California Car Culture Could Heighten Earthquake Woes
Sorry for the excessive alliteration there, but it sums up this article quite nicely, I think. It appears that the infrastructure that surrounds car ownership does more than generate excessive amounts of smog. Carports, garages, overpasses and the like could pose a significant risk to California residents should a massive earthquake like San Francisco’s 1906 quake strike. I think we’ve all seen the historic footage of the Golden Gate Bridge shaking like a polaroid picture. Imagine that happening anywhere around the state and you can see the concern!
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I think the “historic footage” of a bridge shaking that you’re thinking of is not of the Golden Gate Bridge. It’s the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington:
http://www.enm.bris.ac.uk/anm/tacoma/tacoma.html
The shaking (and ultimate collapse) was due to high winds inducing natural harmonic oscillations, not an earthquake.
Teaches me to make quick quips without doing the research! Thanks for the clarification.