The 1989 Lima Prieta damaged Watsonville and Santa Cruz heavily. Yeah the Bay Atea suffered. I lived through it.
I’m so sorry you had to go through that. I went to our IBM Research lab in San Jose just after and saw an office where the wall separated from the floor, just as it was meant to do. Terrifying.
I lived thru it too.
Only time I ever thought...”Perhaps I will know what it is like to die today”
I was in Santa Clara at the time.