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The fragility of the institutions of modern life are like the proverbial weapon in the movies… once you introduce a gun, at some point sooner or later it has to go off.

The very advances that are the foundations of our modern communities create vulnerability.

http://blog.seattlepi.com/bigscience/2014/01/28/314-years-ago-a-megathrust-earthquake-devastated-the-region-ready-for-another/