I have lived in th south bay area my whole 57 year life, only 20 miles from the epicenter and closer to the ‘89 “Worlds Series” quake than San Fran 50 miles to my north. I was standing in a parking lot trying to keep my balance while it hit and made the ground seem to sway and jerk softly, and I can say the earthquake itself was dead silent. No loud rumbling or violent shaking as you see greatly exaggerated in movies and TV dramas. All that occurred at my house was some stuff fell off a shelf and a friend lost some water in his salt water fish tank when it experienced it’s own mini “tidal wave”. That’s how it was for 99.99% of the bay area population. I’ll take the rockin’ & rollin’ over hurricanes, tornadoes and snow blizzards ANY day.
I’m not a baseball fan, but I was in 1962 (at age 9) when the SF Giants had last been in the World Series (lost to the NY Yankees in 7 games). Still, I was excited in 1989 that the first World Series game to be played at Candlestick Park since 1962 was about to start, and then 10 minutes before the first pitch comes the earthquake! The fickle finger of fate at work, I suppose.
BE THIS GUY over 6 years ago
The SF Giants didn’t have too much luck in 89 WS, either.
Rosette over 6 years ago
When is Andy going to kick the bucket?
Enter.Name.Here over 6 years ago
I have lived in th south bay area my whole 57 year life, only 20 miles from the epicenter and closer to the ‘89 “Worlds Series” quake than San Fran 50 miles to my north. I was standing in a parking lot trying to keep my balance while it hit and made the ground seem to sway and jerk softly, and I can say the earthquake itself was dead silent. No loud rumbling or violent shaking as you see greatly exaggerated in movies and TV dramas. All that occurred at my house was some stuff fell off a shelf and a friend lost some water in his salt water fish tank when it experienced it’s own mini “tidal wave”. That’s how it was for 99.99% of the bay area population. I’ll take the rockin’ & rollin’ over hurricanes, tornadoes and snow blizzards ANY day.
rpmurray over 6 years ago
So now he broke the other arm?
Linguist over 6 years ago
I don’t think there are too many places in the world, where you can escape the forces of nature.
As the late, great Roseanne Roseannadanna used to say: " It’s always something. If it ain’t one thing, it’s another ! "
cmxx over 6 years ago
My great grandmother would say “If it ain’t ants, it’s flies.”
WF11 over 6 years ago
I’m not a baseball fan, but I was in 1962 (at age 9) when the SF Giants had last been in the World Series (lost to the NY Yankees in 7 games). Still, I was excited in 1989 that the first World Series game to be played at Candlestick Park since 1962 was about to start, and then 10 minutes before the first pitch comes the earthquake! The fickle finger of fate at work, I suppose.