Alabama Governor Bob R. Riley appointed Brock Long as State Director of Alabama Emergency Management Agency in late January. Long comes to Alabama after working at the state and federal levels in hurricane planning and response. “Alabama is fortunate to be gaining someone with Brock’s level of experience, talent and energy,” said Governor Riley Long […]

“Hurricane Katrina: Lessons for Earthquake Risk Reduction” is the theme of the 60th Annual Meeting of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, to be held February 6-9, 2008, at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel in New Orleans’ French Quarter. It is an extraordinary opportunity to capture lessons from the largest natural disaster in U.S. history. With […]

Jerry Thompson, 61, of Lamar, Indiana, passed away on Friday November 9, 2007. Jerry was the driving force behind the formation of the CUSEC Transportation Task Force.  He held the chairman’s position of the group from 2000 until mid 2007. The Task Force is one of three associations which function under the CUSEC umbrella and […]

CUSEC, in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) and the Center for Earthquake Research and Information (CERI), is presenting a one-day class titled “Disaster Medicine 101:  Post-Earthquake Public Health and Medical Issues in the New Madrid Seismic Zone.”  It will be held at the FedEx Institute of Technology on the campus of […]

CUSEC is sponsoring a Non-Structural Mitigation Workshop on July 27, 2007 in Jonesboro, Arkansas.  This one-day workshop presents several topics to attendees, including: Earthquake Hazard Overview, State Earthquake Program Update, Structural Basics, Non-Structural Elements and Hazards, Non-Structural Mitigation Projects and Techniques, and Mitigation Grant and Funding Programs.  This popular workshop was offered twice in 2006 and […]