I thought this was an old story based on the intro that states:
“A utopia-like space is set to be launched on March 11 in downtown San Francisco”
But then no, looks like more of the typical sloppy DM writing, as the May 11 date is provided a few lines down.
This makes the above quote even funnier because the ‘launch’ date is given as March 11, and you know how the SF and earthquakes go hand-in-hand on account of the anticipation of many for Sodom to crumble into a heap of ruins.
That’s why March 11 jumped right out.
This date in history —
March 11, 2011:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami
Thanks for the history of March 11, 2011.