There will be a movie about it and it'll be called "Disrupt: 2019"
What happens to the SF Bay area when the next major earthquake strikes?
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Re: What happens to the SF Bay area when the next major earthquake strikes?
#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm curious. How? Isn't homelessness a social symptom? Homelessness doesn't just disappear because the current homeless are displaced, I thought. That being said, I'm certainly not learned on the subject.
An earthquake would open up new ground that is currently prohibitively expensive by regulation (the 'social' part of the problem ) to allow enough housing to be built to reduce cost significantly.
Homeless people still exist where housing is dirt cheap. It doesn't matter whether the rent is $2500 or $500 when you don't have the skills or mental health to be employed at all.
Re: What happens to the SF Bay area when the next major earthquake strikes?
#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also, it would take care of the homeless problem. 2 birds, one stone.
Wouldn't homeless people be less likely to be harmed by roofs caving in on them? (thankfully) I'm not sure if your comment was meant to echo Jonathan Swift.
Nah, if their point had been satirical, they wouldn't have used a throwaway account. Poster isn't exactly overflowing with the milk of human-kindness.
Re: What happens to the SF Bay area when the next major earthquake strikes?
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also, it would take care of the homeless problem. 2 birds, one stone.
Wouldn't homeless people be less likely to be harmed by roofs caving in on them? (thankfully) I'm not sure if your comment was meant to echo Jonathan Swift.
In the Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake a few years back many of those killed were from the masonry facade of buildings collapsing into the street.
There was even an earthquake a few months earlier that killed nobody because it was in the middle of the night.If something similar happened in SF then the front of buildings falling into the street/sidewalk could kill lots of homeless even if the buildings themselves stayed fairly intact.
Re: What happens to the SF Bay area when the next major earthquake strikes?
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also, it would take care of the homeless problem. 2 birds, one stone.
I'm curious. How? Isn't homelessness a social symptom? Homelessness doesn't just disappear because the current homeless are displaced, I thought. That being said, I'm certainly not learned on the subject.
I imagine that strained resources in a disaster would drive many to leave the area. Katrina, for example, led many poorer people to leave New Orleans permanently.
On the other hand, the homeless are used to dealing with meager resources and might be able to better tolerate a crisis situation.
Re: What happens to the SF Bay area when the next major earthquake strikes?
#16I have been looking for a house to buy in SF for the last 6 months. What's been very interesting is that most of the houses we have reviewed, did not have solid foundations (many being 2-unit condos). They are all located in liquefaction zones and the disclosure packages mentioned the foundations had cracks (or needed retrofitting). Still, buyers did not care and bid huge amount of money. Our estate agent told us the…
What is retrofitting? News to me from the Midwest.
Re: What happens to the SF Bay area when the next major earthquake strikes?
#17I have been looking for a house to buy in SF for the last 6 months. What's been very interesting is that most of the houses we have reviewed, did not have solid foundations (many being 2-unit condos). They are all located in liquefaction zones and the disclosure packages mentioned the foundations had cracks (or needed retrofitting). Still, buyers did not care and bid huge amount of money. Our estate agent told us the…
What is retrofitting? News to me from the Midwest.
In this case, it means increasing a structure's ability to survive an earthquake.
Re: What happens to the SF Bay area when the next major earthquake strikes?
#18Full telecommuting becomes more widely accepted?
Re: What happens to the SF Bay area when the next major earthquake strikes?
#19Bart delays probably won't be any longer than usual ;)
Re: What happens to the SF Bay area when the next major earthquake strikes?
#20I hate to say it, but an earthquake is probably San Francisco's best bet at getting more housing built.
This also reminds me of rent control.
The real problem with rent control is SFs /bizarre/ implementation: it's determined by the age of the house, not the financial position or age of the residents.
I know multiple 20-30 year olds earning Bay Area tech salaries who have rent control. Which is insane.