Central Mexico Earthquake Reconnaissance – Day 3
Day three begins with Team 1 heading towards the Historic Center of Mexico City to make visual assessments of any buildings that may have been damaged near the Zócalo, Mexico City’s main plaza. We...
View ArticleCentral Mexico Earthquake Reconnaissance – Day 4
Day 4. It’s the end of our “work day.” Standing in the middle of a covered basketball court while rain pours and lightning strikes around us, I’ll reflect on the day that has just passed. At our team...
View ArticleCentral Mexico Earthquake Reconnaissance – Day 5
Day 5. Early this morning our team spent some time planning our work for the next week and reviewing maps of the city’s infrastructure. The cooperation and collaboration was astounding. Seven engineers...
View ArticleCentral Mexico Earthquake Reconnaissance – Day 6
Day 6 – First day in the field for “Team 2,” which consists of Kenny, Darin, and Erik from Reid Middleton, joined by Erica Fischer from Oregon State University and Brian Knight from WRK Engineers. We...
View ArticleCentral Mexico Earthquake Reconnaissance – Day 7
We started the day by meeting over breakfast. We discussed and mapped the locations throughout the City that Team 1 had already visited and annotated information related to ground motions and critical...
View ArticleCentral Mexico Earthquake Reconnaissance – Day 8
Day 8 (Sunday, October 1, 2017). As today was Sunday, we honestly weren’t sure what the day would have in store for us. “How much work will be happening on a Sunday? How many officials are going to be...
View ArticleGuest Blog: Central Mexico Earthquake Reconnaissance – Day 9
Day 9 – Monday, October 2 Today’s blog is authored by Erica Fischer, PhD, PE. She is an Assistant Professor at Oregon State University in the Civil and Construction Engineering Department. She has over...
View ArticleCentral Mexico Earthquake Reconnaissance – Day 10
From the first day Team 2 arrived in Mexico, one of the items on the itinerary was to do earthquake reconnaissance in some of the more rural Mexican towns that were closer to the earthquake epicenter...
View ArticleCentral Mexico Earthquake Reconnaissance – Day 11
Day 11 (Wednesday, October 4, 2017). Yesterday, on our way to Jojutla, we briefly stopped in the Coapa area and observed some damage before moving on. Today, we decided to return to the area to see...
View ArticleCentral Mexico Earthquake Reconnaissance – Day 12
Thursday, October 5, 2017 I write our last blog in the México Earthquake Reconnaissance series while en route home, passing over the incomprehensibly expansive city once again. It has been a whirlwind...
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