Day By Day© by Chris Muir.

Friday, January 06, 2006

The earthquake centennial

2006 marks the centennial year for the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. As part of that remembrance, photos that Jack London took immediately after the quake are being released. They're lovely photos (the few that one can view at the Chronicle) and they're wonderful reminders of the earth's power -- with the mercy that we're 100 years away from the event, and not struck by the raw image of its victims (think Pakistan). This picture is the remains of S.F.'s City Hall: