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To: Ruffian who wrote (745)	10/28/1999 1:47:00 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12254

Ruffian....read of the Japanese Pet Collar development yesterday...my daughter used to wear a spiked dog collar....Do not doubt the pet item becoming a Must have fashion item of the youths of the world....and then there is this......................(is this an opening for Q...?)....small potatoes but interesting....Tim........... DENVER (AP) _ Scientists say the United States' ability to rapidly respond to major earthquakes in cities is hindered by an antiquated network of seismic instruments. In contrast, a new digital seismic network in Taiwan alerted officials to the scope of its magnitude 7.2 earthquake on September 21 while the ground was still shaking. Geologists met in Denver Tuesday for the annual convention of the Geological Society of America said Southern California is beginning to install digital monitoring equipment along some of the most notorious quake-prone faults that crisscross the region's underbelly. The upgrade was prompted by the Northridge earthquake in 1994 that killed 57 people and caused more than $20 billion in damage. But similar monitors are not yet being installed around San Francisco, where geologists predict a 70 percent chance of a major earthquake occurring within the next 30 years. Currently, most of the country is monitored by arrays of mechanical monitors that read a variety of seismic waves generated by earthquakes. The information is relayed to computers for analysis, but the digital systems use computerized sensors that are faster and more accurate. Scientists said communities typically wait until after a natural disaster _ what they describe as the "teaching moment" _ to make improvements. "If it wasn't for the Northridge earthquake, Los Angeles probably wouldn't have any of the technology in place," said Mary Lou Zoback, chief scientist of the Western Earthquake Hazards Team for the U.S. Geological Survey. Congress is considering authorizing $170 million to install a digital network in quake-prone cities across the United States, including the Pacific Northwest and the Midwest. The measure has been approved by the House of Representatives. Even if it wins Senate support, the entire network would not be in place for another five years or more, scientists said. Following the 1995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan that killed 6,000 and caused $100 billion in damage, Japan and Taiwan installed dense arrays of digital seismic monitors in their countries. The monitors cannot prevent damage by themselves, but provide public safety officials with a nearly-instant reports of where an earthquake is most severe, or if less-severe shaking is occurring in an unstable area prone of landslides.