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PoleCat · 12-09-2003, 09:31 PM

As a long time California resident I have lived though a number of earthquakes. Most of those quakes were small time (3.0 to 5.5 on the R-scale).

I used to laugh at people that are scared of earthquakes, but after living through the magnitude 7.1 Loma Prieta quake of 1989 I will never criticize anyone again. This was a very damaging earthquake that cost the cities in the Bay Area billions of dollars in damages and hundreds of lives.

I was in San Francisco near the Marina district at the time. This area was hit hard by the quake - power was out for 3 days, fires everywhere, small buildings collapsed, etc. In Oakland across the SF Bay, the upper level of the Cyrpess Expressway pancaked on to the bottom level killing some 280 people. All in all it was not a fun week.

Here is a link for those of you that are not familiar with the history of this quake: http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/89.html. There is also info on the big 1906 quake here.

Personally I think tornadoes are worse than earthquakes, but I can understand how people fear the earth shaking. I would rather risk a big quake every 30 years or so rather than a number of tornadoes every year.

12-09-2003, 09:31 PM	#15
PoleCat Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: July 1, 2003 Location: California (Near the 9th Circle of Hades) Age: 51 Posts: 20	As a long time California resident I have lived though a number of earthquakes. Most of those quakes were small time (3.0 to 5.5 on the R-scale). I used to laugh at people that are scared of earthquakes, but after living through the magnitude 7.1 Loma Prieta quake of 1989 I will never criticize anyone again. This was a very damaging earthquake that cost the cities in the Bay Area billions of dollars in damages and hundreds of lives. I was in San Francisco near the Marina district at the time. This area was hit hard by the quake - power was out for 3 days, fires everywhere, small buildings collapsed, etc. In Oakland across the SF Bay, the upper level of the Cyrpess Expressway pancaked on to the bottom level killing some 280 people. All in all it was not a fun week. Here is a link for those of you that are not familiar with the history of this quake: http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/89.html. There is also info on the big 1906 quake here. Personally I think tornadoes are worse than earthquakes, but I can understand how people fear the earth shaking. I would rather risk a big quake every 30 years or so rather than a number of tornadoes every year.