127 water main breaks. we lost all water in the marina. fire breaks out and we say that when all hell breaks loose, nobody else knows what to do so they call the fire department. but an earthquake is the extreme example of that. we have to perform. and what happened, all the water is gone, and only because goodyear blimp was in town because of the world series. the fire department only knew they had a fire because of several fire alarms. the chief down there was a hairy he had had a drill with the portable water system one week before. he knew exactly what to do. call the fireboat and the portable water system, and they got there 40 minutes later. we had to this wind today that we had then. we would have stopped the fire. this is an example of what would happen. in that day, there was no wind. it was a good fortune for all of us.

a lot of hard work. they knocked the fire down and training, having equipment available, having the mayor and everyone behind the fire department, it all came together that day. i can tell you it was a proud day for the front -- san francisco fire department and also for the people who came in and the off-duty guys and it all worked out good. for all of us that were there that day, they were proud of what happened. we did the best we could under the circumstances and it all worked out. here we are today. thank you very much. >> thank you. right on time. [applause]

again, we want to thank each and everyone of you for joining us here today to commemorate the 30 year anniversary of the

earthquake. we honor the men and women of the san francisco police and fire department that have put their lives on the line year after year in this city to keep us all safe. today, as a reminder of our need to do everything we can to build a more resilient city. we have a fair that is supported by district two supervisor catherine stefani where you can learn more about the organization and you can learn more about ways to build the organization so we can continue to look out for one another, take care of one another, and make sure that when the next one happens, we are all prepared to be safe and to be secure and to continue to have a strong, more resilient city for future generations to come. thank you all so much for joining us here today. [applause] last but not least, we have a

special treat. an incredible, incredible, incredible opera singer. [applause] [singing]

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[cheers and applause] >> hi. welcome to san francisco. stay safe and exploring how you can stay in your home safely after an earthquake. let's look at common earthquake myths. >> we are here at the urban center on mission street in san

francisco. we have 3 guest today. we have david constructional engineer and bill harvey. i want to talk about urban myths. what do you think about earthquakes, can you tell if they are coming in advance? >> he's sleeping during those earthquakes? >> have you noticed him take any special? >> no. he sleeps right through them. there is no truth that i'm aware of with harvey that dogs are aware of an impending earthquake. >> you hear the myth all the time. suppose the dog helps you get up, is it going to help you do something >> i hear they are aware of small vibrations. but yes, i read extensively that dogs

cannot realize earthquakes. >> today is a spectacular day in san francisco and sometimes people would say this is earthquake weather. is this earthquake weather? >> no. not that i have heard of. no such thing. >> there is no such thing. >> we are talking about the weather in a daily or weekly cycle. there is no relationship. i have heard it's hot or cold weather or rain. i'm not sure which is the myth. >> how about time of day? >> yes. it happens when it's least convenient. when it happens people say we were lucky and when they don't. it's terrible timing. it's never a good time for an earthquake. >> but we are going to have one. >> how about the ground

swallowing people into the ground? >> like the earth that collapsed? it's not like the tv shows. >> the earth does move and it bumps up and you get a ground fracture but it's not something that opens up and sucks you up into haddes. >> it's not going anywhere. we are going to have a lot of damage, but this myth that california is going to the ocean is not real. >> southern california is

moving north. it's coming up from the south to the north. >> you would have to invest the million year cycle, not weeks or years. maybe millions of years from now, part of los angeles will be in the bay area. >> for better or worse. >> yes. >> this is a tough question. >> those other ones weren't tough. >> this is a really easy challenge. are the smaller ones less stress? >> yes. the amount released in small earthquakes is that they are so small in you need many of those. >> i think would you probably have to have maybe hundreds of magnitude earthquakes of 4.7. >> so small earthquakes are not

making our lives better in the future? >> not anyway that you can count on. >> i have heard that buildings in san francisco are on rollers and isolated? >> it's not true. it's a conventional foundation like almost all the circumstances buildings in san francisco. >> the trans-america was built way before. it's a pretty conventional foundation design. >> i have heard about this thing called the triangle of life and up you are supposed to go to the edge of your bed to save yourself. is there anything of value to that ? >> yes, if you are in your room. you should drop, cover and hold onto something. if you are in school, same thing,

kitchen same thing. if you happen to be in your bed, and you rollover your bed, it's not a bad place to be. >> the reality is when we have a major earthquake the ground shaking so pronounced that you are not going to be able to get up and go anywhere. you are pretty much staying where you are when that earthquake hits. you are not going to be able to stand up and run with gravity. >> you want to get under the door frame but you are not moving to great distances. >> where can i buy a richter scale? >> mr. richter is selling it. we are going to put a plug in for cold hardware. they are not available. it's a rather complex. >> in fact we don't even use the richter scale anymore. we use a moment magnitude. the

