Lucy Jones: Developing disaster relief for earthquakes

It's not just tornados and floods that require a disaster relief and recovery plan. Seismologist Lucy Jones is science adviser for Risk Reduction at the U.S. Ge...

It's not just tornados and floods that require a disaster relief and recovery plan. Seismologist Lucy Jones is science adviser for Risk Reduction at the U.S. Geological Survey. She's turned her groundbreaking research on earthquakes into public action that will save lives and property. For her work, she's been named a finalist for this this year's Service to America medals. She tells the Federal Drive with Tom Temin more about her work and the Shake Out scenario she developed.

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