To: rabscuttle385
San Francisco may be a victim soon. They are expecting a 7.0 anytime now. The city is just as vulnerable as it was in 1906.
4 posted on
01/16/2010 8:10:45 PM PST by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Werner Von Braun)
To: sonofstrangelove
Loma Prieta in 1989 taught San Francisco a few lessons. I think they would hang in there better than the doomsday people predict.
Just like the 1994 Northridge quake. It could have been much worse.
9 posted on
01/16/2010 8:15:54 PM PST by
buccaneer81
(ECOMCON)
To: sonofstrangelove
“They are expecting a 7.0 anytime now. The city is just as vulnerable as it was in 1906”
Construction standards are very good in US earthquake prone areas.
It would take a much stronger one to get major damage. Not sure what that number is.
1989 Loma Prieta was 7.0 and killed 63 people in San Francisco area.
Yes did a fair amount of damage; things are probably in better shape now
To: sonofstrangelove
The city is just as vulnerable as it was in 1906? That’s an insane statement.
49 posted on
01/17/2010 5:23:36 AM PST by
dangus
(Nah, I'm not really Jim Thompson, but I play him on FR.)
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