The Los Angeles Times quotes Lear Center deputy director Johanna Blakley in this article concerning fears about earthquake preparedness in Southern California, sparked by the recent quakes in Haiti and Chile. The Lear Center conducted an evaluation of last fall's big earthquake drill, the Great Southern California Shakeout, and discovered that the majority of drill participants were still not fully prepared for an earthquake and some retained old and/or useless survival tips. "We were surprised at how many people who had signed up for the drill were still answering those questions badly," said Blakley. Watch her KABC interview about the evaluation. And visit our Shakeout project page for more information.