08-24-2014, 10:54 AM
As far as local related, I think it's a concern when the West Coast has the biggest quake in 25 years and Chile has a 7.0. Things are moving and it's all connected.
I have a bunch of old friends in Northern California so will check my Facebook for local descriptions. My Berkeley friend Dan notes he was "shaken not stirred." My grandson is either in Willits or Santa Rosa right now, so definitely thought of him first. I also have close friends in Sonoma, which is next door. Feel for everyone.
From when I lived in Napa Valley and my husband went to the Napa College engineering program, I seem to recall more brick facades than are typical in the areas that are more prone to quakes. Brick makes a big show when it shakes.
It was 8 or 9 times weaker than Loma Prieta, which I'll never forget, but then Loma Prieta was centered in Santa Cruz to the South so the shock had to travel, yet it damaged the Bay Bridge and wrecked the Nimitz.
I have a bunch of old friends in Northern California so will check my Facebook for local descriptions. My Berkeley friend Dan notes he was "shaken not stirred." My grandson is either in Willits or Santa Rosa right now, so definitely thought of him first. I also have close friends in Sonoma, which is next door. Feel for everyone.
From when I lived in Napa Valley and my husband went to the Napa College engineering program, I seem to recall more brick facades than are typical in the areas that are more prone to quakes. Brick makes a big show when it shakes.
It was 8 or 9 times weaker than Loma Prieta, which I'll never forget, but then Loma Prieta was centered in Santa Cruz to the South so the shock had to travel, yet it damaged the Bay Bridge and wrecked the Nimitz.