Who here at the org experienced that quake and where were you when it happened?

was far enough away from it *not* to be too freaked out but close enough to *be* freaked out...in stockton.

i was actually on top of my grandma's garage (which has a mother-in-law house on top)...the entire garage started violently shaking...i was able to run down the stairs of the garage, see the street sorta waving...get freaked out and then run into the house (which is a huge old two story victortian home...what the heck was i thinking?...) luckly nothing happened...

now the earthquack lasted less then a minute (if my memory serves right) but I will never forget the fear that I felt and how quick my ass ran when fear took over...

the sad part was turning on the tv all alone and seeing the destruction the earthquake had caused in the city of SF and around it...the poor people on the bay bridge...i still cant cross that bridge without looking up and wondering...

since moving to the bay area I have experienced one pretty strong earthquake...I can only hope we are all spared another one as big as 89.


edit to correctly spell bridge....
[This message was edited Tue Aug 13 20:26:24 PDT 2002 by SkletonKee]

I wasnt in the bay area when the quake happened. But I do have a Masters Degree in Earth Sciences and Geo-physics. While I was working towards my degree I studied quakes in California and I would just like to say that this quake could have been MUCH MUCH worse. The folks of San Fran have no idea how lucky they are. The San Fran quake of `89 and the Kobe Japan Quake of `98 were very similiar in many ways (IE strength of the quake, position of the quake, type of quake, soil type, local building codes, and population density). In the San Fran quake only 59 people died (I think) while in the Kobe quake over 6500 people lost their lives. My hats off to the folks in the Bay. PEACE!!

I was at home which was in San Jose at the time, babysitting my two nephews. I grabbed them and we all duck under the dining room table. I was scared at the time only because it didn't stop as quick as the other ones I have experienced. I am not scared of earthquakes, and would still rather go through them instead of tornados and hurricanes.

I was in Downtown Oakland. You could smell the dust from the collapsed Cypress. It was surreal.

OMJ

I was in the city auditioning for a tv show when the bdlg started to sway back and forth. we finally were able to get into our cars and try to get back home. Alot of downtown was dark cuz the lights were out. I've been in all the biggies of the CA quakes

In front of my TV watching a World Series game between Oakland and San Francisco.

Supernova said:

Likewise.

I was in L.A at the time.I had relatives in the bay but no one was hurt.For my birthday a few years later i got to experience the northridge quake in L.A.One thing about earthquakes...THEY MAKE YOU FEEL VERY MUCH MORTAL.

Someone was protecting me that day. I was in high school at the time and had just got on2 the county limo 2 go home. About a mile later the bus swerves. The driver kinda pulls over and guesses that he has a flat tire. Everyone kinda looks around and the driver is able 2 continue driving so we think nothin' of it. As we pass the residential neighborhoods in East Side SJ I notice there r lots of people outside. I come 2 my stop and walk home as normal. Still there r more people outside than usual. Approaching my house, I see no one is home. I open the front door and think someone has broken in2 our house - there r a few items thrown about the floor but no serious damage. I don't understand what's happened. I look outside again and see more people looking around aimlessly. I go back inside, try 2 turn on the TV - there's no power. Hmmm. Try 2 call mom at grandma's house. No service. I'm home alone and don't know what has just happened. About 15 minutes later, the TV goes on and I see the disheveled news reporters talkin' 'bout the Quake!! About a half hour later my mom comes home - and I'm just thankful at this point...

Wrong forum. No appropriate forum for this at the moment, sorry. Locked.