<div dir="ltr"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%" id="gmail-m_-1846749421648854542bodyTable" style="border-collapse:collapse;height:2335px;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:1309px;font-size:12.8px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" id="gmail-m_-1846749421648854542bodyCell" style="height:2335px;padding:0px;width:1309px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" id="gmail-m_-1846749421648854542templateHeader" style="background:none 50% 50%/cover no-repeat rgb(247,247,247);border-top:0px;border-bottom:0px;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-1846749421648854542templateContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:600px;width:600px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-1846749421648854542headerContainer" style="background:none 50% 50%/cover no-repeat transparent;border-top:0px;border-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-1846749421648854542mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-m_-1846749421648854542mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-1846749421648854542mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-1846749421648854542mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-1846749421648854542mcnTextContent" style="font-family:Helvetica;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,173,216)"><img height="86" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/dc90d9824e5a18416dfe678e8/images/f5687ade-6d56-49e7-b28c-c739b4f3c158.jpg" width="250" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="border: 0px; height: 86px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; width: 250px; float: left; margin: 15px;"></a><br><span style="color:rgb(0,128,128)">NATURAL HAZARDS ENGINEERING<br>NEWS AND RESEARCH</span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,128,128)">CURATED WEEKLY</span><br> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-1846749421648854542mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-m_-1846749421648854542mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-1846749421648854542mcnBoxedTextBlockInner"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-1846749421648854542mcnBoxedTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:9px 18px"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-m_-1846749421648854542mcnTextContentContainer" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:rgb(64,64,64);min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-1846749421648854542mcnTextContent" style="font-family:Helvetica;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(242,242,242);font-size:14px;line-height:21px;text-align:center;padding:18px">For the week of Jan 22, 2018</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-1846749421648854542mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody class="gmail-m_-1846749421648854542mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="gmail-m_-1846749421648854542mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width:100%;padding:18px"><table class="gmail-m_-1846749421648854542mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top:1px solid rgb(12,136,111)"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" id="gmail-m_-1846749421648854542templateBody" style="background-image:none;background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border-top:0px;border-bottom:0px;padding-top:27px;padding-bottom:63px"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-1846749421648854542templateContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:600px;width:600px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-1846749421648854542bodyContainer" style="background:none 50% 50%/cover no-repeat transparent;border-top:0px;border-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-1846749421648854542mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-m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