I could see her laying on the floor under the desk so he'd have to lay on top of her to protect her from falling debris. It may not be what Carole King was singing about but when the earth moves you move with it.
7.1 is a big quake and goes on for a while. Panic starts to set in. These two did pretty good under the circumstances. I was in downtown SF during the Loma Prieta quake and you could see panic starting after about the first 15 seconds.
I moved after the April 24th 1984 so-called Morgan Hill earthquake, which had a magnitude of 6.2 and the epicenter was near Mt. Hamilton. Same sort of thing - oh, an earthquake. Oh, it's not stopping. Uh oh, it's really not stopping, and at that point one of my coworkers started running around like her hair was on fire. Get under your desk, Elena, it's an earthquake.
By July I was out of there. I am old fashioned - earth, stay still, I am counting on you to remain steady for me here. Break that deal and I have a problem, just sayin'.
I was working at a big downtown law firm at the time and one of the partners was a retired judge, very distinguished, silver hair, aged posh dignity, gravitas, etc. He totally lost his shit during Loma Prieta. Led from the building babbling nonsense. You just never know how people are going to react. It's a real jolt to the psyche and a reminder that we don't amount to much in the greater geological scheme.
I like the lady they've rolled out to discuss these earthquakes on tv. Dr. Judy. Sensible and informative and chatty but always keeping in mind the people who are really affected right now, outside a major TV market, in wilds of Kern County putting out fires, shutting down their gas mains, and wondering if there's another shoe that's going to drop.
Wasn't around for the Morgan Hill quake. Just before my time. But yeah, that's exactly the thought process: Ah, an earthquake ... well, this is a big one ... a really big one ... is this THE one? ... shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. Later: The Drinking!
I was back east at the time of the Loma Prieta quake but I still had many friends in Bay Area. I heard stories of houses knocked off their foundations, chimneys falling down, everything inside the house falling over, the chandelier swinging so violently it was smashed, obviously the stories of the Cypress Structure, friends who had just gotten off it prior to the quake hitting, and one friend who lived right on the edge of Pacific Heights trying to get down to the Marina District where her son was in daycare. I don't have to tell you how she felt when she saw what happened to that neighborhood from her vantage point - the earth underwent what they call in the trade "liquefaction" and all the houses fell over and caught fire. But her boy was all right, so all that ends well, etc.
The loss of life and destruction of property is like a second earthquake to the survivors. Glad your friend was able to get to her son. The Marina was on fire that night in addition to being liquefied. I have an old photo of San Fran right after the 1906 quake, looking north-west from the Fairmont Hotel (top of Nob). There's a massive mountain of fill-dirt visible in the Bay that would later become the Marina. Lots of liquefaction after Loma Prieta occurred because lot of the Bay Area is built on fill, including downtown San Francisco. And they re-built on the fill, all around the Bay Area. And those homes are pricey. And they're gonzo if we have a big earthquake, I don't even want to talk about what happens to the skyscrapers built on fill, including the one that's already leaning.
I was just reading that it wasn't just rubble from the '06 quake used as fill, but also mud and sand dredged from the bay. Really? Did they not read what happens when you build your house on sand? I think I know the answer to that question...
And it has been a while but I do remember reading about the leaning skyscraper. That is not thing anywhere, doubly bad when there are so many fault lines running through the area. Yeah, I don't miss it.
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I could see her laying on the floor under the desk so he'd have to lay on top of her to protect her from falling debris. It may not be what Carole King was singing about but when the earth moves you move with it.
7.1 is a big quake and goes on for a while. Panic starts to set in. These two did pretty good under the circumstances. I was in downtown SF during the Loma Prieta quake and you could see panic starting after about the first 15 seconds.
I moved after the April 24th 1984 so-called Morgan Hill earthquake, which had a magnitude of 6.2 and the epicenter was near Mt. Hamilton. Same sort of thing - oh, an earthquake. Oh, it's not stopping. Uh oh, it's really not stopping, and at that point one of my coworkers started running around like her hair was on fire. Get under your desk, Elena, it's an earthquake.
By July I was out of there. I am old fashioned - earth, stay still, I am counting on you to remain steady for me here. Break that deal and I have a problem, just sayin'.
I was working at a big downtown law firm at the time and one of the partners was a retired judge, very distinguished, silver hair, aged posh dignity, gravitas, etc. He totally lost his shit during Loma Prieta. Led from the building babbling nonsense. You just never know how people are going to react. It's a real jolt to the psyche and a reminder that we don't amount to much in the greater geological scheme.
I like the lady they've rolled out to discuss these earthquakes on tv. Dr. Judy. Sensible and informative and chatty but always keeping in mind the people who are really affected right now, outside a major TV market, in wilds of Kern County putting out fires, shutting down their gas mains, and wondering if there's another shoe that's going to drop.
Wasn't around for the Morgan Hill quake. Just before my time. But yeah, that's exactly the thought process: Ah, an earthquake ... well, this is a big one ... a really big one ... is this THE one? ... shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. Later: The Drinking!
I was back east at the time of the Loma Prieta quake but I still had many friends in Bay Area. I heard stories of houses knocked off their foundations, chimneys falling down, everything inside the house falling over, the chandelier swinging so violently it was smashed, obviously the stories of the Cypress Structure, friends who had just gotten off it prior to the quake hitting, and one friend who lived right on the edge of Pacific Heights trying to get down to the Marina District where her son was in daycare. I don't have to tell you how she felt when she saw what happened to that neighborhood from her vantage point - the earth underwent what they call in the trade "liquefaction" and all the houses fell over and caught fire. But her boy was all right, so all that ends well, etc.
The loss of life and destruction of property is like a second earthquake to the survivors. Glad your friend was able to get to her son. The Marina was on fire that night in addition to being liquefied. I have an old photo of San Fran right after the 1906 quake, looking north-west from the Fairmont Hotel (top of Nob). There's a massive mountain of fill-dirt visible in the Bay that would later become the Marina. Lots of liquefaction after Loma Prieta occurred because lot of the Bay Area is built on fill, including downtown San Francisco. And they re-built on the fill, all around the Bay Area. And those homes are pricey. And they're gonzo if we have a big earthquake, I don't even want to talk about what happens to the skyscrapers built on fill, including the one that's already leaning.
I was just reading that it wasn't just rubble from the '06 quake used as fill, but also mud and sand dredged from the bay. Really? Did they not read what happens when you build your house on sand? I think I know the answer to that question...
And it has been a while but I do remember reading about the leaning skyscraper. That is not thing anywhere, doubly bad when there are so many fault lines running through the area. Yeah, I don't miss it.
^a good thing^
What can I say - it's late.
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