An 8.3 in business hours

Title

An 8.3 in business hours

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Vox pop; Phone-in; Special

TX Date

22 Aug 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:56:09

Description

An 8.3 in Business Hours. A programme in the Network series, produced by Piccadilly Radio in Manchester. Examines official preparations and measures undertaken by the authorities in San Francisco, California, for when a major earthquake next hits the city. Also examines the findings of the Noah Study into a major disaster. Includes contemporary newspaper reports on the 1906 San Francisco earthquake; recording of an official disaster exercise drill. Speakers include: Professor Richard Johns; Charles O’Day, eyewitness to major earthquake in 1906; Philip Day, San Francisco emergency services; Dr Mervyn Silverman, Director of Public Health; Major-General Frank Schober, chief of the National Guard; Dr William Nesbitt, Disaster Medical Coordinator for the State of California; Peter Yanev, structural engineer and author of Peace of Mind in Earthquake Country; Stanley Cordes, San Francisco Police Department; Con Murphy, San Francisco Police Department; Peter Ashen, American Red Cross; interview with unidentified members of a survival group; Mark Dowie, editor of Mother Jones magazine; seismologist Dr Robert Uhrhammer; I-Lin(?), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); unidentified members of San Francisco public. Male presenter not identified. Female continuity announcer not identified. In two parts (physically in four parts, divided by breaks in audio). Recording speed varies, with some distortion of speech.

Contributors

Piccadilly Radio; Mervyn Silverman; Richard Johns; Charles O’Day; Philip Day; William Nesbitt; Peter Yanev; Stanley Cordes; Con Murphy; Peter Ashen; Mark Dowie; Robert Uhrhammer; I-Lin(?); Frank Schober

Keywords

California; USA; Earthquakes; Natural disasters; Earthquake engineering; San Francisco; Earthquake prediction

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