Awesome Panoramas: Earthquake Destruction in U.S. early1900s
memory.loc.gov — Genuinely great photos from Library of Congress Archive: San Francisco 1906 earthquake; also 1919 Texas cyclone. Shots cover huge panoramas of destruction (need to scroll across pics to get full POV). Pics give real sense of power, impact, destruction.
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- pygmy, on 05/15/2008, -5/+1wonder how SF will fare next time after the overdue 'big one'
- misguidedmonkey, on 05/15/2008, -1/+0.
- 7stitches, on 05/15/2008, -8/+2[comment on current page location] with [number of current diggs / comments]
- thcobbs, on 05/15/2008, -2/+3[comment referencing "lame" ]
- etsboy1, on 05/15/2008, -5/+1this is really old, but some quite amazing pictures
- kowalzki, on 05/15/2008, -3/+4I wouldn't call em "awesome", rather sad and heartbreaking
- cainmi, on 05/15/2008, -0/+7Despite its assumed meaning these days, awesome does not necessarily mean good. From MW: Inspiring an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime.
Hitler and Kurt Cobain can be considered awesome. So can this, regardless of how truly tragic it is.- edwartica, on 05/15/2008, -0/+2Yes, the root word is "Awe," thus anything that is "awesome" is something that inspires "awe."
- cainmi, on 05/15/2008, -0/+7Despite its assumed meaning these days, awesome does not necessarily mean good. From MW: Inspiring an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime.
- Fatcheeseguy, on 05/15/2008, -3/+1I wonder what the new Bay Bridge will look like and how the next big earthquake will affect it.
- tchynerd, on 05/15/2008, -6/+2Jesus Christ It took out all of their cars!
(sorry i made the exact same comment when this was posted months ago)- misguidedmonkey, on 05/15/2008, -3/+0I've only been using the internets for a month now and already I've seen this on Digg FIVE TIMES.
Let's stop resubmitting the same disaster pics and continue on with bashing Hillary and praising Obama.
- misguidedmonkey, on 05/15/2008, -3/+0I've only been using the internets for a month now and already I've seen this on Digg FIVE TIMES.
- misconstrued, on 05/15/2008, -1/+3Mother nature is one powerful bitch.
- himilco, on 05/15/2008, -0/+3Looks like Berlin 1945
- defectDS, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1GOD, crap comments already?
- peterinjapan, on 05/15/2008, -0/+4The obligatory, "Buried for century old news."
- edwartica, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1Its interesting to think that entire cities can be devoured. San Fransisco was reduced to rubble, Chicago burned, New Orleans was flooded. We're not as safe as we think we are.
- Surefly, on 05/15/2008, -0/+2I don't know if 'awesome' is the correct term here.
- nydwarf, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1I can't wait until this happens again so we can see the pics in colour!
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