负责制定救灾计划的官员们说,使农业富裕的圣华金山谷许多地区受到震灾的1983年5月2日的地震,猛然地提醒人们,加利福尼亚l的防震准备工作是多么不充分。地质学家们早就说过“大地震”是不可避免的。官员们说,如果一个类似强度的地震发生在象洛杉矶、圣何塞、旧金山或其它城市的人口稠密区,而不是在一个人口稀少的 Officials responsible for disaster relief planning said the earthquake on May 2, 1983, that affected much of the wealthy San Joaquin Valley, struck a sudden reminder of just how inadequate California’s shock preparedness was. Geologists have long said that a “great earthquake” is inevitable. Officials say if a quake of similar intensity occurs in a densely populated area like Los Angeles, San Jose, San Francisco or other cities, rather than in a sparsely populated