richter scale was early technology. >> probably a myth that i hear most often is my building is just fine in the loma prieta earthquake so everything is fine. is that true ? >> loma prieta was different. the ground acceleration here was quite moderate and the duration was moderate. so anyone that believes they survived a big earthquake and their building has been tested is sadly mistaken. >> we are planning for the bigger earthquake closer to san francisco and a fault totally independent. >> much stronger than the loma prieta earthquake. >> so people who were here in '89 they should say 3 times as strong and twice as long and

that will give them more of an occasion of the earthquake we would have. 10 percent isn't really the threshold of damage. when you triple it you cross that line. it's much more damage in earthquake. >> i want to thank you, harvey, thanks pat for >> everyone please, stop talking [laughter] [indiscernible]

[indiscernible] [laughter] >> it wouldn't have been that long. [laughter] >> if we could take a seat. good morning, rosa parks. good morning. let's get our peace signs up.

great job, everyone. take a seat and let's get our peace signs up, please. thank you. switched over to our quiet coyotes. great job. all right. we have a lot of guests today so we will show off our wonderful, thunderous thursday waterfall. wow. what a great job, rosa parks. thank you so much. that was an awesome drill. i really appreciate all the cooperation. everyone was safe, kind, respectful, and responsible as they did the drill and exit the building. i want to thank everybody for that. this is a special day today. this is our 30th anniversary at the last big earthquake in the bay area. just to let the younger people here know, i was a freshman in college. thinking about this, watching my san francisco giants world series game about to start at home when this earthquake happened 30 years ago. now fast forward, we are having

this drill. it is the 11th year of the great shakeout and you were all part of it today where we have many guests. first up, i will introduce dr. vincent matthews, our superintendent for san francisco unified school district school district. thank you. [applause] >> good morning, boys and girls. i just want to tell you how proud i am of you today. you did exactly what you were supposed to do during an earthquake. you dropped, you covered, you made sure your head was covered, and then when you heard the all clear sign, you came out here. that is exactly what you are supposed to do. we want to make sure you are safe during an earthquake and one more thing we want you to do is make sure you are telling your parents to be prepared, so make sure they have all the things you need. food, batteries, flashlights, first-aid kit, water, you want to have all those things and a plan. make sure you are telling your parents that. i'm very proud of you today.

i want you to -- we will do a quick cheer. i will spell good job because you did such a good job. so i will say good job, and then you say good job, good job. >> good job. >> good job, good job. >> good job. >> good job, good job. >> you did an excellent job today. i'm so proud of you. give yourselves a big round of applause. [applause] we have many people here who are charged with keeping you safe. we have the chief of emergency services, we have our police chief, we have our share of here , we have our fire chief here, and we have the woman who every night, all she does -- she can't sleep because she's thinking about how to make your lives better. that is our wonderful mayor, and i would like to introduce to you , and you will give her big

round of applause, our mayor, mayor london breed. [cheers and applause] >> good morning, everybody. good morning, rosa parks. first of all, i want to thank miss therese and her class for hosting us this morning. we had a wonderful time, and some of you might know that i actually went to rosa parks elementary school. so when i was your age, i was here, and this is where i first learned about what to do if there is an earthquake or any other event. my teachers at the time taught us to drop, cover, and now it is hold on, but it was drop and cover back then, but the point is to still keep you all safe. i am excited to be here today to celebrate what we know is 30 years of the earthquake.

i know all of you weren't born back then, but i was, and i was a freshman in high school. and i remember that time and the lessons i learned when i was that rosa park elementary school as a teenager, i applied those same lessons and they did not disappoint. we know that it's not a matter of if an earthquake is going to happen in san francisco, it is a matter of one. and so you all are the ambassadors to make sure that your families know what to do. so what do we do? number one? number two? number three? you guys are the ambassadors. good job, good job. ladies and gentlemen, i would like to introduce the department that keeps you all save, our new fire chief janine nicholson. [cheers and applause]

>> good morning, rosa parks. can we do that a little louder? >> good morning! >> you all are awesome. i don't want to brag, but my table in your classroom, we rocked it. everything that mayor breed said is correct and we want you all to be prepared so that we don't have to come and help you. of course, we will if we have to , but we want you all to be prepared and bring this message home to your families so you all can take care of yourselves. just like today when we did this in a team, and you always have a buddy at school, the fire department, we always do everything in a team. make sure you are taking care of your neighbor and your friends, and we will be there to take care of you as well. i would like to introduce the

head of our department of emergency management who oversees all of the city and taking care of all of you folks, marianne carol. [applause] >> good morning, rosa parks. >> good morning! >> i am so impressed about how much you all know about earthquakes because my job is all about getting ready for earthquakes and you all know so much. then i have a secret for you i want to share. i thank you know more than most of the adults around here. so what i want you to do is make sure that when you go home that you talk to your parents and your friends and anybody who is an adult and make sure you teach them what you know about earthquakes. great job, you guys. one other thing. do you know the phone number that you are supposed to call if you have -- [indiscernible] you guys are too smart.

