Are We Overdue Yet?

It seems like more than 25 yrs. ago to this reporter.

The state said at least 57 died in the earthquake, though a study issued the following year put the death toll at 72, including heart attacks. About 9,000 were injured.

The greatest concentration of deaths occurred at the Northridge Meadows, a 163-unit apartment complex where 16 people were killed when it collapsed onto the parking area below, crushing first-floor apartments.

Among the most dangerous places in earthquake country are apartment bldgs. w/ ground floor parking supported by pillars or posts, rather than full walls. A recipe for disasterblueprint for collapse.

How the AP reported, "from Jan. 17, 1994, the day of the earthquake. The toll of dead and injured was not fully known when it first appeared."

[AP]