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Doesn't SF's risk of liquefaction plus the current soft soils around the city make it potentially quite dangerous to build taller buildings? http://earthquake.
by jaems33 14y ago
Doesn't SF's risk of liquefaction plus the current soft soils around the city make it potentially quite dangerous to build taller buildings?
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/soiltype/map/ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/soiltype/map/
http://thefrontsteps.com/2010/11/22/san-francisco-neighborhoods-prone-to-liquefaction-and-earthquake-induced-landslides-bedrock-vs-landfill-take-two/ http://thefrontsteps.com/2010/11/22/san-francisco-neighborho...
- strlen 14y agoNot necessarily: there are ways to build high rise buildings in such an environment. It also isn't hypothetical: San Francisco skyscrapers are some of the safest places to be during an earthquake. See also Taipei 101 -- designed to withstand seismic events and typhoons through some rather interesting "hacks".