Wellington Quake Risk Halved

The Dom Post reports some early findings from the collaborative long term 'It's our Fault' Quake study in the Wellington Region today. Apparently, the new scientific evidence points to the quake risk along the Wellington Fault being halved, with the recurrence interval now thought to be closer to 900 years.
Of course, the concept of recurrence intervals requires unpacking: some 'Black Hat' critical thinking may help achieve this. Certainly no time for complacency.
The article might be worth a look for any of you who have explored how people respond to challenge and crises in your social studies teaching and learning . The challenge of organising society to manage the (decreasing?) potential of the 'Big One' is clearly something that all schools have an obligation to do - so bringing in some focused social studies learning at the same time might be worthwhile. Although the article predominantly offers earth science information this is a prerequisite before examining how specific organisations are set up to respond to and manage disasters. A good place to consider how organisations participate in response to such challenges would be with the recently updated Civil Defence resource: 'What's the Plan Stan?'

UPDATE: Some of you might have heard the story of the Wellington school girl who used her knowledge of Tsunami's, after having used the 'What's the Plan, Stan?' resource, to dramatic effect in Samoa recently. Big ups to Ms Madge and Abby for their work!