Extant strong education efforts already in place by organizations such as the MAE Center, IRIS, and PEPP should be leveraged to avoid duplication of effort. Education should be targeted toward several groups including K-6,12, and 20, public awareness, science literacy, developers, local officials, and legistlators. It is important to take advantage of teachable moments such as a nationally and locally newsworthy earthquakes. From a business perspective, several issues are important. Need to get EMA awareness and invovlement at federal, state and local levels.
Insurance industry is an important stakeholder.
Business needs to make informed choices for deployment of resources which ideally would be estimate of risk at zip code resolution. Need to know what the probabilities are in non-scientific terms. Need to know potential impact on vital services such as power, water, etc and likely recovery times. Potential broadband sites for outyears to monitor the central U.S. include St. Joseph, MO, Fayetteville, AR, Chicago, Ames, IA, Lexington, KY, Ohio, and upgrades. The Kentucky Geological Survey and Lamont also operate strong motion networks in the region.