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<DIV>Greetings, all.</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#9b00d3>Dr. Melissa Lenczewski</FONT></STRONG>, of
Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Ill.) and <FONT
color=#9b00d3><STRONG>Phyllis Steckel</STRONG><FONT color=#000000>,</FONT>
</FONT>Earthquake Insight LLC (Washington, Mo.) are planning an
<EM><STRONG>Earthquake Insight Field Trip</STRONG></EM> for <STRONG><U>students
and faculty and friends</U>. </STRONG>This will be held on <STRONG><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00">Friday through Sunday, March 28-30,
2014</FONT></STRONG>. </DIV>
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<DIV>The field-trip route includes natural and manmade features, historic sites,
and engineered structures that show a basic<STRONG> overview of the earthquake
hazards and earthquake risks</STRONG> in the central US.</DIV>
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<DIV>It is planned that <STRONG>one college credit will be available</STRONG>
through Northern Illinois University, although this will come at some additional
cost and will require an additional research or reporting assignment. PDHs
or CEUs may also be available. Please contact <STRONG>Melissa
Lenczewski</STRONG> (<A href="mailto:geol468@gmail.com">geol468@gmail.com</A>
[her NIU email address has been acting up lately, so use this one] or
815-753-7937)for more information for college credit or PDHs or CEUs.</DIV>
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<DIV>It is planned that <STRONG>transportation will be via a large motor
coach</STRONG> (not a school bus), equipped with a microphone and
restroom. <STRONG>Hotels, meals, and snacks are included.
</STRONG>However, because lodging options are limited along the field-trip
route, students and some others may be required to share hotel rooms.
Details are in progress.</DIV>
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<DIV>The final cost for each participant is not yet nailed down, but it is
planned that this field trip will cost <STRONG></STRONG><STRONG>about $350 per
person (or $300 for students)</STRONG>. Details are in progress.</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>WHAT WILL WE SEE?</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>The field trip will begin about 4:00 pm on <STRONG>Friday, March
28</STRONG>, in Cahokia, Ill., at a structure built in 1779 and which survived
the 1811-12 New Madrid earthquakes (it has been in continuous use since
then). After supper, we will have a presentation that will set the stage
for what we’ll see the next two days. We will spend Friday night in
Chester, Ill.</DIV>
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<DIV>On <STRONG>Saturday, March 29</STRONG>, we will present the earthquake
history of Ste. Genevieve, Mo., and Kaskaskia, Ill.; visit a possible
lateral-spread head-scarp feature near Advance, Mo., in the Advance Lowlands;
see and discuss the Little River Drainage District engineering project, the
Commerce fault, aeolian features, and 1811-12 liquefaction features in the
Mississippi Embayment; and a visit New Madrid, Mo., to see retrofit structures,
critical infrastructure, industrial facilities, and to soak up the ‘earthquake
ambiance’ of that place. After a BBQ supper, we will spend Saturday night
in Dyersburg, Tenn. </DIV>
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<DIV>On <STRONG>Sunday, March 30</STRONG>, we will visit Reelfoot Lake, a
feature created during the 1811-12 New Madrid earthquakes; visit an ongoing
landslide remediation and repair in Hickman, Ky.; see landslide topography from
the 1811-12 New Madrid earthquakes that was ‘re-purposed’ as Civil War trenches;
and an extensive engineered levee system that surrounds Cairo, Ill. The
group will dismiss in late afternoon.</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>WHO IS GOING?</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>Students from geoscience, emergency management, engineering, public policy,
education, and other disciplines are welcome. <STRONG><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00">Non-students are absolutely
welcome</FONT></STRONG>, too. Let’s fill this bus!</DIV>
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<DIV>If you are interested, please contact <STRONG>Melissa Lenczewski</STRONG>
(<A href="mailto:geol468@gmail.com">geol468@gmail.com</A> [her NIU email address
has been acting up lately, so use this one] or 815-753-7937) or me,
<STRONG>Phyllis Steckel</STRONG> (<A
href="mailto:psteckel@charter.net">psteckel@charter.net</A> or 636-239-4013)
<STRONG>as soon as possible</STRONG>. This event is less than three months
away, and, in order to pull this off, a lot of details need to come together in
a very short time.</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>If you want to participate, please make yourself known as soon as
possible. If there are not enough folks who sign up, this field trip will
be cancelled.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>Please feel free to<STRONG> <FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00">pass
this email on</FONT></STRONG> to others you know who may be interested.
Word-of-mouth advertising is often most effective. Thank you!</DIV>
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<DIV>Hope you can join us!</DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers,</DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000">Earthquake
Insight LLC<BR>Phyllis J. Steckel, RG<BR>PO Box 2002<BR>Washington, MO
63090<BR>636-239-4013<BR>psteckel@charter.net<BR><BR>"Minimizing earthquake risk
is a funny business. The payoff may not come for a long time -- and then it will
be in terms of what did not happen."</DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>