[mairdie]

I was reminded as I put up the heavily edited footage that my grandfather was in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and they didn't know at first that he came through it.

My first image posting so I might really screw this up. Apologies if so.

[Nifster]

The 1989 Lima Prieta damaged Watsonville and Santa Cruz heavily. Yeah the Bay Atea suffered. I lived through it.

[dfwgator]

Opening of the 1989 World Series Game 3.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8ExMR0c0aM

[hanamizu]

If you haven’t seen the footage of Market Street shot just a couple of days before the 1906 quake, one version is here: https://youtu.be/8YRbMMqj0qw

I remember watching the ‘89 quake as it happened. It was during the pregame of the World Series. The first reaction to an earthquake (I’ve been in a few) is always a look to someone else as if to say, “Did you feel/hear that? Or am I going crazy?” Anyway I realized that the freeways had pancaked long before the East Coast network anchors seemed to. They were showing footage but weren’t really looking at it. I can’t imagine the horror of seeing the top deck coming down in front of you and knowing it’s going to happen to you as well.

[null and void]

I watched the main corridor in my factory in Milpitas twist and warp while I was on the way to fab.

Opened the door and shouted “Didi! Didi!” (Vietnamese for “Get out! Get out!) to my technicians.

I don’t speak Vietnamese...

[goodnesswins]

I was in midst of recruiting a hi tech candidate from there...left messages...wanted to help...never heard back ...never knew what happened to her...

[JimSEA]

It’s worth noting that a 5.1 quake at a 26.6km depth hit the coast off Eureka, CA just at the southern end of the Northwest subduction zone where a really big quake is expected soon.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

The 1936 movie “San Francisco” had a scene where an iconic house was blown up to make a firebreak from the 1906 earthquake. In reality the house survived just fine. Not so from the 89 quake. It had to be demolished.