Contact: Professor Lori Dengler, Humboldt State University
707- 826-3115 or (707) 845-4960
lori.dengler@humboldt.edu
It’s County Fair season again and, for the 18th consecutive year, Humboldt State University is partnering with the Redwood Coast Tsunami Work Group to host the Earthquake-Tsunami Room at the Humboldt County Fair.
The theme of this year’s Fair is “Honoring Excellence in Education” and this special exhibit features many hands-on exhibits, posters, banners and take-home materials for visitors to learn more about why Humboldt County is earthquake country and what you can do to make you and your loved ones safe before the next temblor strikes.
Activities include making your own earthquake with a real seismic sensor, the “earthquake in a pail” liquefaction demonstration, a tsunami wave tank, making seismic waves with a slinky, and learning about earthquake magnitude with spaghetti.
The Red Cross has set up a sample evacuation shelter and the Humboldt County Cert Coalition has basic first aid demonstrations. And you can rest your feet at the tsunami theater with lots of great video coverage of recent earthquake and tsunami events. It’s not all earthquakes and tsunamis this year – the NWS has developed new watershed and tornado displays.
We have will have lots of great free educational materials including Living on Shaky Ground, our 32-page earthquake and tsunami preparedness magazine, available in both English and, for the first time, in Spanish. Pick up a tsunami safety brochure including maps of the tsunami zones in our area. Other information includes California’s Earthquake Early Warning System and tsunami debris.
There is always knowledgeable staff who on hand to answer your questions about earthquakes, tsunamis and how to prepare for them.
The room is located in Hindley Hall, the commercial building and is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. for the fair’s 11-day run.
The Earthquake-Tsunami room is supported by Humboldt State University, NOAA’s National Weather Service, the California Office of Emergency Services and members of the Redwood Coast Tsunami Work Group.
For further inquiries contact Lori Dengler lori.dengler@humboldt.edu, (707) 845-4960
North Coast and California organizations sponsoring this year’s display:
- NOAA – National Weather Service Eureka Forecast Office HSU Geology
- Clarke Museum
- American Red Cross
- Pacific Watershed Associates (PWA)
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
- Humboldt Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Del Norte County Disaster Animal Response Team (DART)) Redwood National and State Parks
- California State Parks
- Boy Scout Troop 99, VFW – McKinleyville
- Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services
- Humboldt County Public Works
- Humboldt County Local Oversight Program
- Humboldt State University/University Center
- California Office of Emergency Services
- California Geological Survey
- Earthquake Country Alliance
- The Wildlands Conservancy
- Trinidad Rancheria
- Cascadia Earthscope Earthquake Tsunami Education Project
- Frontier Internet
- Ferndale High School
- Humboldt County Fair Association