911. 911 is the number you call if you need a police officer or a firefighter. so i'm really glad that you know that and make sure that if you ever are in an emergency, you can call that, and the people who work for me are the ones who answer that number and they will be here. thank you so much for having us. you did a great job. share all of your great knowledge that is in your head, and now i will introduce someone to you who is very important, and he is our chief of police. his name is bill scott. let's welcome chief scott. [cheers and applause] >> good morning. we will have a little fun. i will be really, really quick, but i want you all to teach the whole city of san francisco what you did this morning. we want the whole city to hear us. we have to be really, really loud, okay?

>> okay! >> all right. let's try that again. we have to be really, really loud, okay? >> okay! >> okay. on three, we are going to tell the whole city how to handle an earthquake. that is to drop, cover, and hold on. on three, we want the whole city to hear us. are you ready? >> yes! >> ready, one, two, three... >> stop, drop, hold on! >> i think the whole city heard us. thank you, guys. thank you very much. now i want to introduce another one of our public safety partners. our sheriff, vicky hennessy. >> all right, you guys. everyone said to say good morning and i want you to say good morning to me the lattice of anybody here. can we do that? good morning. >> good morning! >> that was great. thank you so much. i just wanted to do a shout out

to the kindergarten class. i had been at my table, i had willow at my table, and i had jesse at my table. they were so quick getting under my table and dropping, covering, and holding on that i just had to give a shout -- a shout out. they are in kindergarten so i can't imagine how the rest in the school did. i'm sure you did wonderfully. once again, thank you for letting us come today and talk to you, and thank you for the work you're doing to keep yourselves safe and your families safe by telling your parents today what happened. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. let's give one last big rosa parks hand for all of our guests today. [applause] i think we will end with one more last good job, good job. let's hear it.

dr. matthews has to do it. >> are you ready? good job. >> good job, good job! >> good job. >> good job, good job! [cheering] >> thank you, rosa parks. you are dismissed. kindersley first and then first grade. -- kindersley first and then first grade. -- kindergarten first and then first grade. >> hi today we have a special edition of building san francisco, stay safe, what we are going to be talking about san francisco's earth quakes, what you can do before an earthquake in your home, to be ready and after an earthquake to make sure that you are comfortable staying at home, while the city recovers. ♪

>> the next episode of stay safe, we have alicia johnson from san francisco's department of emergency management. hi, alicia thanks to coming >> it is a pleasure to be here with you. >> i wonder if you could tell us what you think people can do to get ready for what we know is a coming earthquake in san francisco. >> well, one of the most things that people can do is to make sure that you have a plan to communicate with people who live both in and out of state. having an out of state contact, to call, text or post on your social network is really important and being able to know how you are going to communicate with your friends, and family who live near you, where you might meet them if your home is uninhab hitable.

>> how long do you think that it will be before things are restored to normal in san francisco. >> it depends on the severity of the earthquake, we say to provide for 72 hours tha, is three days, and it helps to know that you might be without services for up to a week or more, depending on how heavy the shaking is and how many after shocks we have. >> what kind of neighborhood and community involvement might you want to have before an earthquake to make sure that you are going to able to have the support that you need. >> it is important to have a good relationship with your neighbors and your community. go to those community events, shop at local businesses, have a reciprocal relationship with them so that you know how to take care of yourself and who you can rely on and who can take care of you. it is important to have a battery-operated radio in your home so that you can keep track of what is happening in the community around and how you can communicate with other people. >> one of the things that seems important is to have access to

your important documents. >> yes, it is important to have copies of those and also stored them remotely. so a title to a home, a passport, a driver's license, any type of medical records that you need need, back those up or put them on a remote drive or store them on the cloud, the same is true with any vital information on your computer. back that up and have that on a cloud in case your hard drive does not work any more. >> in your home you should be prepared as well. >> absolutely. >> let's take a look at the kinds of things that you might want to have in your home. >> we have no water, what are we going to do about water? >> it is important for have extra water in your house, you want to have bottled water or a five gallon container of water able to use on a regular basis, both for bathing and cooking as well as for drinking. >> we have this big container and also in people's homes they have a hot water heater. >> absolutely, if you clean

