NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/ca/earthqua/1352

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From: [e-mail] (Steve Quento)
Newsgroups: ca.earthquakes
Subject: Re: San Francisco Earthquake 89
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Date: 19 Nov 92 19:13:39 GMT
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(Renie Maycon) writes:
> I want to know what you were doing when the earthquake hit
>
> tell me what you were doing and where were you?

I just left my job in Cupertino to meet a friend at the local bowling ally
bar, to have a beer and watch the World Series. Now that I look back a
curious thing happened right before the quake hit. As we were setting at
the bar (there was only 3 or 4 people in the bar at the time) a Miller
beer sign just pop right off the wall. There was no one within 10 feet of
this sign. My friend and I were perplexed. So, we walked over to the sign
on the floor and re-hung it and forgot about it. We went back to sit at
the bar, and few minutes later the quake hit. I remember seeing about 75
glasses going up in the air in unison. That's when I darted for the door
way. When I got into the door jam, huddle and hugging people I didn't know
the 2nd wave hit. The whole bowling ally seemed to go up in the air and
then slam back down on the ground. Needless to say all lanes had a strike.
Than we run out of the building.The sound was most terrifying.
Finally, when I got home though all the chaos, we only had minimal damage
at home and everybody was ok. We did sleep in our clothes for a few a
days.

_Steve
..ride the seismic wave...