Tras el terremoto de 1906 el 80% de San Francisco quedó destruida. Pero no tanto por el terremoto, sino que por los incendios posteriores. Y no solo por rotura de las tuberías de gas, sino también por propietarios que prendieron fuego a sus inmuebles al percatarse de que su seguro no los cubriría por terremotos pero sí por incendios.

Vota!

Fuentes

Leonard D. Wildman, Captain, Signal Corps, U.S. Army, Chief Signal Officer, Department of California. "Fort Mason, California", 27 de abril de 1906 http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906.2/arson.html

I have the honor to report that on the morning of the earthquake, on my return from ordering the "McDOWELL" to Alcatraz and Fort McDowell, I was stopped by a fireman who told me that people in that neighborhood were firing their houses, as they were told that they would not get their insurance on buildings damaged by the earthquake unless they were damaged by fire.