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Wounded Bear

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2. Yeah, well, they kind of learned it the hard way...

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Jul 6, 2019, 01:59 PM

Jul 2019

Lot of damage in years past that led to building codes and regs that help prevent the damage.

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Congrats to the peeps in California for building infrastructure that can [View all] malaise Jul 2019 OP

Amazing what investment in the bread and butter of government - building codes, enforcement, RHMerriman Jul 2019 #1

You nailed it malaise Jul 2019 #5

Yep. Government works in California. RHMerriman Jul 2019 #8

Yeah, well, they kind of learned it the hard way... Wounded Bear Jul 2019 #2

I learned construction in San Francisco Brother Buzz Jul 2019 #3

But it works malaise Jul 2019 #6

Unlike the The Hayward Fault in the SF Bay area Brother Buzz Jul 2019 #9

Nature helped by centering the quakes Retrograde Jul 2019 #4

Good point malaise Jul 2019 #7

Luck was on our side in terms of population density this time, but we have been upgrading for years Hekate Jul 2019 #10

Probably would have been way different if it had been in a big city like Los Angeles Raine Jul 2019 #11

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