…but the night was foul and scary
1906 + 100
Just in case you don’t watch any of the various Discovery Channels or live somewhere other than California, today is the centennial of the Great San Francisco Earthquake And Fire. It was a helluva shakeup, folks. How bad, you ask? How does 32 times as strong as the Loma Prieta quake back in the mid-1980’s sound?
Of course, another humonguous quake is due any moment/day/year/decade/century now, as the scientists and people from other states never stop telling us. Does this stop anyone from visiting The City By The Bay? Hell no…we Californians (and apparently many of you non-Californians, judging from the tourist biz in the Bay Area) are a brave and self-deluding bunch. Everyone knows that next big geologic boogaloo won’t happen while WE’RE in The City.
Anyway, 100 years ago the earth moved, a fire started and it pretty much wiped most of a city (28,000 buildings) off the map…for awhile. And it will happen again.
And it is STILL better than having a fucking Tornado Season or a Hurricane Season. People who live in those areas are just fucking insane.
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