For California, an Earthquake Early Warning System Is Up and Running 152
autospa writes "In California's Coachella Valley around Palm Springs, a state-of-the-art, first-in-the-world earthquake early warning system in now installed and operational. Twelve locations are now in place with 120 sites planned, all meant to detect an earthquake and give people a chance to get under a table, or in the case of a fire station, get the engines outside of the building."
Re:How do they know it works? (Score:2, Funny)
They just pick up the sensor, shake it really hard, and listen for alarms.
Re:And (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It uses video cameras and cats (Score:4, Funny)