Field Notebook: Maine, New Hampshire 1925
Page 84
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Transcription
"Site is built on a my near this fault. Gone. Some day there is going to be a fearful destruction here of earthquake, fire and death. It is a crime that the City Engineers or or I examine the buildings when they take out building permits as to where the fault lies. or if the buildings go ahead it is themselves. Wills and Lord are predicting a de- cided earthquake for the Los Angeles area within the next few years. Lawson says Wills is pessimistic, and further that or we can with present data predict when the major movement will take place. To some the irregularly. But Lawson is gathering the data and plotting it to see what the nature of the periodicity is. Maybe then Insurance Companies can throw dr business or a long scene business.