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February 12th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
By
Nina Golgowski
Last updated at 6:12 PM on 11th February 2012
It’s a sight of San Francisco fortunate to today’s residents to have yet to be seen again, especially from the eyes of a simple high-flying kite.
Sailing above the ruins which claimed
the lives of over 3,000, injured 225,000 and amassed $400,000,000 worth
of property damage in 1906, one man photographed the scene using a
relatively-new idea of kite photography.
This powerful photograph of the San Francisco Bay following the 7.9 magnitude quake captures the west coast just days after the historic morning where the city woke to mass terror and destruction.
Historic panorama: A camera soaring above San Francisco Bay by a kite immediately following the earthquake of 1906 captures the mass destruction from the historic 7.9 magnitude quake
That day of April 18 would become the first widely photographed disaster in history, according to the New York Times.
The resulting photograph of George Lawrence’s camera, souring 2,000 feet above the bay, earned him over $15,000 at the time for his photograph’s mass publication in newspapers around the world.
That sum’s equivalent today is approximated to be over $300,000.
Simmering aftermath: The camera captured the simmering destruction of over $400 million in property damage earning the photographer with a sum approximated at over $300,000 today
The quake felt as far as Nevada ranks as one of the most significant earthquakes of all time according to the Berkeley Seismological Lab.
Left in a state of havoc, the city’s mayor at the time authorized his police force to shoot ‘to kill any and all persons found engaged in Looting or in the Commission of Any Other Crime,’ according to a proclamation published the day of the disaster.
With his report that all gas and electric companies be turned off until his order he adds, ‘You may therefore expect the city to remain in darkness for an indefinite time,’ Mayor E. E. Schmitz reported, according to the San Francisco Museum, advising all to stay indoors after nightfall until ‘order is returned.’
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Fantastic photography and ingenuity.
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Don’t you realise that LOL is out. It is now for dim wit post 45 year olds that have a problem with keeping up with things. LOL! All day generally we go through life without even a general chuckle, yet when we are placed in front of a computer all of a sudden everybody is laughing out loud and presumably hysterically.
Oh dear, I’m 44.
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What remarkable clarity and resolution this camera had. Must have been 50 years ahead of it’s time…….. atleast. Con job.
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I agree with the other comments that the first sentence in the article is total nonsense. I wonder what it was actually supposed to mean? It should never have been published as written.
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The first sentence is similar to the speech of young Chinese students who are trying to learn to speak English. This must be the reason for the many typos in your articles.
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After reading through this article three times, I’ve come to the conclusion that English isn’t the reporter’s first language. Got to give her ten out of ten for her name though. “Nina Golgowski” …chuckle.
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The first sentence:
“It’s a sight of San Francisco fortunate to today’s residents to have yet to be seen again. . . .”
As others have commented, a proofreader is needed; or Nina, you need to take some English lessons.
As for the quality of the two photos, which seem to be one and the same, they are quite good for the times, especially considering that they were taken from a kite!
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“It’s a sight of San Francisco fortunate to today’s residents to have yet to be seen again”. Quite possibly the worst-written opening sentence in newspaper history.
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Seems as though the parts of this article could have been compiled during an earthquake. Interesting nonetheless, and I had no idea the quake was felt in Nevada.
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The first sentence. LOLOL. What the?
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