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LittleBirdie2

LittleBirdie2

I'm lost
February 2006

APR 18, 2006 07:17 PM

It only took a cow to burn Chicago. smile

Subrosa

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA
July 2004

APR 19, 2006 12:43 AM

shezascreamer said:
It only took a cow to burn Chicago. smile


I'd make the "it takes more than that to get San Francisco to go down" joke, but the double-entendre seems a little too obvious.

Jeff_Fries

Jeff_Fries

Humptulips, WA
September 2003

APR 19, 2006 12:45 AM

Subrosa said:

and left 250,000 homeless -- more than half of the city's population.


San Francisco: keeping history alive!

[Edited on Apr 19, 2006 by Jeff_Fries]

Subrosa

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA
July 2004

APR 19, 2006 12:47 AM

Jeff_Fries said:

Subrosa said:

and left 250,000 homeless -- more than half of the city's population.


San Francisco: keeping history alive!

[Edited on Apr 19, 2006 by Jeff_Fries]


Hey-O!

Lout_Rampage

Lout_Rampage

Dallas, TX
May 2005

APR 19, 2006 05:54 AM

Jeff_Fries said:

Subrosa said:

and left 250,000 homeless -- more than half of the city's population.


San Francisco: keeping history alive!

[Edited on Apr 19, 2006 by Jeff_Fries]



Zing!!

Lout_Rampage

Lout_Rampage

Dallas, TX
May 2005

APR 19, 2006 06:10 AM

Subrosa said:
kkimberlin79 said:
Have the newspaper articles addressed the cover-up that followed the quake?


The cover up? I'm not sure what you mean. This article mentions the federal response controversy, but it doesn't really get into a cover-up.



The mayor knew that investors would be less likely to return to the city if they knew the truth about the quake. He had photos doctored to focus on fire damage rather than quake damage, and all newspapers refered to "The Great Fire" rather than the quake that had caused the fire. This was done because at that time it wasn't uncommon for cities to burn down, but catastrophic earthquakes were another matter. Also, they gave the final death toll as less than 500 people, rather than the thousands that had actually died.

In the rebuilding of the city they ignored building codes (everything that they had learned from the quake). Electric and gas lines were laid right next to each other (again) and buildings were slapped together just for the sake of getting them up. The reclaimed land along the bay was filled in with rubble and built on top of. This land had liquified during the quake because it was just a landfill with buildings on top, and it still is.

Subrosa

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA
July 2004

APR 17, 2009 05:03 PM

Bump! 103rd anniversary tomorrow morning, 5:12 am!

cabaretic

cabaretic

Birmingham, AL
March 2005

APR 17, 2009 05:15 PM

When I think about San Francisco of that period I recall Frank Norris' book McTeague, which was later made into a movie in the twenties, retitled Greed.

Cassiel

Cassiel

Aurora, CO
September 2004

APR 17, 2009 05:30 PM

What a strange and morbid way to show civic pride...

Subrosa

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA
July 2004

APR 17, 2009 05:33 PM

Cassiel said:
What a strange and morbid way to show civic pride...



Yes, but so is rooting for the Giants, and we like doing that too.

ckdexterhaven

ckdexterhaven

USA
December 2005

APR 17, 2009 05:47 PM

Subrosa said:

Cassiel said:
What a strange and morbid way to show civic pride...



Yes, but so is rooting for the Giants, and we like doing that too.


Zito might burn SF to the ground again the way he's been getting lit up as of late.

Tiger_Fodder

Tiger_Fodder

Braintree, MA
June 2007

APR 17, 2009 06:20 PM

ckdexterhaven said:

Subrosa said:

Cassiel said:
What a strange and morbid way to show civic pride...



Yes, but so is rooting for the Giants, and we like doing that too.


Zito might burn SF to the ground again the way he's been getting lit up as of late.



It's funny 'cause it's true. There goes another one into the bay.

atomicant

atomicant

Portland, OR
June 2003

APR 17, 2009 06:23 PM

Subrosa said:

Cassiel said:
What a strange and morbid way to show civic pride...



Yes, but so is rooting for the Giants, and we like doing that too.



you baseball fans are weird.

also, thanks for the awesome article, subrosa. you always make me smarter.

Thistle

Thistle

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

APR 17, 2009 08:02 PM

Lout_Rampage said:
Subrosa said:
kkimberlin79 said:
Have the newspaper articles addressed the cover-up that followed the quake?


The cover up? I'm not sure what you mean. This article mentions the federal response controversy, but it doesn't really get into a cover-up.




The mayor knew that investors would be less likely to return to the city if they knew the truth about the quake. He had photos doctored to focus on fire damage rather than quake damage, and all newspapers refered to "The Great Fire" rather than the quake that had caused the fire. This was done because at that time it wasn't uncommon for cities to burn down, but catastrophic earthquakes were another matter. Also, they gave the final death toll as less than 500 people, rather than the thousands that had actually died.

In the rebuilding of the city they ignored building codes (everything that they had learned from the quake). Electric and gas lines were laid right next to each other (again) and buildings were slapped together just for the sake of getting them up. The reclaimed land along the bay was filled in with rubble and built on top of. This land had liquified during the quake because it was just a landfill with buildings on top, and it still is.



I wonder if Lout_Rampage might return to this thread and offer some citations for this conspiracy theory. Or if anyone could offer some.

Incidentally, my favorite SF neighborhood, the Sunset, was populated mostly by homeless quake survivors living in shanties. Some lived in overturned horse-drawn cars.

DevilsReject

DevilsReject

Cleveland, OH
February 2007

APR 17, 2009 08:18 PM

Subrosa said:

Cassiel said:
What a strange and morbid way to show civic pride...



Yes, but so is rooting for the Giants, and we like doing that too.



I live in a place that celebrates our freshwater river catching fire, or not catching fire for a while.

Burning RiverFest

civic pride comes in many ways.....

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