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==Valley fever outbreak==
An unusual effect of the Northridge earthquake was an outbreak of [[coccidioidomycosis]] (Valley fever) in [[Ventura County, California|Ventura County]]. This respiratory disease is caused by inhaling airborne spores of the fungus. The 203 cases reported, of which three resulted in fatalities, constituted roughly 10 times the normal rate in the initial eight weeks. This was the first report of such an outbreak following an earthquake, and it is believed that the spores were carried in large clouds of dust created by seismically triggered landslides.<ref>Schneider, E., Hajjeh, R. A., ''Der Spiegel'', R. A., Jibson, R. W., Harp, E. L., Marshall, G. A., . . . Werner, S. B. (1997). A coccidioidomycosis outbreak following the Northridge, Calif, earthquake. Jama, 277(11), 904-908.</ref> Most of the cases occurred immediately downwind of the landslides.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://landslides.usgs.gov/recent/archives/1997northridge.php|title=Coccidioidomycosis Outbreak|website=[[USGS]] Landslide Hazards Program|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202114422/http://landslides.usgs.gov/recent/archives/1997northridge.php|archive-date= 2014-02-02}}</ref>
==Night sky==
With the earthquake taking place during the night, and with the power out, many people were able to see a dark night sky for the first time. Different sources say the emergency services and/or the [[Griffith Observatory]] received many calls from people worried about a “giant, silvery cloud” in the sky, which was identified as being the [[Milky Way]]. This anecdote is often used when talking about [[light pollution]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Connect with the Galaxy: A case for turning out the lights - Night Skies (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nightskies/connect.htm |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=www.nps.gov |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lights Out |url=https://www.eastsideaudubon.org/lights-out |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Eastside Audubon Society |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharkey |first=Joe |date=2008-08-30 |title=Helping the Stars Take Back the Night |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/business/31essay.html |website=The New York Times}}</ref>
==Facilities and infrastructure affected==
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