100th Anniversary of 1906 San Francisco earthquake

Danny Tse

It's finally here....the 100th anniversary of the 1906 SF earthquake. This is big news locally since we have over 60% chance of experiencing "The Big One" in the next 30 years or so. I currently live right on top of the Hayward Fault, an earthquake fault that has the highest chance of rupturing during "The Big One" here in the Bay Area and the odds are not that good that my home, despite being only 8 years old, will survive. However, anywhere in the Bay Area will be affected when such a large quake happens. In some ways, living here seem safer than dealing with tornados, hurricanes, etc.... The anniversary does get me thinking about moving elsewhere though.

San Francisco City Hall after 1906 earthquake



San Francisco City Hall today

neomagus00

wow... you hear the word 'levelled' a lot, but that pic at the top really is worth a thousand words...

Danny Tse

neomagus00 wrote:

wow... you hear the word 'levelled' a lot, but that pic at the top really is worth a thousand words...

Here's a photo of the Stanford University library after the 1906 earthquake



And this one shows the movement involved....

danger boy

SF, one of the great cities of the world.

tonyb

danger boy wrote:

SF, one of the great cities of the world.

Yeah....Just don't drop a quarter,you'll have to kick it all
the way to Oakland to pick it up!!:)

schwarcw

SFBA is a great place! Too expensive for me to live there. I enjoy going up to Napa valley to sip the wines, eat crusty bread with cheese and watch a blonde in a bikini wash my car:D

tonyb

schwarcw wrote:

SFBA is a great place! Too expensive for me to live there. I enjoy going up to Napa valley to sip the wines, eat crusty bread with cheese and watch a blonde in a bikini wash my car:D

Now...this boy has got the right idea!!!:)

Skynut

I'll be looking for all the doomsday shows. You know the ones that tell us how near the end really is for the bay area.

Don't believe the hype (as Flavor Flav would say) I am not real worried about "the big one", just because it is not something I can really prepare for other than stockpiles of food and water.

If, or should I say when, it hits I will just ride it out and see where i can help.

Hopefully we have learned alot since 1906 and all will be better than predicted.

neomagus00

Skynut wrote:

Hopefully we have learned alot since 1906

teehee... you ever thought about doing stand-up in your spare time?

Skynut

neomagus00 wrote:

teehee... you ever thought about doing stand-up in your spare time?

Thank you very much..... I'll be here all week.:D

George Grand

That was a bad quake. Lots of bad after-effects. Not near as bad as the after-effects of Nov 1952, when I was born on The Presidio of San Francisco. Oh the humanity.......

disneyjoe7

I'm also born from San Francisco area, Martinez CA.

Skynut

I am from Hercules so I know where Martinez iz.

petrym

This completely floors me... I know Cali is nice, but why do you pay a huge premium to live on the most active fault zone of the US?

The other question is, why do I live in a tornado zone? :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Skynut

zactly.

Or hurricane zones?

We all have our vices and one of mine is Cali.

Skynut

Just FYI (whoever cares)

In all my time here in Cali I have only had a fishtank and 2 pictures lost due to an earthquake. (1989)
I have been in too many quakes to remember them all but most are harmless and go unreported in the national news. The only ones to make headlines outside Cali are the larger ones with damage. I have never (knock on wood) been unfortunate enough to be personally effected by them.

up2youjoe

danger boy wrote:

SF, one of the great cities of the world.

NOT!

George Grand

San Francisco is an awesome city. A little expensive, but a fantastic place nonetheless.

Skynut

I must say that San Francisco is a fun place to VISIT but I would never want to live there.



Ever.