Interviewer: Peter how are you connected to the
Great Southern California ShakeOut scenario?
Peter Lent: I am the Riverside County Associate co-chair
along with Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack for the Riverside
County Associates for ShakeOut. We're obviously also using
the ShakeOut scenario in helping us with our
Golden Guardian exercise. Being that the epicenter is very
near in our county and really splits our county into half,
we're intimately connected to it.
OK Peter how are you using the science from this scenario?
We're using the science from the ShakeOut scenario to
really plan our exercise. The science is helping us figure
out damage in real life, what would it be. It's not just
made-up information. Critical infrastructure impacts to
our water, our roads, our communications infrastructure.
All that's coming out based on science and scenario
and as a huge asset for us in planning our Golden Guardian exercise.
So what certainly made a difference in this
scenario is based on real science?
Absolutely. Again it's not a made-up scenario.
It is based on science and it's based on what would
most like happen when this event occurs.
And looking at this Great Southern California ShakeOut,
this huge event, what inspires you the most about it?
What are you most the proud of?
I think I'm most proud of the way the community is
coming together; all the collaborative partnerships in
Riverside County in particular and in Southern California
as a whole, knowing that when this event occurs we're going
to have to be relying on each other throughout the
entire region to get through this event.
Alright, Peter is there anything you would like
to add before we finish here?
Just I'm very proud of the 525,000 people that Riverside
County residence have registered on ShakeOut.org to support that.
I know several other counties have thrown down some
challenges to us and we're meeting those and I believe
we're beating some of them as well. So I'm very happy that
our residence are stepping up and participating in the ShakeOut.