Tuesday, April 18, 2006

San Francisco Earthquake

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the 7.8 Richter scale earthquake that hit (some say "devastated") San Franciso at 5:12 a.m. Then, following the earthquake came the fires.

A few sites you might consider if you're interested in viewing this calamity that took the lives of more than 3,000 San Franciscians (some thing many more than that).

The 1906 Earthquake Centennial Alliance

Eyewitness accounts

The Wikipedia article about the San Francisco earthquake and fire

San Francisco Chronicle coverage