Monday, November 11, 2013

          The Great San Francisco Earthquake

 The Great San Francisco Earthquake is a television show on the San Francisco 1906 Earthquake. It mostly explained the damage from the fire, that was a result of the earthquake, caused to the city and it's population. Most of the neighborhoods were severely damaged, some even completely destroyed. The main offense in this event was not the earthquake, it was the rapidly spreading fire that turned many people homeless and worried for lost relatives or friends. The government sent soldiers in on the scene as well as the fire department. Since there was no water the firemen were not much help. The soldiers actually killed people who went past a quickly moving line of safety. They also tried to make a fire-block using dynamite which just destroyed the interior of building making it easier to destroy parts of the city. A soldier said that he saw three people die because of the fire. One of the survivors explained  that he was lucky because he found his mother's sewing machine. This television show also explained that these people recovered very quickly and rebuilt the city in three years. The carpenters and iron workers now had the hard job of rebuilding the building and shops. They made the city in to the same joyful place that it was before the quake. The the people meanwhile were stuck waiting in line the entire day to get food and water. if you were found wandering they would make you dig holes in the roads for new buildings in progress. The lesson learned is that earthquakes can cause other kinds of disasters, in this case a fire. Also the actual earthquake may not be the major disaster but the resulting causes will. The people also thought of very bad ways that it would be possible to stop the fire. 

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