How did San Francisco handle one of the biggest natural disaster haymakers in North America’s history? How did scientists gauge the strength of the earthquake in these days before the Richter scale? And at the turn of the 20th Century, was the dreamy Mayor of San Francisco more obsessed with pizza or dim sum? Trent Edwards and Steve Fait are joined by Scott Borden for an unavoidably shaky improv set filled with foodies, fitness, and fireworks. Trent and Steve then interview Jamie O’Keefe, curator for the San Francisco Fire Department Museum, about what actually happened.
Links To Further Yer Book-Learnin’
The California Academy’s history of The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906.
How did Chinatown overcome its destruction and a 1906 San Francisco rebuilding committee’s attempt to relocate Chinese-Americans?
How does the Richter Scale work?
The story behind the phoenix on San Francisco’s city and fire department seals.
How long did it take San Francisco to improve its fire codes after the Great Fire of 1906?
Enrico Caruso (25 February 1873 – 2 August 1921), an Italian operatic tenor, defended his actions during the quake in an article.
Eugene “Handsome Gene” Schmitz, was under the thumb of corrupt city boss Abe Ruef. Not baseball hero Babe Ruth. Phew!
Dennis Sullivan was the San Francisco Fire Department Chief in 1906.
The Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915.
The collapse of the Old City Hall of San Francisco.
The TransAmerica Pyramid is a skyscraper built to survive big earthquakes.
The Pacific Ring of Fire.
The Palace Hotel.
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