Yea.. I am concerned about older cities like Chicago and Manhattan. See.. If SoCal gets a 4.0 Earthquake.. barely makes the news. A 5.0 = fun.. seldom any building damage here because of building codes. A 6.0 some minor damage.. mostly cracks that can be fixed with a bit of putty. A 7.0 = road cracks and some older buildings might need some fixing.. underground water and gas mains may have problems. A 8.0 = very scary. Some lives lost due to falling glass and car crashes, some buildings may suffer severe damage but usually little life lost. Now a 5.0, in those older cities mentioned, would be worse than an A-bomb. Cinder block and stone buildings will crumble. A 5.0 in NY will be as bad as Haiti. And they are over due.. last one of 5.0 magnitude in NY was several hundred years ago. (geological evidence) But your point is well taken George.. Our society has a habit of living in the now.. and letting future generations live (fix) the mess. That has to stop! Anyway, great image ol Man. Hope all's well on the home front. Bravo and best from Dave :^)

Gees louise I think if Ca had a earthquake as large as a 7 or 8 it would be disater time I see since I have lived here so many tall buildings up compared to what use to be These so called smart people keep building them taller and taller added more danger to them like all glass buildings people are always in these large malls downtown and around small cities now also My son who has been in the business a long time say's they are now thrown up and not up to standard code: he said they try and get away with any expense they can and cover it up well; Back to your render you make everything look safe and beautiful!!

yes they did not build them to last. thought money would never ran out i guess. Or take the money now and run

1989: Earthquake hits San Francisco A powerful earthquake has rocked San Francisco killing nine people and injuring hundreds. The number of dead is expected to rise significantly. The two-tier Bay Bridge and Nimitz freeway both partially collapsed and rescuers are waiting to recover bodies from cars crushed by the quake. The epicentre of the quake, which measured 6.9 on the Richter scale, is thought to have been Loma Prieta, 10 miles north of Santa Cruz on the San Andreas fault. A massive rescue effort is now underway in what experts believe is the second biggest earthquake ever to hit the United States. Officials have reported "unbelievable damage to infrastructure" with collapsed bridges and freeways, fires, shattered buildings, gaping cracks in roads and land slides. Dave have things really improved that much in California since the 1989 quake. I’m more inclined to go along with Evie here. Why ? If construction there resembles what I’ve seen over the years both in the US and Canada, code is the last thing which is in the top of priority, be it for the construction industry or government. In any event I think you missed my point. I was simply talking about structural failure due to the aging of our structures in North America as a whole. That is a documented fact.

A tragic event needs to happen before any action is taken. When this event takes place the media jump all over it. Then the knee-jerk effect kicks in. The government types get involved. Not to fix anything but to get re-election points. You see when you are elected to office for four year terms you don’t have the time to do anything much expect to spend your time working on your next re-election. So goes the world. My question is this. When in the hell will things change.

Hey ol man... While I absolutely agree with you.. My point is that the worst earthquake to hit Calif. was the San Francisco Quake in 1906 at magnitude (7.8). The same level as hit Haiti. But the 1906 Quake killed about 3000 people and the Haiti Quake killed about 220,000 people. In recent times.. 1994 Quake.. 60 people died in the (6.7) shaker. So yes, technology has helped. In the last 50 years "many" (6.+) quakes have hit SoCal and most resulted in under 10 deaths. But should a small 5.0 hit NYC.. the loss in lives would be millions. They are not ready for a Quake that large. This is true for many old brick cities. But here.. a (5.0) would barely get some buzz around the water cooler. As far as politicians goes.. their biggest fault is shared by many. The inability to admit they were wrong. Once a stand is taken.. they never back down for fear of losing face. This, I feel, is one of the biggest problems facing society today.. it prevents a lot of positive changes from taking place. So I don't see anything less than a major disaster to get things to change for the better. Which I guess is part of your point to begin with...lol. So be it earthquakes or politicians.. being too rigid is seldom a good thing. Ok.. bye again for now.. Best wishes from Dave :^)

This is terrific, very colorful, interesting and unique George. This turned out great. Nice background also. The lighting is perfect. Really farout image. I agree with you, but any large earthquake on the richter scale in any town, would be a living hell... Huggs... Silkylady...

Very nice...very well construct

Bulk modulus , George, like fat people is the look of America. Give me a nice airplane any day. But, even they, succumbed to the "wide body." So I prefer fighters. No way, anything with a propellor or rotor. Not a place to live, of course. I spend at least a half hour outside each day. My vulnerability window has never closed.

So very cool.....