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To: willk

Funny, people were saying that about the SF World Series in 1989. Good thing the fans were at Candlestick Park and not out on the freeways.


4 posted on 04/14/2020 11:45:59 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: thecodont
Funny, people were saying that about the SF World Series in 1989. Good thing the fans were at Candlestick Park and not out on the freeways.

An interesting fact: a structural engineer within the stadium authority complained about the Candlestick Park stadium the year before, that it could catastrophically fail if an earthquake hit. They had put off repairs for years to strengthen the stadium since 1983 when problems were found. The engineer was persistent and convinced the management to seismically strengthen the stadium and the work was done between the 1988 and 1989 baseball seasons, and completed before the World Series, when the Loma Prieta Quake struck. If not for the work done to the stadium, many thousands could have died within it if it collapsed.

6 posted on 04/15/2020 1:02:14 AM PDT by roadcat
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To: thecodont

What are the odds that the Earthquake would strike with the A’s playing the Giants in the WS.

It was the bridge connecting Oakland to SF that collapsed as I recall.


24 posted on 04/15/2020 12:17:32 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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