The disasters included Hurricane Hugo (1989); the Loma Prieta earthquake (1989); Hurricane Andrew (1992); the 1993 Midwest floods; the Northridge, California earthquake (1994); and Hurricanes Fran and Floyd (1996 and 1999) along the eastern coast of the nation. The confluence of these events ...
In fact, some structures in the San Francisco Bay area have been discovered to have similar fracture damage most probably Following discovery of hidden damage in dating to the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Los Angeles area buildings, the potential for similar, undiscovered damage in San In response...