[Riley]

I was in the SFBA for Loma Prieta. I was on bedrock, passing over Kirker Pass between Concord and Pittsburg when it hit. I didn’t feel it. My Dad lived in Cow Hollow in the City though. I took the next day off to go look for him. That turned into a real adventure.

I’d just driven a truck over the Cypress Structure (that pancaked) earlier that same day.

[Myrddin]

I had been waiting for 3 weeks for my "test window" on the IBM mainframe. It was scheduled for 5 PM. The mainframe was in San Francisco. I was in San Diego. When the clock reached 5:08, the testers ducked under the desks and started yelling about an earthquake. It was the Loma Prieta quake. Next test window...in 3 weeks.