DATE: April 11, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Annie Folger 650 494-8686 ext 17
annie@communitymediacenter.net
Karen
AdamsÕ Riding the Storm Lands EMMY
Nomination!
The Midpeninsula Community
Media Center proudly announces that Riding the Storm, the independent production of Karen Adams, our production manager and staff producer, has been
nominated for an EMMY! The 37th
Annual Northern California Area EMMY ¨ Award Nominations were announced
Thursday, April 10th.
Riding The Storm:
Landslide Danger in the San Francisco Bay Area, that first aired on KTEH 54, was submitted by
U.S. Geological Survey in the Informational/Instructional category. Besides AdamsÕ leadership as
Producer/Director/Editor, credits go to Douglas DeVore, Videographer; Bryan Coleman, Motion Graphics/Animation; and Wendy Van Wazer, Editor.
About the
program
Although well aware of
the region's earthquake threat, many San Francisco Bay Area residents are
perilously uninformed about another dangerous geologic hazard: landslides
triggered by heavy rainfall. In January 1982 a single, catastrophic
rainstorm triggered 18,000 landslides throughout the Bay Area. During the
drenching winter of 1997-98, El Nino-driven storms triggered a range of
landslides in the Bay Area from deadly debris flows to destructive deep-seated
slides. Riding the Storm documents these tragic events, the lessons learned
from residents, and explores the science behind the hazard with U.S. Geological
Survey researchers. It is the
first documentary of its kind to detail the landslide hazard in the Bay area.
The EMMY statues will be
presented at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco on Saturday, May 10th.
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