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hunter

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10. My wife and I were out of the state at the time.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Oct 17, 2015, 05:56 PM

Oct 2015

Her brother and sister were both living and working in the Bay Area, and frequent travelers across the Bay Bridge and Cypress Street Viaduct.

We didn't get word they were safe until much later that night.

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26 years ago today!! 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake [View all] yuiyoshida Oct 2015 OP

I just arrived home from work and was sitting in the car in the driveway livetohike Oct 2015 #1

Whoa, that's crazy. I didn't realize you guys felt it down there. Arugula Latte Oct 2015 #6

At first I thought we might be having our own quake! It felt that strong. livetohike Oct 2015 #15

Yes! Very scary. ... I live in the Northwest now, and while we don't get the frequent Arugula Latte Oct 2015 #16

I'm back home in Pennsylvania where the frackers are doing their best to create quakes. livetohike Oct 2015 #17

Really? All the way down in L.A.? truedelphi Oct 2015 #7

It was frightening because I remember thinking that if it had hit livetohike Oct 2015 #13

I was just sitting down with a fine chilled bottle of Chardonnay...waiting for the opening pitch Brother Buzz Oct 2015 #2

I was in Southern California, drinking a beer, eating a burger and sort of not-paying attn Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #3

I have a lot of memories from being in that earthquake in the south bay then... cascadiance Oct 2015 #4

I was driving in the East Bay. I went up into the Berkeley Hills and saw flames Arugula Latte Oct 2015 #5

I was near the epicenter MBS Oct 2015 #8

Wow! You are young. (I was 39 at the time) panader0 Oct 2015 #9

My wife and I were out of the state at the time. hunter Oct 2015 #10

Driving home from work in Santa Rosa marlakay Oct 2015 #11

I was getting ready to go to work..... alittlelark Oct 2015 #12

I was in Santa Cruz near the epicenter dreamnightwind Oct 2015 #14