 So the governor's released his May revise of the state budget in there. There's funding for the California earthquake early warning program What does this funding do? Yeah, this funding is actually an augmentation To what we've already been investing over the last number of years to the California integrated seismic network That's our network of sensors throughout California that allows us to determine where earthquakes occur and when they occur And what this this initial this this this new slug of money that will give us is the ability to Repurpose and build out on those sensors a greater array of capability so that we can start sensing earthquakes Prior to the shaking actually starting So we know that early warning means getting a text message something on your phone I guess similar to an amber alert, but what's different about the early warning system? It's not as simple as just getting a text message, right? So this is really important because people think that you know, we can probably heard on the news We know we haven't we have an earthquake early warning system We've actually been working and when I say we and this is the scientific community The the private sector government working together to really refine our technology and have the ability to To sense that initial what they call primary wave of energy That is emitted when the ground shakes prior to the shaking actually happening But this new technology with a reliable way can sense that that primary wave And then and then it would go through and be able to Then get it out to the public and getting it out to the public means that it has to go through wireless networks fiber networks All different kinds of communications So having that system in place reliably has been a really big focus of ours And and so when ultimately we want to make sure that every business every citizen when they get that alert It is they know that the earthquake is coming and then we want to then tie Very strong public education and training to that that says when I get that alert What do we do if your industry or business you may want to shut down your Manufacturing line if you're if you're on a train you may want to slow the train down But if you're a citizen you may need to know Hey, I need to immediately drop cover and hold because the shaking is going to happen or I may want to Slow my car pull it off to the side of the road So there'll be a series of actions that will be able to take place In the past you've mentioned that this early warning system is not just a government solution You talk about the importance of private industry. Why are they important in this? Well, first of all, you know 90 percent of the infrastructure is owned by the private sector in california And they are a critical recipient of this warning So when you think about power water electrical medical Transportation train service, we're building a high speed rail All of these factors are really important to be able to build sustainability into those Those infrastructures so when the earthquake happens if say for example We can Have automatic shutoffs on the gas system If you knew the shaking was coming it was going to be at the magnitude six or greater And the alert went off there could be automation set in place that would basically shut the gas off or slow the gas Production which then reduces the number of fires, which ultimately when the shaking stops you have much less infrastructure damage or lives lost So there's a series of things that can happen From this from from the private sector side. They can benefit from making sure the employees are safe They can benefit from making sure that they're the the infrastructure that they've invested into remains intact And they can also then get back up and operational after the earthquake has stopped to be able to get Business going again as fast as possible And there's been some comparisons made to other countries like japan taiwan mexico Already having early warning systems. Is the california system different or similar to what they? Well, there are some similarities, but but but you have to understand california is a very unique topography first of all We've got over 200 or so active earthquake faults in california and they they crisscross all over the state We've got almost 40 million people and we've got urban centers and rural communities We have to take into account a very complex very challenging set of Of demographics of topography and geography to make sure that we build in a reliable system So we've learned from what the japanese have done. We've learned what they've done in mexico But we also know that they have had what they call false positives or areas where they put a warning out And either either it's not a legitimate warning or They don't cover a particular area. We really can't have that here in california Public expects to have a confidence in their in their warning system And and we at oes need to ensure that that that system is completely reliable throughout the state And there's been a lot of news stories talking about or a quick early warning What would you say is the biggest misconception of an early warning system here in california? Well, if that it's a silver bullet that in some way Getting this warning is going to you know prevent A Life loss or building collapse or or damage from the quake the fact of the matter is is that This is another tool in the variety of tools Nothing is going to take the place of having a family plan Knowing to drop cover and hold what to do when an earthquake doing the earthquake preparedness things that you hear about all the time Nothing will take the place of that this will give you possibly a few seconds to up to 90 seconds Depending on where you are in relation to the actual rupture of the ground It will give you some time to be able to Put those actions in the place and uh, if you're an individual if you had a few seconds And you knew an earthquake was coming to get under something heavy protect yourself or your family That would be a good thing to do If your industry if you have an automated setup to be able to shut down gas or Divert Slowdown trains automatically that are moving at a high rate of speed or divert aircraft landings for example Or maybe a doctor who's about to do surgery divert surgery Or an alarm in a school goes off and the kids get under the desk Those are all things that are going to be tangentially Beneficial from this warning system. So as you can see these have a lot of varying Benefits, but it's not the silver bullet of It will take care of everything everyone still needs to be earthquake prepared and earthquake safe