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Demo the free Temblor seismic risk app and meet with its founders
Ross Stein, Ph.D., and Volkan Sevilgen, M.Sc., cofounded Temblor, Inc. in Silicon Valley a year ago to provide a personal, immediate and credible source of seismic risk understanding and solutions for homeowners and home buyers. On Monday afternoon, 1:40-4:40 pm, Stein and Sevilgen will present Temblor in the session, “The Best Geophysical Apps,” with a poster and live demo on a laptop and cell phones: The poster number is T13D-3033.
Half the world's population lives near active faults, with the human and financial earthquake toll continuing to rise. Even in California, where earthquake anxiety fuels movies like ‘San Andreas,’ few homeowners carry quake insurance. A still smaller percentage strengthen their homes, although retrofit typically costs only about 1% of the home value. Stein and Sevilgen believe the public is slipping into deep denial. Temblor’s goal is not to scare, soothe or snow people, but rather let them learn the seismic risk of their home, and what they can do to reduce it.
In October, Temblor launched its mobile-friendly web app, as well as a blog to provide insights about recent quakes and discoveries. It now has 3,000 registered users. Temblor uses the best publicly available data and methods to frame seismic risk of your home in dollars and safety; it is ad-free and free for non-commercial use, and covers the coterminous U.S.
Temblor has been gaining visibility and credibility since its launch. It was featured in a S.F. Chronicle story, and in two KGO (Bay area) radio interviews. Temblor has been presented to the USGS, California and Utah Geological Surveys, California Office of Emergency Services, California Seismic Safety Commission, UnitedPolicyholders.org, Association of Bay Area Governments, Applied Technology Council, and participated in the Great ShakeOut.
Only at temblor.net Email or call the founders to arrange an interview and demo:
• Ross Stein, cell 650-464-0285, [email protected] • Volkan Sevilgen, cell 650-388-6904, [email protected]
