San Francisco is designed in the worst place. An earthquake could happen at any moment and people are living in denial of the inevitable. An example of the disaster to come is the stadium. It is being pulled apart by a technique called creep showing the eventual quake signs. In 1906 in April an 8.2 earthquake was recorded and it led to 3000 dead, huge fires and left thousands homeless. City Hall was one of the buildings that was destroyed and rebuilt. This was one of the smart decisions of San Francisco’s architecture. It no longer rests on the ground; it was built with shock absorbers. The bridge was as well built with the latest earthquake technology to prevent a bridge collapse. The narrow chambers act as the structural expansion.
The main concern of San Francisco is the ordinary homes. The city was built wrong. If an earthquake was to occur its estimated that 3000-5000 would die and all the homes would be lost depending on the time of day that it occurred. This disaster is certain, it will happen. When it happens is unknown, but it will happen and people live with a near certainty of the appending disaster in their daily lives.
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