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Ask HN: Are thousands of Bay Area workers going to die in a big earthquake?
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staunch
8 years ago
Looking at liquefaction maps of the Bay Area, it really seems like we're in for a huge disaster at some indefinite point in the future. Many buildings are very old, made of brick, and seem unlikely to survive a big earthquake.

1. Why is it that we have people working in San Francisco in buildings that we know will likely collapse in a large earthquake?

2. How is this legal? How are companies able to ignore the obvious safety implications of having people work inside deathtraps?

3. Will the families of workers get paid when workers are inevitably buried under tons of rubble?

4. Is there something workers can do to force their companies to provide earthquake life insurance and/or move out of unsafe buildings?

https://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/sfgeo/liquefaction/maps.html

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