About 70-80 people were present at our March 2007 board meeting for Mark Benthien's presentation about the latest information of the potential Great Earthquake happening sooner rather than later and how it will affect us in Porter Ranch. You can watch a video online about the future of earthquakes in Porter Ranch.

Mark Benthien is the Director of Communication, Education and Outreach for the Southern California Earthquake Center at the University of Southern California. This center was established in 1991 for the purpose of gathering new information about earthquakes in southern Calif. and to communicate an understanding of this phenomena to the general public in order to increase awareness, reduce economic losses and save lives.

Carol Parks, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator for the City of Los Angeles, presented tips to help us prepare for the "Big One". Read about what to do in an earthquake.

Fire Captain Stacy Gerlich spoke about CERTS (Community Emergency Response Teams) and the effort being made to prepare Porter Ranch. Remeber the CERTS motto is "You Can't Predict...But You Can Prepare"