sf/oakland series set to remember the 89 earthquake series

THE_ROOKIEEE · #1 06-22-2009, 01:05 PM

the weather here in the bay area has been absolutely beautiful and for 3 days the Oakland A's are celebrating during each game of this series, the 1989 world series earthquake sweep against san francisco..... its kind of ironic that its for this series after they got swept earlier this month on june 12th-14th against these giants....nice marketing to oakland and the p/r group over there to get the fans into the stands... i will be there tonight...( not for the mark magwire free jersey) but for the activities surrounding this hisoric event..... that 7.1 earthquake really hit home to a lot of us here in the bay area and sports fans everywhere.... i myself lost 2 good friends in the collapse the 880 freeway .... 63 people past away and more than 3500 were injured, some seriously enough to have lifetime disabilities in this tragedy....so if you have a moment to say a prayer or something in memory to those lost or injured please feel free to do so here..... i will be sending cappersmall responses to the 2 families who lost their sons at such a young age..... may they rest in peace

here are tidbits just to let you know its impact on the bay area

slideshows of damge http://www.ktvu.com/slideshow/news/2256527/detail.html

October 17, 1989

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Bay Area just before the third game of the World Series at Candlestick Park; the worst earthquake since 1906. The tremor collapsed a section of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Six of the deaths occurred when the exterior of a brick building collapsed at 6th and Bluxome streets in the South of Market District. Damage was estimated at almost three billion dollars in San Francisco, which was approximately one-half of the total damage figure for the entire earthquake zone.

The earthquake knocked out power to San Francisco, and the city was dark for the first time since the 1906 Earthquake and Fire. Power was fully restored by October 20. Emergency telephone service became sporadic because a fire broke out in the 9-1-1 telephone equipment room, and citizens had to rely on fire alarm boxes for three days for emergency protection from fire. The quake killed 62 people throughout Central California, injured 3757 and left more than 12,000 homeless.

At least 27 fires broke out across the City, including a major blaze in the Marina District where apartment buildings sank into a lagoon filled with bay mud in preparation for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915. Dozens of people were rescued by firefighters from fallen buildings in the area that were imperiled by the flames. As they had done in 1906, citizens formed a bucket brigade to help firefighters who were without water because of broken mains. A magnitude 5.2 aftershock struck 37 minutes after the initial shock.

Interstate 280 rocked so viciously during the earthquake that sections of the freeway slammed into one another, cracking off pieces. Some columns actually fractured, exposing the reinforcing steel in places where the concrete disintegrated. The Embarcadero Freeway along the Waterfront was nearly destroyed by the shaking, though Caltrans said it could be repaired.

Sporadic but minor looting broke out in the downtown Shopping District near Fifth and Market streets, the Inner Mission and Hunters Point areas. District Attorney Arlo Smith said, "If there's anyone arrested tonight for burglary or looting, tomorrow morning we're going to go into court and demand that there be no bail. Anyone engaged in that kind of conduct can expect maximum sentences." 24-year-old DeSoto Barker was shot and killed by a motorist upset by the earthquake chaos. DeSoto was at first depicted as a good Samaritan, but Police Inspector Michael Byrne later said he had stolen traffic flares from legitimate volunteers and provoked his own shooting death.

The earthquake triggered a four-foot tsunami wave in Monterey Bay as well as a huge undersea landslide. The sea level at Santa Cruz dropped three feet as water rushed out of the harbor. The tsunami wave took 20 minutes to travel from Santa Cruz to Monterey.

Lombard St., the "crookedest street in the world," was closed because a cable car was left stranded at Hyde and Lombard by the earthquake power failure.

Peoples Temple, housed in the former Albert Pike Memorial on Geary Blvd., was gravely damaged by the earthquake. The building had been badly damaged during the 1906 earthquake.

The Municipal Organ at Civic Auditorium was badly damaged by the earthquake, and was out of commission. It had also been damaged during the 1957 earthquake.

People in San Francisco, 56 miles from the epicenter, felt the earthquake about 23 seconds later than the people in Santa Cruz, 10 miles away. People in Sacramento, 100 miles distant, felt it about 22 seconds later. The strong motion recorder at Corralitos-Eureka Canyon Road, near the epicenter, recorded the earthquake beginning at 5:04:21 p.m. The first quake wave arrived one second later at the Fire Station in Capitola. The first wave began to shake the water tank at Gavilan College in Gilroy at 5:04:24 p.m. Strong motion instruments at the Pulgas Water Temple at Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir recorded the quake beginning at 5:04:31 p.m. The Sierra Point Freeway overpass monitor, nearest to Candlestick Park, recorded the quake at 5:04:34 p.m. The quake wave arrived at the Presidio of San Francisco, nearest the Marina District, at 5:04:37 with the heaviest shaking recorded at 5:04:47 p.m.

full look : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Lo...transportation

agent318 · #2 06-22-2009, 01:11 PM

Good job rook. Can't believe it's 20 years already

THE_ROOKIEEE · #3 06-22-2009, 01:14 PM

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Good job rook. Can't believe it's 20 years already

yes it has ..... strange i remember it like yesterday though

g_rock65 · #4 06-22-2009, 01:45 PM

Doesn't seem like it has been that long ago. I was on my way to the game.

I was stationed at Mare Island Naval Base then. My military years seem so far away but the events that were happening around me always seem much closer.

I have pictures in my mind that I will never forget, as I am sure you do.