Lucy Jones: Prepping for “The Big One”

It's not just tornadoes and floods that require a disaster relief and recovery plan. Seismologist, Lucy Jones, is science advisor for Risk Reduction at the US G...

It's not just tornadoes and floods that require a disaster relief and recovery plan. Seismologist, Lucy Jones, is science advisor for Risk Reduction at the US 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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