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Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Remembering the Great Quake by Red Tape Blog
Red Tape Blog writes: Almost a century before Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, one of the worst natural disasters in our nation’s history devastated San Francisco. On April 18, 1906, at 5:12 in the morning, “The Great San Francisco Earthquake” struck, followed by a series of catastrophic fires that burned for three days and destroyed more than 500 blocks in the heart of the city. The earthquake is estimated at 8.25 on the Richter scale and lasted about one minute. Conservative estimates have put the quake’s death toll at more than 3,000 — with some estimates as high as 6,000 — mostly in the city of San Francisco.
Read April 18th : 100th Anniversary of San Francisco Earthquake Also read Notes from Away's San Francisco again.. and check out the photo of Lombard Street
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