Missouri S&T is hosting an earthquake preparedness conference this week. One of the speakers, Dr. David Rogers, cited cracked oil and gas pipelines in the Midwest as one of the consequences of a major New Madrid earthquake. Rogers was quoted as follows by the Associated Press:
"The economic consequences are horrid," said Rogers, who has assessed responses to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the Northridge earthquake in California, among other disasters. "The shock factor of having unavailable fuel would be unprecedented."
Read the full story as published by Forbes.com here.
The conference also got some TV coverage. KY-3's Dave Snider came up to Rolla yesterday morning and later got a tour of the structures lab in the civil engineering building from Dr. D.J. Belarbi.
