Kate Ravilious,National Geographic
San Francisco has had a hundred years to prepare for its next remarkable quake, so the city must be alert, or right? Not fairly,say scientists. A century ago next week, a catastrophic earthquake and subsequent fire nearly wiped the California city off the map. If a similar quake struck nowadays, and almost 40 percent of San Francisco's buildings would likely be destroyed,fires would again rage, bridges would fail, and the water supply could be totally severed,experts say. Bay Area residents and authorities may have been lulled into a deceptive sense of security, because the last century has been...
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