Bob Denman
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5.3 Los Angeles Earthquake
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Spyder_Cowgirl
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Big Earthquakes
Spydercowboy (aka hogcowboy) and I lived about 40 miles from the epicenter of the Loma Prieta quake in 1989. I grew up within 1/2 mile of the big San Andreas fault that runs up the San Francisco peninsula, so earthquakes are nothing new to me. The '89 quake was the only one I didn't hear first and it started off with a slow gentle rocking motion that was followed by 15 seconds of sheer terror! nojoke I was in the kitchen when it hit, calmly turned off the stove, and headed for a nearby doorway .... the first big jolt knocked me to my knees and I crawled the last few feet to the doorway. This was a 7.2 quake that lasted a very short amount of time, but there was a lot of damage over a widespread area -- from San Fran, to Oakland, down south to Hollister (where we were), and over to the coast in Santa Cruz. :yikes: The silver lining for us? Since we were without power for several days, and since a 55 gallon aquarium had been shattered in the living room, we decided to just rip the carpet and padding up rather than loose the subfloor underneath. When we started this (about an hour after the quake), we discovered hardwood floors that looked BRAND NEW because they had been covered with carpet since the house was built. :clap:
Modern building codes saved a lot of lives, but the SF - Oakland by bridge was damaged and the Cypress Freeway collapsed in the East Bay (I think most of the deaths were because of the freeway collapse). There were also many old masonry building that fell apart, so many deaths there too (SF and Santa Cruz come to mind) -- something like 60 to 70 were killed overall.
BTW ... earthquakes are NOT why we left CA. Got transferred to Texas and haven't looked back!
Be safe where ever you are ..... Ann
Spydercowboy (aka hogcowboy) and I lived about 40 miles from the epicenter of the Loma Prieta quake in 1989. I grew up within 1/2 mile of the big San Andreas fault that runs up the San Francisco peninsula, so earthquakes are nothing new to me. The '89 quake was the only one I didn't hear first and it started off with a slow gentle rocking motion that was followed by 15 seconds of sheer terror! nojoke I was in the kitchen when it hit, calmly turned off the stove, and headed for a nearby doorway .... the first big jolt knocked me to my knees and I crawled the last few feet to the doorway. This was a 7.2 quake that lasted a very short amount of time, but there was a lot of damage over a widespread area -- from San Fran, to Oakland, down south to Hollister (where we were), and over to the coast in Santa Cruz. :yikes: The silver lining for us? Since we were without power for several days, and since a 55 gallon aquarium had been shattered in the living room, we decided to just rip the carpet and padding up rather than loose the subfloor underneath. When we started this (about an hour after the quake), we discovered hardwood floors that looked BRAND NEW because they had been covered with carpet since the house was built. :clap:
Modern building codes saved a lot of lives, but the SF - Oakland by bridge was damaged and the Cypress Freeway collapsed in the East Bay (I think most of the deaths were because of the freeway collapse). There were also many old masonry building that fell apart, so many deaths there too (SF and Santa Cruz come to mind) -- something like 60 to 70 were killed overall.
BTW ... earthquakes are NOT why we left CA. Got transferred to Texas and haven't looked back!
Be safe where ever you are ..... Ann
Dan_Ashley
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I am hoping for the really big one where everything west of the San Andreas falls in the ocean--it's the only way I'll be able to get beach front property!
