Apart from being my birthday, tomorrow will also mark the 25th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake, the Bay Area’s worst natural disaster since the great 1906 shake.
Shawn Clover created a page where he presents photographical mashups of the damages from the 1989 along with the same location in present day – the results are visually stunning. It is a testament to both the humbling forces of nature and the capability of human societies to tirelessly rebuild.
The article also presents in a succinct and rather terrifying way the blunt truth: what’s ahead of us is worse than Loma Prieta in every possible way – magnitude and duration. How are those emergency supplies going for you?