Economic Impact of Earthquakes & Families First

The Salt Lake Valley sits atop geological faults and will be catastrophically impacted by a quake 7.0 or higher. We have been warned by experts who look at the big picture such a major event will have severe economic consequences that will reverberate in and beyond our valley.

There would be direct losses amounting to tens of billions including the losses from the fires it would trigger.  Business disruptions caused by damage to structures, power, water and all forms of transportation would throw the total loss higher...