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- Title
- Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989: Lifelines.
- File
- PB99155178.pdf
- Author(s)
- Schiff, A. J.
- Source
- January 1998, 140 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- USGS-PP-1552-A
- Abstract
- ;Contents: Introduction; Electrical-power systems; Communication systems; Modeling the impact of the earthquake on telecommunication servies; The media: Radio, television, and newspapers; Water and wastewater systems; Water-distribution systems; Water- and wastewater-treatment plants; Lessons learned by water and wastewater utilities; Transportation systems; Transportation systems--airports; Transportation systems--seaports; Transportation systems--passenger railways and buslines; Residential natural-gas piping and appliances; and Repair patterns for the gas-distribution system in San Francisco.
- Keywords
- Water systems; Loma Prieta Earthquake; Lessons learned; Electric utilities; Public utilities; Ports (Facilities); Waste water treatment; Buses; Public transportation; Damage assessment; San Francisco Bay Area (California); Airorts; Natural gas distribution systems; Lifelines; Telecommunications; Mass media; Communication networks; Earthquake damage; Water distribution; Transportation systems; Seismic effects; Monterey Bay Area (California); Emergency response; Railroads; Water treatment plants; Subways; Water utiliities