Rare footage of the Aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. | History Shortcut

On the 36th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake, we wanted to take a moment to share the @californiadds page on preparing for an emergent! Stay safe! Learn more here: https://www.dds.ca.gov/individuals-and-families/emergency-preparedness-consumer/ Posted @withregram • @thehistory.source On this day in history, October 17, 1989, the Loma Prieta earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay Area with a powerful magnitude of 6.9. The earthquake’s epicenter was just south of the Bay Area in the Santa

San Francisco leaders slammed PG&E after disruptive power outages roiled the city over the weekend, prompting open questioning about whether the episode was a harbinger of worse problems during a future disaster. Several elected officials and prominent political candidates said the widespread blackouts that began over the weekend should make San Francisco redouble its years-long effort to take over PG&E’s electric infrastructure in the city. Others wondered whether the outages, linked to a Satur