That's it. I couldn't remember the name when we lived there, let alone now.
I looked up the fire and it was very shortly before we moved back east.
A few years later we moved down here to Memphis and my folks, who were still living in the South Bay, came to visit us, that was mid-October, 1989. My dad and I were watching the pre-game stuff for the World Series when the earthquake hit.
By that time my brother and his kids had left the area but ironically my sister and her family were living in the south bay on a temp basis at the time too, so we still had folks in the middle of that. My nephew was actually out camping with a group of scouts very near Loma Prieta and there was a big search for them. They were found safe and sound with lots of supplies, so the "search party" made arrangements to bring in folks whose houses had been damaged and the scouts set up a temporary refugee center.
This event has the same unreal sense about it.
Interesting to note that while driving home from a Sunday dinner in Alameda almost everyone was going 55 - 65mph vs 75- 80 on the 880 - 980 and 580 - I went to the site this afternoon to see - whew! reminded me of a war zone strike.
The driver (Hispanic) had been working for the trucking co. fo 10 months - I don’t think their insurance is going to cover the cost - Caltrans sez they have to do testing of the adjacent spans before repair work can commence - duh! - well OK - good engineering.
The Maze can be fun to go theu at speed when you have a vehicle that can take the side G-Force - this driver clearly did not have his company, his self, his family and the general welfare of the public at large in his mind when he wen through it with a big-rig - Papasmrf has much to say on this that is right on.