• $1.55 billion: The cost to rebuild the Golden Gate Bridge, which Godzilla destroyed in the 2014 version of his (?) tale
  • $45 million: The amount of money the Golden Gate Bridge used to be insured for
  • $1.3 million: The annual premium for that policy
  • 2005: The year the Golden Gate Bridge authority decided to stop insuring the Bridge, due in part to the above premium and also because they couldn't get earthquake coverage
  • 8.2: The quake magnitude that could destroy the Bridge
  • $1.3 million: The annual amount of money the Golden Gate Bridge authority now banks in case of Bridge disaster
  • $12-$14 million: The amount of money in that disaster fund so far
  • 10 million: The annual number of visitors to the Golden Gate Bridge, all of whom would be denied the pleasure due to kaiju attack
  • 17 million: The number of people who visit San Francisco every year
  • $9.4 billion: The amount of tourist money SF would lose if those people stopped coming, say, because of fears of another attack by a giant irradiated lizard.
  • 220: The number of feet the Golden Gate Bridge rises above mean higher high water, according to the Golden Gate Bridge Highway And Transportation District
  • 360: The depth of the water beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, according to the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography
  • 335: The number of feet tall Godzilla is.
  • $93.2 million: The amount of money the most recent Godzilla movie made at the box office in its first weekend in theaters


Unless otherwise noted, all facts and figures from Act of God-zilla: How much would a mutant dinosaur attack cost San Francisco?, May 19, 2014, San Francisco Business Times