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"One can live upon the Hayward Fault with the right mix of denial, preparation and equanimity."

Looks quite fun and informative.

The bay has been thru about 100-150 years of consistent ‘land reclamation’ and dredging, insistent on enlarging its channels for boats, killing estuaries in the process. The dunes of downtown, alameda, and bay farm are now clear representations of early development. The flow makes a bit more sense too, since Lake Merritt was a giant slough and wasn’t filled in yet. Richmond being farm fits big pic too ngl

Fruitvale and Allendame follow the general fan pattern present in east oakland but to a lesser extent. Well the areas themselves are flat but then the area from macarthur and beyond has a second level followed by a third above that. I kinda see that split with the 580 but imma have to revisit the chapter. Indian gulch is an interesting story on park development. Makes me happy that pt molate will be developed

Piedmont had hella quarries and that definitely makes sense. But oakland had like 40. I assume the location of quarries may correlate with wealth distribution today. Piedmont is more concentrated wealth. It all definitely aligns with 1800s ideas of manifest destiny. Chinese labor exploited in quarries. Deeper quarries harder to pump out so just flood and move on, create urban legend or false gusher

Mountainview cemetery is p representative of bay area geology with the chert and just being on the franciscan complex ig. Does glen echo creek run underground? Went fishing at temescal today and it makes sense, that shi was definitely dammed off. The hayward fault runs directly in that area and i think there is a ridge underwater where my hook gets stuck. Downtown is gridded and was sandy land of oaks at 42 feet

Rlly was not thinking about the big one before reading this |:

A seriously fascinating book. It’s kind of cool to learn about the geology of one’s own neighborhood.

Kind of dry, did not finish. Might try again another time.

Some reading for those times I don’t pick up the Proust. As this is about the geography of my neighborhood (I live at the foot of the Hayward Fault), I’m excited to read it.