Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/model.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/model.m	(revision 16355)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/model.m	(revision 16356)
@@ -92,4 +92,10 @@
 				disp('Recovering old hydrology class');
 				md.hydrology=hydrologyshreve(md.materials);
+			end
+			%2013 October 9
+			if ~isa(md.damage,'damage'),
+				md.damage=damage();
+				md.damage.D=zeros(md.mesh.numberofvertices,1);
+				md.damage.spcdamage=NaN*ones(md.mesh.numberofvertices,1);
 			end
 		end% }}}