Forrest L.
@endapt.bsky.social
FEMA Earthquake Response Liaison, Structural Engineer, Emergency Manager, Post-disaster Housing Leader
Woke up to the M4.3 earthquake, heard the earth rumble and the house creak. It felt close. Earthquake’s epicenter was at the cross-street of Dwight St and Piedmont Ave in Berkeley, just a few blocks from the campus of UC Berkeley.
September 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Woke up to the M4.3 earthquake, heard the earth rumble and the house creak. It felt close. Earthquake’s epicenter was at the cross-street of Dwight St and Piedmont Ave in Berkeley, just a few blocks from the campus of UC Berkeley.
This is happening now at least once a month. I want the @alerts.bart.gov board of directors head and accountable for this. If you want people to return to using BART, you need to have reliable service. Speaking as a lifelong BART advocate and severely disappointed in this horse shit #BART
September 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This is happening now at least once a month. I want the @alerts.bart.gov board of directors head and accountable for this. If you want people to return to using BART, you need to have reliable service. Speaking as a lifelong BART advocate and severely disappointed in this horse shit #BART
Lots of granite in Greenland!
August 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Lots of granite in Greenland!
Hello Nuuk, Greenland
August 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Hello Nuuk, Greenland
Tsunami warning for Hawaiian Islands. If one has been generated, would arrive in Hawaii at 1917HST/2217PDT
July 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Tsunami warning for Hawaiian Islands. If one has been generated, would arrive in Hawaii at 1917HST/2217PDT
M8.0 earthquake near Petropavlosk, RU. Tsunami watch in effect for CNMI, Guam and the Hawaiian Islands. If a tsunami was triggered, would arrive in Hawaii at 1917 HST / 2217 PDT and Guam/CNMI at 1437 ChST/2137 PDT
July 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
M8.0 earthquake near Petropavlosk, RU. Tsunami watch in effect for CNMI, Guam and the Hawaiian Islands. If a tsunami was triggered, would arrive in Hawaii at 1917 HST / 2217 PDT and Guam/CNMI at 1437 ChST/2137 PDT
Just got the tsunami warning on my phone here in Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. M7.2 earthquake out on the Alaska Peninsula. Nothing felt.
July 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Just got the tsunami warning on my phone here in Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. M7.2 earthquake out on the Alaska Peninsula. Nothing felt.
Mendenhall Glacier, SE Alaska
July 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Mendenhall Glacier, SE Alaska
June 12, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Just saw this from I-80 near Pinole, CA around 10pm - my guess is some object very high in altitude making a trail that is still reflecting the sunlight. Any guesses?
May 25, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Just saw this from I-80 near Pinole, CA around 10pm - my guess is some object very high in altitude making a trail that is still reflecting the sunlight. Any guesses?
Watching a local band from West Contra Costa County and Berkeley, CA - #GreenDay - feeling old as it’s been 30 years already! #Bottlerock
May 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Watching a local band from West Contra Costa County and Berkeley, CA - #GreenDay - feeling old as it’s been 30 years already! #Bottlerock
As an Earthquake Response lead/ structural engineer, got to be a way for me to be in Myanmar working the earthquake response than sitting here with the B.S. in the US. With my former employer, USAID gone, US is officially doing jack shit to help the victims. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Myanmar earthquake: BBC finds huge devastation and little help for survivors in Mandalay
Yogita Limaye is the first foreign journalist to enter Myanmar since a huge earthquake hit the war-torn country.
www.bbc.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
As an Earthquake Response lead/ structural engineer, got to be a way for me to be in Myanmar working the earthquake response than sitting here with the B.S. in the US. With my former employer, USAID gone, US is officially doing jack shit to help the victims. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Folks, there can be a situation where 3D printing houses makes sense. But most situations it doesn’t. You still have to install, wiring, plumbing, windows, doors and the whole roof the normal way. 1/2
January 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Folks, there can be a situation where 3D printing houses makes sense. But most situations it doesn’t. You still have to install, wiring, plumbing, windows, doors and the whole roof the normal way. 1/2
This morning I will be briefing people participating in a catastrophic #SoCal #Earthquake exercise in the FEMA Region 9 response center on possible damages and how to use the USGS Aftershock Forecast. And not to misunderstand it as my director and I did in the Ridgecrest Earthquake. Live and learn.
December 11, 2024 at 3:11 PM
This morning I will be briefing people participating in a catastrophic #SoCal #Earthquake exercise in the FEMA Region 9 response center on possible damages and how to use the USGS Aftershock Forecast. And not to misunderstand it as my director and I did in the Ridgecrest Earthquake. Live and learn.
This is how it’s done. Once lifted in place, the roof, deck, stairs and utility connections still need to be built out. #lahaina #housing #maui #hawaii #postdisaster
December 11, 2024 at 1:30 PM
This is how it’s done. Once lifted in place, the roof, deck, stairs and utility connections still need to be built out. #lahaina #housing #maui #hawaii #postdisaster
Busy morning, rushed to the Response Center. But looks like things are slowing down from the M7.0 earthquake and tsunami warning (later canceled) for the north coast and San Francisco Bay. Still trying to assess damages in/around Ferndale, CA. Personally can confirm the WEA Tsunami alert works!
December 5, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Busy morning, rushed to the Response Center. But looks like things are slowing down from the M7.0 earthquake and tsunami warning (later canceled) for the north coast and San Francisco Bay. Still trying to assess damages in/around Ferndale, CA. Personally can confirm the WEA Tsunami alert works!
Year ago I flew to Maui and was given a task by our Regional Administrator: find a suitable location for a temporary housing site for 170 homes, design it, secure a lease and permits and then BUILD it.
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November 30, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Year ago I flew to Maui and was given a task by our Regional Administrator: find a suitable location for a temporary housing site for 170 homes, design it, secure a lease and permits and then BUILD it.
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Post-disaster housing is ramping up in Lahaina, Maui. The 2023 Maui Wildfires destroyed much of the town and took the lives of over 100 people. Here we are building modular housing for families that lost theirs in the disaster to allow them more time to rebuild their lives #wildfire #maui #disaster
November 30, 2024 at 2:22 PM