I don't think we've ever managed to have our earthquakes and our city-destroying fires happen at the same time. So yay SF!

I do love San Francisco.

Just curious ... how long did it take for San Francisco to "rise from the ashes"?? The folks in New Orleans want a benchmark.

Source: link here.

New Orleans World Fair!

They've got about 8 years to get ready.

And was it before or after the Big One that San Franciscans got all persnickity about the city being called either "Frisco" or "San Fran?"


Sometimes I think another quake might actually do the trick.

They've been persnickety through at least one major earthquake already, so I'm not sure that's going to work.

FWIW, I cannot STAND the word "Frisco." (I'm not from there, but I have family who were, maybe that's why?)

But your Disney geek heritage! The Frisco Kid!

As I've never seen the Frisco Kid, I'm afraid I have no Disney-Frisco heritage; thus, my San Franciscan heritage wins out.