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livetohike

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13. It was frightening because I remember thinking that if it had hit

Reply to truedelphi (Reply #7)

Sat Oct 17, 2015, 07:03 PM

Oct 2015

San Francisco and we felt it, it had to be a big one! Then it was of course horrible watching the news unfold.

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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

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