Dr. Lucy Jones is a renowned seismologist known as 'the Earthquake Lady'. She's recommended ways for Los Angeles to address its greatest earthquake vulnerabilities -- here's what she says the region still needs to do to get ready for the Big One.
Jones, a renowned seismologist, has been explaining earthquakes to Californians for decades. Dubbed"the Earthquake Lady," she's worked to make earthquake science more accessible to policymakers and the public. In 2014, she led a task force that recommended ways for Los Angeles to address its greatest earthquake vulnerabilities.No one died this week after the magnitude 6.4 and 7.
Most people aren't aware that's the choice they're making.You became one of the first US scientists to enter China after Westerners were let in in the '70s. Can you tell us a bit about what impact that experience had on you?It actually had a really major impact on the way I see things. I was a physics major and was studying Chinese because my grandparents had been missionaries there. I hadn't decided yet if I was going to be a scientist or foreign service.
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