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Originally Posted by Gravdigr
October 17
1989 – The 6.9 Mw Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Sixty-three people were killed.
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I remember that day well. I missed the whole fucking thing!
At the time, I was living in San Leandro (just a few miles north of the ^^ that ^^). About an hour before the earthquake, I boarded a plane to Chicago for a long-deserved vacation.
As we were reaching altitude, the pilot made an announcement:
Ladies and gentlemen, you're all probably wondering about the score at Candlestick Park right now. I do not have that information, but we have just received word that a massive earthquake has hit the Bay Area. The only confirmed report of damage we have at this time is that the Bay Bridge has collapsed.