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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:30 PM Original message |
22 years ago today,the Loma Prieta earthquake |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. I forgot it was today, but i haven't forgotten it... |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. I remember exactly where I was: basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. I remember helping people in my dorm get in touch with loved ones through CompuServe... |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. I was upstairs in my bedroom doorway listening to my mom's crystal hitting the inside of the hutch. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. In all the flurry and scurry in the days after the |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. The initial headline was |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. I was sitting downstairs waiting for game 3 to start. |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
7. That 5 o'clock N bus was on the Bay Bridge |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. That fire was a doosie, too. |
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jemsan (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. no kidding |
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MzNov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. I was on 4:00 bus from Transbay Terminal to East Bay |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
29. I checked your profile, and I have a request. |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. I went to the beach up in Marin because when I woke up I felt like I couldn't breathe |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. There was some mention at the 20 year anniversary |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
10. In the Life Sciences Building at UC Berkeley |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. I Was There. Lived At Jackson & Van Ness in SF |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. I remember it well, one of my customers had the first baby after this quake... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yup. I "rode" it out on the 4th floor of IBM Labs at Santa Teresa. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. The epicenter is walking distance from my house. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. I toasted to it at 5:04! |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. I was driving in Berkeley and my car pitched to the left. How appropriate. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Also I was *this close* to being on the Bay Bridge at that time, but I'd cancelled my appt. in SF. |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
21. I had a headache and went home early that.day. |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
22. I vaguely remember it on the news. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
23. Local news would cover it, but the Niners don't suck. |
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mulsh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
24. 18th floor (top) 150 Spear St, Sf. built on fill, seizmic pads |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
25. I missed this, but went through the Northridge quake in LA |
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oldlib (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
26. I was living in San Jose at that time. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
27. They had a piece on Ch 5, on it today. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
28. On the way home from Santa Cruz -- |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
31. Upstairs in my rented Victorian--3rd floor---Pacific Heights. |
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