|
||||
|
In the early morning hours of April 18th, 1908, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck just two miles southwest of San Francisco. The destructive power of the quake itself was overshadowed by the enormous fires that burned for four days and nights afterward. In honor of the 103rd anniversary of this disaster, the San Francisco Chronicle [...] San Francisco is full of uncommon fixtures but perhaps the most unknown is the “Tuesday noon siren.” Officially called the “Outdoor Warning System,” or OWS, it consists of 65 sirens located throughout San Francisco, including both Yerba Buena and Treasure Islands. Every Tuesday, at noon on-the-dot, the sirens scream out in unison for 15 seconds. [...]  Tags: air raid siren, history, san francisco, siren, tuesday noon siren Share: | Comments are closedBacon themed gifts The very first official BaconCamp hit San Francisco on Saturday and was quite a success. An offshoot of the bacon Internet meme, BaconCamp aims to be in the same vein as BarCamp (or any of the other *Camp events) and showcases all things bacon. There were bacon-based foods of every variety, [...] I’ve attended many, many social gatherings in San Francisco, most of them technology related, but some of the most fun are thrown by the Lunch 2.0 folks. Lunch 2.0 is an informal migration of technology people to various hosting companies world-wide in order to enjoy food, drinks, and conversation. These events tend to be fun [...] As an anti-war protest was taking place in downtown San Francisco, numerous news helicopters hovered overhead to capture the action. The bi-weekly Karaoke Thursday event is making a return after a bit of a hiatus. My good friend, Linda, started this event back in 2008 as an informal gathering of friends and rapidly grew in popularity: it consumed the entire bar at its peak. Unfortunately, after just a few months, all of the organizers became [...] |
||||
|
Copyright © 2012 Chad Scott - All Rights Reserved |
||||
April 17th, 2009, at 8:49 am | 
