Paul Saffo writes a thought provoking piece on the topic here.
Cities and societies that live in them seem to follow a pattern of construction and destruction, for reasons which are hard to explain and beyond the cotrol of mortal beings.
The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake left many legacies for California, including anticipation of the next, inevitable, great quake. Our 100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference will bring together earthquake professionals from around the world – scientists, engineers and preparedness experts – in San Francisco on April 18, 2006, to commemorate the 1906 Earthquake, review what we have learned, and discuss what we can do to further preparedness.
Reading through Paul's piece I get the impression, that we are in the same loop after 100 years, certainly with much more sophistication in building methods and earth quake prediction capabalities, but the eventual destructive forces emerge the same nevertheless.
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