Meh.
I've been through all the recent SoCal "big ones" in the last 35 years.
Sylmar
Whittier Narrows
Northridge
They were bad, but nothing like I can imagine the flooding in New Orleans. I don't even think they are comparable. And look at the Mississippi gulf coast? ALL of those structures were wiped clean with nothing left. At least in an earthquake, one can recover some personal possessions. The people in NOLA and the gulf coast are starting over with nothing.
To be honest, the effects of the Rodney King riots were worse than any of the earthquakes I've listed. More damage, more chaos, more mayhem, more time sequestered during the pseudo martial law.
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