your hot water heater out regularly you can use that for showering, drinking and bathing as well >> what other things do people need to have aren't their home. >> it is important to have extra every day items buy a couple extra cans of can food that you can eat without any preparation. >> here is a giant can of green giant canned corn. and this, a manual can opener, your electric can opener will not be working not only to have one but to know where to find it in your kitchen. >> yes. >> so in addition to canned goods, we are going to have fresh food and you have to preserve that and i know that we have an ice chest. >> having an ice chest on hand is really important because your refrigerator will not be working right away. it is important to have somebody else that can store cold foods so something that you might be able to take with you if you have to leave your home. >> and here, this is my very

own personal emergency supply box for my house. >> i hope that you have an alternative one at home. >> oh, i forgot. >> and in this is really important, you should have flashlights that have batteries, fresh batteries or hand crank flashlight. >> i have them right here. >> good. excellent. that is great. additionally, you are going to want to have candles a whistle, possibly a compass as well. markers if you want to label things if you need to, to people that you are safe in your home or that you have left your home. >> i am okay and i will meet you at... >> exactly. exactly. water proof matches are a great thing to have as well. >> we have matches here. and my spare glasses. >> and your spare glasses. >> if you have medication, you should keep it with you or have access to it. if it needs to be refrigerated make sure that it is in your ice box. >> inside, just to point out for you, we have spare batteries.

>> very important. >> we have a little first aid kit. >> and lots of different kinds of batteries. and another spare flashlight. >> so, alicia what else can we do to prepare our homes for an earthquake so we don't have damage? >> one of the most important things that you can do is to secure your valuable and breakable items. make sure that your tv is strapped down to your entertainment cabinet or wall so it does not move. also important is to make sure that your book case is secure to the wall so that it does not fall over and your valuable and breakables do not break on the ground. becoming prepared is not that difficult. taking care of your home, making sure that you have a few extra every-day items on hand helps to make the difference. >> that contributes dramatically to the way that the city as a whole can recover. >> absolutely. >> if you are able to control your own environment and house and recovery and your neighbors are doing the same the city as a whole will be a more

resilient city. >> we are all proud of living in san francisco and being prepared helps us stay here. >> so, thank you so much for joining us today, alicia, i appreciate it. >> absolutely, it is my pleasure. >> and thank you for joining us

>> it had been rain for several days. at 12:30 there was a notice of large amount of input into the reservoir. we opened up the incident command and started working the incident to make sure employees and the public were kept were safe there is what we call diversion dam upstream of moccasin. the water floods the drinking water reservoir. we couldn't leave work. if the dam fails what is going to happen. >> we had three objectives. evacuate and keep the community

and employees safe. second was to monitor the dam. third objective was to activate emergency action plan and call the agencies that needed contacted. >> the time was implement failure of the dam. we needed to set up for an extended incident. we got people evacuated downstream. they came back to say it is clear downstream, start issuing problems and create work orders as problems come in. >> powerhouse was flooded. water was so high it came through the basement floor plate, mud and debris were there. it was a survey where are we? >> what are we going to do to get the drinking water back in. >> we have had several emergencies. with each incident we all ways

operate withins dent command open. process works without headache. when we do it right it makes it easier for the next one. >> we may experience working as a team in the different format. always the team comes together. they work together. >> our staff i feel does take a lot of pride of ownership of the projects that they work on for the city. we are a small organization that helps to service the water for 2.7 million people. >> the diversity of the group makes us successful. the best description we are a big family. it is an honor to have my team recognized. i consider my team as a small part of what we do here, but it makes you proud to see people

come together in a disaster. >> safety is number one through the whole city of san francisco. we want people to go home at the end of the day to see their loved ones. we don't want them hurt. we want them back the next day to do their work. >> there is a lot of responsibility the team members take on. they word very -- they work hard. they are proud of what they do. i am proud they are recognized. >> when i open up the paper every day, i'm just amazed at how many different environmental issues keep popping up. when i think about what planet i want to leave for my children and other generations, i think about what kind of contribution i can make on a personal level

to the environment. >> it was really easy to sign up for the program. i just went online to cleanpowersf.org, i signed up and then started getting pieces in the mail letting me know i was going switch over and poof it happened. now when i want to pay my bill, i go to pg&e and i don't see any difference in paying now. if you're a family on the budget, if you sign up for the regular green program, it's not going to change your bill at all. you can sign up online or call. you'll have the peace of mind knowing you're doing your part in your household to help the environment. >> good afternoon, everyone.

i would like to call the meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission to order. may i please have the roll call madam secretary? [roll call] thank you very much. can we have the next item? >> approval of the minutes of october 8, 2019. >> you have before you the minutes from