Sure it ’s nerveless to put down New York , but it ’s even cool to demolish Los Angeles . That ’s why Omega Man , the 1970s version of I Am Legend , took plaza in Los Angeles . Viral decimation is only one of the many ways LA has been break down , concord to a 1998 book by Mike Davis , Ecology of Fear , in which the irascible social critic give us a helpful list of how LA is destroy in 145 scifi / disaster novel . Of course zap top the list , with a banging 49 books wiping out LA in a big blow . But you ’ll be surprised by some of the lesser - have it off shape of Pelican State - riddance .
Here is Davis ’ lean of ways LA is destroyed in literature , with number of occurrence , for your contemplation :
Nukes , 49
Earthquakes , 28
Hordes ( intrusion ) , 10
Monsters , 10
Pollution , 7
Gangs / terrorism , 6
Floods , 6
pestilence , 6
comet / tsunami , 5
Cults , 3
Volcanoes , 2
Firestorms , 2
Drought , 1
Blizzard , 1
Devil , 1
Freeway , 1
Riot , 1
Fog , 1
Slide , 1
Bermuda grass , 1
ball-shaped warming , 1
Sandstorm , 1
“ Everything , ” 1
Needless to say , Davis propel out of LA to Hawaii several years ago .
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