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Originally Posted by dillfly2000
I'd like to be in an earthquake. But away from things that can fall on me.
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I was about sixty miles from San Fran during the 7.0 we had in 1989. The earthquake itself wasn't too scary. In my case I was in the kitchen of a restaurant and some pots and pans fell down. Of course it was a lot worse in San Fran - Part of the Bay Bridge fell down.
The problem was the aftermath - mostly no power. We had no power for three days. Of course, this was before the Internet and cell phones. No power for three days doesn't sound bad until you go through it. No power means no television (and thus no news), no lights, and everything in your fridge goes bad. Unless you have a lot of canned goods you are shit out of luck. Of course, no internet and no cell phone service either. You can't go to the store (they have no power and they are closed) and you can't leave the area because all of the gas stations are closed too.
In my case.... We had canned goods and propane. In order to get word out that we were alive we had to wait in line at a..... wait for it.... pay phone. To get news we had to sit in our cars and listen to the radio - they were talking about bridges being down and San Francisco being on fire so it sounded horrible.
I am ready for the big one.