Lucy Jones Quotations

We are getting the same amount of money that we got in 1990.

We are going to lose all of our natural gas lines, all of our water lines, many of our power lines, most of our transportation systems. We are going to have a disruption to our infrastructure in a way that is going to take months to recover from.

Magnitude doesn't tell you damage. If it's not that big or not that close to people, it's not that bad.

Hector Mine was a dream earthquake. All the fun of a magnitude 7 without any of the guilt.

Why can't it be the same way for a child who has been raped?

Fifteen seconds, seems huge to me. We have engineers who say, if you could give me 100 nanoseconds, it would be useful.

Fifteen seconds, seems huge to me, ... We have engineers who say, if you could give me 100 nanoseconds, it would be useful.

Fifteen seconds, seems huge to me, ... We have engineers who say, 'If you could give me 100 nanoseconds, it would be useful.'

The good news is that not many people live here.

The tape had everything. The jury selection, a juror saying she couldn't (serve) because she was raped, everything.

Northridge was a moderate earthquake, and it wasn't an urban hit; it was a suburban hit.

They are back, classic 1970s-style Brawley Seismic Zone swarms.

It's the most exciting place in earth science.

I'm absolutely going to come back to Alabama and work on public policy for the rest of my life. Both of those issues were introduced to me through LEI. LEI demonstrated to me that there were people fighting every day to make Alabama a better place.

In general, you could say our freeways are in much better shape than they used to be. (The California Department of Transportation) has spent $6 billion since 1969. There's been a huge state investment.

In the '70s it was undoubtedly the most active feature in California.

The level of shaking is comparable to what was experienced in Northridge. The good news is that there are fewer people out there.