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I can't seem to load this article, but I would like to offer this: I have long thought that the major effect of natural disasters is not the disaster itself, b
by cc101 3y ago
I can't seem to load this article, but I would like to offer this: I have long thought that the major effect of natural disasters is not the disaster itself, but the social unrest cause by the government not being able to cope. A super quake would be bad enough, but social unrest would make it much worse.
- hackernewds 3y agoparticularly in SF social unrest is viable
- e40 3y agoAfter the 89 quake in the Bay Area the people in Oakland came together and were incredibly helpful to each other. The freeway that collapsed was in a pretty bad part of town, yet there was no social unrest, only unity.