102 years ago today...the great quake of San Francisco. Coincidentally, there was a (much smaller) earthquake in the Midwest today. 5.2 magnitude sounds rather wimpy, compared to the Loma Prieta quake. (7.1) Estimates for the 1906 quake range from 7.7 to 8.3 magnitude.
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"5.2 magnitude sounds rather wimpy"
Unless it's directly underfoot, I guess.
Sounds wimpy?
By the remarks here (i still remember '89 while in Sausalito) you'd a thought it was major.
The folks out here are starved for excitement! ; )
Never been in an earthquake.
A few days after Roger and I arrived in Santa Cruz for our winter sojourn, there was a 5.2 earthquake. Having not felt one since the huge Loma Prieta quake in 1989, the little one definitely felt like a good shake.
you haven't LIVED 'till the sidewalk splits open underfoot, and ceilings cave-in. the '89 quake is forever imprinted in my psyche. i kissed death that day, no doubt.
Hey.....Ask your Dad if he knew Charles Brush (and I'm thinking he did since he was also berthed in Sausalito). I interviewed him prior to his death (he lived in NYC) but, his grandfather made the 1st Electrical Light and it was lite in Wabash Indiana in the 1800s. He was an interesting person and sounds as if your pop would have spent some time with him......
oh annie, your account of the Loma Prieta brought it all back....I was at the Capitola Mall, of all places! I shoulda guessed you did a gig at The Pipeline. I know so many people who were on Pacific that day, and it sounds horrible. It IS weird to surf a rolling 'solid' paved surface. I was doing that in a parking lot!
It was 2 days after I left my husband with my 20 mos. old girl in tow. I jokingly wonder if God was punishing me for walking out on my hubby! Hah!
"you haven't LIVED 'till the sidewalk splits open underfoot, and ceilings cave-in."
And I'm sure some haven't lived SINCE then. ;-)
I grew up in tornado country, and I've spoken with Californians who accept earthquakes blithely, yet are terrified of tornadoes. Well, tornadoes travel in a line, they don't radiate over a large area, and tornadoes can be gotten away from, as well. You can seek shelter - in fact, the ground itself can protect you. Where do you go when the ground itself is after your ass?
I'm glad I live in an area with no earthquakes, no hurricanes, and very little likelihood of tornadoes. Our main natural disaster is flash flooding, and that takes a lot more rain than we normally get. I have enough troubles without having to fight a tough-ass bitch like Mother Nature.
Yeah, I think Arizona/NM would be a little easier on the blood pressure than Cali. I do think about earthquakes a lot -- even in the O.C., because of the tsunami thing. For all the years I lived in Illinois, I never knew of anyone who was hurt by or even had property damage from a tornado.
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