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Beat the Devil
Cockburn, Alexander | November 27, 1989 issue

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The article presents information on the impact of earthquake that occurred in Watsonville. Two hours south of San Francisco, California Watsonville is at the head of the most productive vegetable growing area in the world. Between May and October each year, as the mists roll in from the Pacific, the area produces about 80 percent of the fresh vegetables consumed in the United States. But for the past ten years, as the seasons rolled by, economic pressures have been building toward upheaval just as surely as the tectonic plates grinding against each other along the fault lines through the Santa Cruz Mountains.

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ECONOMIC history; EARTHQUAKES; NATURAL disasters; SAN Francisco (Calif.); UNITED States; CALIFORNIA
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