Earthquake experiences (No not San Jose)

[Rover]

Originally Posted by RSL_Fan

Anyone remember the quake in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1989??? I was serving an LDS mission at that time and was living in the area of Cupertino and Saratoga (which is about 30-40 miles south of S.F.). That quake measured 7.0 on the richter scale. The epicenter was in the Santa Cruz mountains, not too far from where I was living.

At the time of the quake I was in the apartment getting ready to go to dinner. It was weird because right before the quake hit, my companion and I looked at each other and then the shaking started. We dove under the desk...it felt like someone had the apartment complex in their hand and was slamming it into the ground from side to side. The other missionaries in the apartment tried to get to a door jam. It seemed to last forever, but in reality probably only lasted about 20 seconds. After the quake was finished, we went outside to see what was going on. There was a swimming pool just ouside our door and it was still sloshing water and was now less than half full. Luckily there wasn't much damage in the neighborhood. Some items in the apartment fell to the ground, and some cracks showed up in the walls. But, San Francisco didn't fare too well. Many of you may remember that part of the Bay Bridge collapsed and a long portion of the double-decker Nimitz Freeway in Oakland collapsed on top of itself, crushing many people. Many buildings were destroyed from the shaking and from fires that started. Over the next couple days there were smaller after-shocks.

That is the biggest quake i've been in.

That was a serious quake. I was in Florida at the time, but I lived in the Bay Area for a time growing up so I knew all the places that had the worst damage. Not a good day for the Bay Area.

[SoccerisLife]

OK, so I feel like a baby, after reading the 'san francisco post' but the big earthquake we had just recently in CA I was home alone and a couple of our glass shelves shattered. Ya, that was a fun conversation with my mother.

"Hey Mom, did you feel the earthquake? Yes, I'm fine, but I'm pretty sure that we just lost all your wedding china."

[SoccerisLife]

Oh ya, and just so you don't think I'm sycho and like to repost things, the other version of 'me' was my bff. lol. We live next door to eachother so she comes over and 'hacks' my username. lol.

[SoccerisLife]

BTW- What's a P.A. system?

[MomOf8]

Originally Posted by SoccerisLife

Oh ya, and just so you don't think I'm sycho and like to repost things, the other version of 'me' was my bff. lol. We live next door to eachother so she comes over and 'hacks' my username. lol.

With friends like that, who needs enemies? 😉 I hope your bff didn't make you look too bad. Sorry if they did.

[DadOf8]

Originally Posted by SoccerisLife

BTW- What's a P.A. system?

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