 Mark DeLarducci, Secretary of California Emergency Management Agency and we're here at the State Operations Center in Sacramento. What's prompted the State Operations Center and the activity we're seeing here? Well we had an earthquake swarm down in Imperial County, principally in the area of the city of Barali this morning that had resulted in a couple of large earthquakes and several moderate earthquakes. And this earthquake swarm caused some damage in the Imperial area and we are responding here at the State Operations Center in support of Imperial County. The seismologists said that this isn't the predictor of the big one, it's not on the southern tip of the San Andreas, it's different, it's a swarm of earthquakes. But it still causes concern for you and for emergency managers and why is that? Absolutely, anytime that there's a swarm of earthquakes that could cause things to fall off shelves, ceiling tiles to fall from the ceiling, anything that could cause injury or death, it is of concern. So from the public safety standpoint, this earthquake swarm, we just want to make sure that people understand how complex it is and how safe they can be in preparing for the earthquakes as they occur. So you didn't just come down here because you saw that there was a 5.3 or 5.5 earthquake, it was because there was some discussions beforehand that talked about maybe the potential to let people know that there's a greater, you know, give them an advisor. Yeah, we actually have a very established protocol set forth in the state of California where we convene the scientific community here from the USGS, from the California Geological Survey, from Caltech and the other higher universities, institutions to be able to address what the meaning of these earthquakes are. And so when we see a swarm like this or multiple earthquakes occur in an area, we're concerned, what does it mean for potential for greater earthquakes? In this case, we've learned that this earthquake swarm, which produced a magnitude 5.5, could conceivably produce another 5.5 or possibly even up to a 6. And so because of that, we want to make sure that all of the citizens are aware of this, the public safety agencies are aware of this, and if they need to put preparedness messages out so that it minimizes any future or potential injuries that may occur. So if I'm a resident in Brawley and I felt this, or let's say I'm not a resident in Brawley and I'm there and I feel this, should I be concerned about that? What steps should I take? What should I do? Well, I mean, if you're a resident in Brawley, you've probably felt it because there's been well over 100 earthquakes over the last several hours. And there probably will be over the next 24 hours, up to several weeks to a month or so. So, you know, citizens should prepare for this. You should take things, secure things that are what we call non-structural or items that are on your shelf, either secure them in place or take them off the shelf for this period of time. You should have a family plan in place. You have some supplies. If we do get a larger earthquake that impacts the water supply or the power supply, you want to be able to have some supplies in your home to be able to have power, have water, have food, and know where your family members are, you know, whether your children are at school, what the school's procedures are, how to reach out to them in case you need to go reach them, and know, maybe have a radio with fresh batteries or a power cranked radio so that you always have power in that radio so you can get important messages from the government. So, what are the folks behind you doing? These folks here are, we're activated here in the State Operations Center to work with Imperial County through our Regional Operations Center in Southern California. And they're continuing to assess what the needs may be of Imperial County, whether they need water support or helicopter support, whatever the case may be. The way this design is the State Operations are in support of what's happening through our Regional Centers in the South and through the County of Imperial itself that's been impacted by the earthquakes.