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Bruce Jenkins' Earthquake Story
I recently talked with Bruce Jenkins, the longtime sports columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle, about baseball in the Bay Area in 1989. Of course that includes Loma Prieta, and here’s his re… more →
Remembering the Loma Prieta Earthquake
Bruce Jenkins' Earthquake Story
Arne wrote 1 week ago: I recently talked with Bruce Jenkins, the longtime sports columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle, … more →
31st Floor Downtown SF for the Quake of 89
Arne wrote 1 month ago: I was working on the 31st floor of the 101 California Bldg in downtown San Francisco when the earthq … more →
My earthquake story
Arne wrote 2 months ago: I was going to school at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, back when it was located at 19th a … more →
My experience of Loma Prieta...Shak'n it up!...
Arne wrote 2 months ago: A couple of months before the Big EQ I was fishing on the Delta and threw my line out and snagged a … more →
Earthquakes: More Than Just Destructive Forces
Arne wrote 3 months ago: I was six years old, which is strange, because I have a hard time remembering anything else other th … more →
In the Financial District
Arne wrote 3 months ago: It was five o’clock, and I’d just gotten off work in the Financial District of downtown … more →
Rock and Walk
Arne wrote 6 months ago: I had just started a new job about a month before and was on my way home. I had waited FOREVER for a … more →
Loma Prieta
Arne wrote 9 months ago: I’m a Bay Area native. I lived on Carl Street at Stanyan in the outer Haight that day. I was a … more →
Arne wrote 11 months ago: My roommate was in the shower during the quake. I yelled to him “It’s an earthquake! … more →
Loma Prieta Quake
Arne wrote 12 months ago: Address @ time of quake: 1490 30th Ave. San Francisco, CA 94122 Like many people that day I had hurr … more →
Reading Pinter by Candlelight
Arne wrote 12 months ago: (written in October 1999) My recollections of ’89 aren’t particularly earth-shattering compared to o … more →
A Long Tuesday and Its Aftermath
Arne wrote 1 year ago: On October 17, 1989 I was working at Children’s Hospital in San Francisco. My office was on Ge … more →
The Long Walk Home
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Arne wrote 1 year ago: I was on the 37th floor of an office building in San Francisco the evening of the earthquake. Most p … more →
Loma Prieta
Arne wrote 1 year ago: I had just finished work, waiting tables at Pizzeria Uno on Lombard Street in the Marina. As I walke … more →
Loma Prieta Memories
Arne wrote 1 year ago: My son, Peter, and I were sitting in the stands just beyond the left field foul pole at Candlestick … more →
My experience in the earthquake
Arne wrote 1 year ago: I was 15 at the time, and a student at Sequoia High School in Redwood City. I was on the swim team, … more →
Loma Prieta, It’s Time to Go
Arne wrote 1 year ago: October 17, 1989, was a peaceful Tuesday at the office. I worked as a welfare caseworker in Redwood … more →
