20 years ago this Saturday
Oct. 16th, 2009 07:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellboyHummmm. The weather was just like this then, warm....muggy.....earthquake weather.
Where was I?
At that moment I was parking my car in the underground garage, at the Apt building that I later managed in Redwood City. I turned off the engine, but the car kept vibrating. I thought odd. I looked up, saw one of our residents run with her little boy, across the lot, then up the stairs, to the side lawn area, where she laid him down, and covered him with her body. I saw the large pillars that support the garage, shake, as was the ceiling. I got out of my car and ran towards the entrance to the street. On the other side of the parking lot, towards the courtyard, where the pool is, a huge wave of water came rushing through the grates that separated the underground garage, to the open air courtyard above, and flooded the garage ahead of me. The pool lost quite a bit of water.
It was an interesting 3-4 days. Nightly tremors (therefore no sleep), and no power for days. That's when a BBQ comes in handy :)
One lesson learned. Don't panic. And always have lots of cash hidden. No ATM's in service=no money=no food or other important items.
If you were in the Bay Area then, where were you at that moment?
Then
And way back when
Where was I?
At that moment I was parking my car in the underground garage, at the Apt building that I later managed in Redwood City. I turned off the engine, but the car kept vibrating. I thought odd. I looked up, saw one of our residents run with her little boy, across the lot, then up the stairs, to the side lawn area, where she laid him down, and covered him with her body. I saw the large pillars that support the garage, shake, as was the ceiling. I got out of my car and ran towards the entrance to the street. On the other side of the parking lot, towards the courtyard, where the pool is, a huge wave of water came rushing through the grates that separated the underground garage, to the open air courtyard above, and flooded the garage ahead of me. The pool lost quite a bit of water.
It was an interesting 3-4 days. Nightly tremors (therefore no sleep), and no power for days. That's when a BBQ comes in handy :)
One lesson learned. Don't panic. And always have lots of cash hidden. No ATM's in service=no money=no food or other important items.
If you were in the Bay Area then, where were you at that moment?
Then
And way back when
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Date: 2009-10-16 11:50 pm (UTC)When I lived in CA as a kid, I can remember a couple earthquakes. One woke by brother and me up and I thought he was kicking the bed. I was shouting at him to stop when my Mom ran in and said everything was okay, it was just an earthquake! LOL!
I remember once the swings swinging like mad and I also remember one that knocked down bridges and killed people.
I still prefer earthquakes to tornados. At least I can run into the street with an earthquake. Not so with a tornado!