Major Earthquake Due For New Madrid… Would Kill Thousands

In November 2012 thousands of National Guard soldiers and personnel from disaster preparedness agencies from Missouri and other states conducted “Operation Vigilant Guard,” a large training exercise aimed at responding to a major earthquake along the New Madrid fault line.

According to a press release from the Missouri National Guard public affairs office, “under the exercise scenario, citizen-soldiers and airmen will have to contend?with a number of issues including disrupted public utilities and widespread?infrastructure damage.” Since then smaller exercises have taken place and additional planning and resources lined up. It’s all for a very good reason. READ MORE