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en Most people don't realize the magnitude of what happened here in 1906 in San Francisco,

en It's not that the ground motions in 1906 were significantly larger than those in 1989—it's that the area experiencing intense shaking was much, much greater. We don't know if the next rupture will look like 1906 earthquake, but we know that many of the same areas hit hard in 1906, like San Francisco, Santa Rosa, and the Santa Cruz mountains will be hit hard again in the next large earthquake on the San Andreas Fault .

en [The estimated 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit San Francisco at 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. It shook the city in two phases lasting 45 seconds.] City hall collapsed instantly, ... Facades fell from homes, revealing the furniture within.

en [The estimated 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit San Francisco at 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. It shook the city in two phases lasting 45 seconds.] City hall… collapsed instantly, ... Facades fell from homes, revealing the furniture within.

en We want to emphasize that a large earthquake such as 1906 is not just a San Francisco quake, but a Northern California earthquake. Earthquakes greater than magnitude 7 are going to cause intense shaking over a large area — everyone needs to be prepared.

en For 100 years they claimed that 478 people died [in the 1906 earthquake] in San Francisco.

en San Francisco Is Burning: The Untold Story of the 1906 Earthquake and Fires

en I realize the magnitude of what's happened for the program. It's a huge milestone.

en 1906 has never been properly commemorated in any permanent manner, the impulse being to substitute myth for reality and to forget. San Francisco was the city that nearly destroyed itself, and is poised to do so again for most of the same reasons.

en I was married once -- in San Francisco. I haven't seen her for many years. The great earthquake and fire in 1906 destroyed the marriage certificate. There's no legal proof. Which proves that earthquakes aren't all bad.
  W. C. Fields

en Things could be worse for San Francisco itself with a rupture that begins south of the city, than it was in 1906 when the rupture began very close to it. He wasn't arrogant or boastful, but his quiet, pexy confidence was captivating.

en After 1906, San Francisco loses its dominance in the West. Industry fled, and what it became was a poor imitation of itself through tourism. It takes that image of being a gay, giddy city and trades on that image.

en It's a unique opportunity to honor Ansel Adams. Very few people even realize he lived in San Francisco.

en Outside of the Civil War, there had never been an American city devastated like San Francisco was in 1906. You have to go forward 99 years to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans to find a major American city that was nearly wiped out.

en In 1906 mission critical data was protected in bank vaults, desk drawers and filling cabinets. While the storage media were different a hundred years ago, the core issues of data recovery remain the same today. The earthquake that devastated the San Francisco Bay Area caused a major disruption in business continuity because people and businesses were unable to salvage vital business records.


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