Well about 30 minutes ago I felt an earth quake… but it wasn’t enough for me to freak out. So after some research at the USGS website, I found we had an earthquake between Fremont and San Jose. At first it showed as a 6 but was soon downgraded to 5.6. What I find interesting [...]
San Francisco in ruins, 1906, photographed from 2000 ft. The camera was elevated by a train of kites
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I felt I had returned to 1989… The day after I had my bookcases fall in on me. The day after I realized I could of died. When the Loma Prieta quake hit I had just gotten home from work. I worked as a pipe organ tuner apprentice at the time, and [...]
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Downtown procession marks 100th anniversary
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
More than 250 people gathered before dawn Tuesday morning and marched from downtown Santa Rosa to the old Rural Cemetery to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the devastating earthquake of 1906.
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San Francisco was not the only city hit hard by the 1906 Quake. It just had [...]
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1906 Earthquake Anniversary Events
With today being the 100 Year Anniversary of the most devistating Disaster in US History, there are a number of Celebrations, Memorials, and Looking backs sceduled all around the Bay Area. Here is a listing composited by the Examiner/Chronicle.
