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baez@guitar.ucr.edu (john baez) writes:
>
>In fact, all but one of the collapsed overpasses was
>scheduled to be fixed pretty soon.  Of course, it'd be nicer if they'd
>ALREADY been fixed, but Caltrans had limited funds so they couldn't go
>as fast as one might like.  

I think this is bullshit.  I would *love* to see a map of the freeways
that are reinforced and those that are "scheduled" to be.  I bet you
could never get that information and make it public.  I believe that
the city's freeways are pathetically covered against quakes.  In the
89 quake in SF when the freeway collapsed, they claimed that that
section was just about due for reinforcement.  Bull.  

I don't buy that you can fuck up a freeway upgrades and whenever
something wrong happens, say "oh we were just about to get it that
one."  And when the freeways collaped in the same place in 1971 why
were they rebuild exactly the same way so that they'd collapse again.

Further, I believe that all public service buildings should have been
*required* to be earthquake upgraded.  I can understand taht
 individual apartment landlords cannot upgrade and make their buildings
 safe, but, by God, each and ever single damn hospital should have been
 fucking upgraded.  It's a crime.  This was only a lousey 6.6.


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