1. The largest aftershock was a 5.9 several minutes after the main shock.

I will answer the survey questions in a little while.

[Fleet]

1. C
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. E
6. A (mostly mag. 1-2; not felt)
7. A and C
8. A
9. B
10. C
11. B
12. A
13. A
14. B
15. A, B, D and E