S.F. leaders ignore weak buildings' quake risk

Summary: San Francisco Chronicle published this article on June 29, 2008, and the EveryBlock system found it to be geographically relevant to Marina in San Francisco. Below, you can read the article excerpt that mentions the given location and follow the link to read the full article.

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The destruction in the Marina district after the 1989 Loma Prieta quake - garages caved down on sidewalks, splintered wood, cracked stucco, and brown columns of smoke rising from burning buildings - could easily be multiplied 100 times by a closer quake on the Hayward or San Andreas faults, according to engineers who have studied the danger. Loma Prieta hit about 60 miles south of the city. Read the full article at the original source (San Francisco Chronicle)…

Location Marina
Publication date June 29, 2008
Source San Francisco Chronicle

Added to EveryBlock on June 29, 2008.