The ARkStorm Initiative (Designmatters)

Over the span of six months during fall 2010 and spring 2011, Designmatters partnered with the Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project (MHDP) of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to help design a series of interconnected outcomes: a communication strategy and public awareness film, a cross-sector emergency planning meeting for decision-makers, and a Summit that unveiled a scientific scenario which models a California hypothetical storm that would cause more than an initial 300 billion dollars in damage, the ARkStorm Scenario. USGS released ARkStorm Scenario findings at the ARkStorm Summit held in January 2011.