April 18, 1906

Posted on April 19, 2018 by markinaustin

The San Francisco Earthquake destroyed much of the city and left thousands homeless.

 

There is a website devoted to “What if it happened now?”

 

https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/science-application-risk-reduction/science/haywired-scenario?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects

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  1. markinaustin's avatar
    markinaustin, on April 19, 2018 at 8:41 am said:

    New This Day in History post—

    The website leads to estimates of 150K homeless, 9 months without water in many places near the fault line.

    Texas would be flooded with Californians [my editorial comment].

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  2. Brent Nyitray's avatar
    Brent Nyitray, on April 19, 2018 at 9:36 am said:

    I was in the early 90s quake. My ship had just pulled into Treasure Island (under the Bay Bridge) and we were having dinner in the wardroom when it hit. Initially, we though something was wrong with the ship, like maybe a bearing went bad or something. We then looked outside and saw that the entire pier was moving. Freaky.

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