New Earthquake Game – Illinois

The Illinois Terrorism Task Force & Illinois Emergency Management Agency have produced a video game, “The Day the Earth Shook” focuses on teaching children how to survive an earthquake by building a survival kit, finding all the safe and unsafe areas of their home, and learning to protect themselves. Let your kids play at www.iema.illinois.gov/iema/EarthquakeGame.

EDEN Organizes an Earthquake Team

One of the many lessons learned when the earthquakes struck in Haiti and Chile was that EDEN should have more information available for Extension educators in case such an event occurs in the United States. Delegates were invited to become involved in discussions about earthquakes and catastrophic disasters, and to address a variety of related subjects including; geography, economic impact, number of people potentially affected, agricultural impact, infrastructure impact, scale, natural vs. man-made catastrophes, diseases, potential partners, funding sources, what preparation education materials already exist and where do we find them.
Rick Atterberry (IL) is providing leadership to the working group, which includes Peder Cuneo (AZ), Robert Halman (FL), Lynette Black (OR), Ann Sakaguchi (HI), Peter Barcinas (Guam),Tim Prather (TN), Conne Burnham (MO), Mike Yoder (NC), Ray Burden (TN), Vernon Turner (KS), Rita Fleming (TN) and Ron Cunningham (WY). If you did not respond initially, and if you have interest in this topic area, please contact Rick Atterberry.