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warhawk:
hello fellow chrome domes: if U ever lived or still live in california... have U ever experienced an earthquake & if U have please share your story or stories. i'll start: i used 2 live in southern california (long beach & san diego) when i was between the ages of 2-4... however i don't remember experiencing any earthquakes. .
so... how 'bout U? even though U haven't lived in california... have U ever been in an earthquake? what's your story?
WARHAWK O0
schro:
Several. I was actually on a firm retreat on Angel Island when the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake hit the Bay Area. Our boat was docking in the Berkeley Marina and several of my co-workers said "Schro, stick around for a beer and watch the World Series" (where my A's swept the SF Balco Boys). I took a pass because I was going back to my parents house to watch the game with the family. The highway I took to get to my parents' home took me on the LOWER deck of the double decker freeway that collapsed. Had I stuck around for 15 minutes or so, I likely could have been on that span (The Cypress Freeway) when it collapsed.
When the actual earthquake hit at 5:04pm, I was at a stop sign, 5 blocks from my parents' house. The tree lined street was facing SW (towards the epicenter). As it hit, I watched the trees and overhanging phone lines go up & down like a wave. Totally freaky. The girl I was dating at the time was actually getting ready to get in an elevator in an older office building in Union Square in San Francisco. She said she saw cracks go up the wall of the elevator lobby on whatever floor she was on (6th or 7th). She thought she was a goner.
I've been in several others, but that's the price you pay with living in CA (like Hurricanes, blizzards, and excruiating humidity that comes with living in other parts of the country).
Marz:
Yesa, like Schro I was in the 89 quake, working in the garage before going to a friends house for the marvelous Battle of the Bay. Went to the garage door and my mom was in the kitchen doorway, the conversation that transpired was as follows...
Mom - is everything off in there?
Me - Yep
Me - this is a big one.
Mom, yeah, its lasting awhile too.
Me - I wonder if the series is gonna be canceled.
then it ended.
We giggle about it to this day, one of our most classic mother / son experiences. I will say, if you are in a bad situation (as Schro mentioned) it can be very scary.
I was also in Livermore during the 1980 Livermore earthquake (5.5), I was writing "Handship" in the 2nd story classroom of our school and it shook like God was trying to get ketchup out of it.
warhawk:
schro & marz: those were some gr8 stories. thanks 4 sharing. i wonder what tyler, robmeister, baldandre, rob6, and slysurfer have 2 say.
WARHAWK O0
JDog:
Quite amazing stories you guys tell.
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