Landslide Hazards Program

U.S. Geological Survey
General Information Product 48
Version 1.0

RIDING THE STORM

Landslide Danger in the San Francisco Bay Area

Producer/Director/Editor KAREN ADAMS
Principal Videographer DOUGLAS DEVORE
Graphics Animator/Artist BRYAN COLEMAN
Lead Associate Editor WENDY VAN WAZER
Chief Scientific Advisor RAYMOND WILSON
Original Musical Score and Sound Design by DAN CANTRELL
Cover Art by NANCY BROWN

2007

screen shot of disc-box cover showing car crushed by housetrailer that came down on it in a landslide

Movie Synopsis:


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Also of interest

USGS Open-File Report 98-229 Scenic Drive Landslide of January-March 1998, La Honda, San Mateo County, California, by Angela S. Jayko, Michael J. Rymer, Carol S. Prentice, Ray C. Wilson, and Ray E. Wells (1998)

USGS Open-File Report 2005-1191 Map showing Features and Displacements of the Scenic Drive Landslide, La Honda, California, During the Period March 31-May 7, 2005, by Ray E. Wells, Michael J. Rymer, Carol S. Prentice and Karen L. Wheeler (2005)

USGS Open-File Report 2006-1397 Map showing Features and Displacements of the Scenic Drive Landslide, La Honda, California, During the Period March 31, 2005-November 5, 2006, by Ray E. Wells, Michael J. Rymer, Carol S. Prentice, and Karen L. Wheeler (2006)

For questions about the content of this report, contact Lynn Highland.

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