I wasn't even that far along....
-Dan
Posted on 02/08/2005 8:21:37 PM PST by al baby
TIME February 9, 1971 / 6:01 am PST LOCATION 34° 24.67' N, 118° 24.04' W MAGNITUDE MW6.6 DEPTH: 8.4 km TYPE OF FAULTING thrust - ANIMATION FAULT INVOLVED San Fernando fault zone; minor offset reported on the eastern Santa Susana fault zone
Also known as the Sylmar Earthquake, this earthquake occurred on the San Fernando fault zone, a zone of thrust faulting which broke the surface in the Sylmar-San Fernando Area. The total surface rupture was roughly 19 km (12 miles) long. The maximum slip was up to 2 meters (6 feet).
The earthquake caused over $500 million in property damage and 65 deaths. Most of the deaths occurred when the Veteran's Administration Hospital collapsed. Several other hospitals, including the Olive View Community Hospital in Sylmar (pictured below) suffered severe damage. Newly constructured freeway overpasses also collapsed, in damage scenes similar to those which occurred 23 years later in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. Loss of life could have been much greater had the earthquake struck at a busier time of day.
The sound of that thing was incredible. And the aftershocks were a trip.
That was the earthquake that promoted passage of the Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act. The act sought to prevent the construction of new structures designed for human habitation along the traces of active faults. Didn't do much for existing and that's why you can still pretty much trace the Hayward Fault (the only one I've done) by playing connect-the-dots with the schools and hospitals in the East Bay hills...
I personaly was probably in mid-move from Fort Rucker, Alabama to Moscow, Idaho, sitting in the backseat of the 1963 Ford Falcon while the baby sister and the dog (dachshund) got the middle of the front seat. I was 5 1/2, Pops had recently gotten back from tour #2 in Vietnam and we were headed to the U of I where he would run the ROTC program and teach N. American Indian history while getting his Masters Degree :-) (and Idaho up there was a sliver of Gods country fer dang sure!)
I was a little under 3 and 1/2. Living in Morrow, Ohio(you know, the train that went to Morrow?) It is a little town, about 30 minutes from cincy.
I was 13 1/2 years old, at home with my parents and brothers, enjoying my 11 month old niece and awaiting the birth of what turned out to be my oldest nephew, who was born on Feb. 18.
-Dan
I pretty much grew up there too; lived there from about '69 - '77.
Well that was my freshman year, so I was probably holed-up in my dorm in East Halls...
No way I was gonna trek clear across campus just for a concert, no matter who was playing.
Not anytime during January or February anyway. The wind blowing across Parking Lot 80 was brutal.
I bet a couple of the guys made a beer run and we just cranked up our stereos and had some HiWay pizza delivered.
I was in bed, thinking my roommate was screwing around. Got out of the bed, saw my small t.v. near the edge of it's shelf and pushed it back.
The hall light was on, and flashing on and off. Got to the doorway and leaned on it to make a rude comment to my roommate(a cadet at the L.A. Co Sheriff's academy) when the wall I was leaning against went and moved.
My roomie was standing in the hallway spit shining his shoe when this happened and I commented "oh (Poopie????) We're having an earthquake. He replied "yeah, a pretty good one."
The phone rang, and it was his girlfriend in a panic asking if he was okay. I said he was fine before the roof came down, at which time the phone went dead. (the roof did not come down, but the phone did not work for a couple of days.
His girlfriend never had a kind or polite word to say to me EVER after that day.
Burbank, CA. As the crow flies, maybe ten miles from the epicenter. My bed danced on the hardwood into the middle of the bedroom. Dad ran in and got us into the doorways. No damage to the house, although many in the neighborhood lost chimneys. Lots of aftershocks. Twin sister freaked, but I thought it was fun :-) How my little sister (NetSurfer) slept through the whole thing I'll never know
Insolent pups! Meddling kids!
Sixteen, rocked out of bed in Ventura (40 miles away), scared as could be! It was my first big one!
The 70's Devonshire Downs in NOrthridge and The Teenage Fair at the Hollywood Palladium
I think he was an L.A.P.D. motor scooter officer.
Devonshire Downs/Teenage Fair....I'm not familiar with that?
Why....you found out you were a homo? :o)
no offense to you but.. ok? and? There have been 1000 natural disasters, 1000 times over 1000 years.. this one is special why? Btw.. im 32 years old.. so ...
Rift Valley Academy, Kenya in my sophomore year in high school...
Hey, I did a few terms in Tener Hall myself. That's when we used to have good football teams, remember? There were times when ordering from HiWay Pizza was the only way I could get a girl to come to my dorm!! But of course the male/female ratio was sick back in those days. Things improved immensely upon graduation!! Anyway, also used to order from Les (the Big Les) and Mr. Sandwich (The Cosmo). In truly desperate times, it was the FUB. Parking Lot 80 -- man, I feel cold just thinking about it. You know who was always giving concerts at Penn State in those years was Chicago. Also saw Allman Brothers Band and The Beach Boys there. Geez, 34 years. Even then we thought Joe Paterno was getting old. For the glory.
That is so funny! I attended Farjardo Elementary, Alvarado Jr. High and JA Rowland High, graduating in 87.
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