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I'm not arguing that you can't prepare for this - but a 6.0+ is just going to do a lot of damage, regardless of how much you prepare. Roads will be torn apart, older buildings will shatter, fires will be started, etc...

Preliminary reports put the damage to in California in the neighborhood of $1 Billion.

It's important to repeat that this was the biggest earthquake the Bay Area (an area that certainly gets its share of earthquakes) has seen in 25 years.



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