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April 18, 2006A Century Ago Today......San Franciscans were learning to shake, rattle and roll. Posted by Tully at April 18, 2006 01:30 PMComments
Actually Tully San Franciscans already knew how to shake rattle and roll well before 1906 as there had been several large earthquakes earlier in SF's 49er history. Just prior to the 1906 earthquake the fire chief, noting the past earthquakes and the vulnerable state of the city to widespread fire, pleaded with the mayor to get some of his people up to speed on demolition techniques to make fuel breaks with dynamite in case if fires raged through the city. Sad to say, when the fires were breaking out after the quake, they desperately got some expert who was also an expert at getting very drunk, thereby setting off about 5 dozen more fires. Right now the city has a lot of redundant water systems and cisterns in case of the next Big one. I hope it stays that way. FYI, we've all been told that FEMA has nada for us. A large chunk of our National Guard is overseas too. So I have my week and a half of supplies already and will add to that in the coming months. Try to make it a 2-3 week supply for water. I have everything else but I need to build a secure locker for the water so it can survive a building collapse. My house is in an area id's as prone to "very violent shaking" if/when the Hayward Fault slips.. Posted by: Marcus at April 19, 2006 02:52 PM |
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