If problems persist please do not hesitate in calling a pediatrician, family doctor physician, the local mental health center or clinic for advice in helping your family cope with the disaster. An earthquake in this region will disrupt life as we know it. With no electricity we will be unable to bank, go to the grocery store, get fuel for our vehicles. Transportation routes will be severely affected as will the commodities which travel these routes from east to west. Pipelines which transport various fuels can be impacted as they flow through this region.
Phone systems can become damaged.
Cellular service, if not damaged, will become quickly overloaded. Schools and businesses will be disrupted.