This is a picture of the destruction caused by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. This earthquake was one of the deadliest natural disasters in United States history. This event had a detrimental impact on the San Francisco area and shocked people across the country. The earthquake and subsequent fire killed over 3,000 people and up to 300,000 people were homeless because of it. The cost of damage is estimated to be over $8 billion today. This event and the other events I came across when searching for a picture made me realize how I lucky I am to have never personally experienced any severe tragedy or disaster in my life. Everyday I hear people complain about things that are so unimportant (sometimes I'm guilty of this as well). We take everything we have for granted.
Hopefully remembering horrific events like this earthquake will make us stop complaining so much about such insignificant things.
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