I was living on Summit Road in Los Gatos with my grandmother. She and I had run into Scotts Valley to the store which used to be Zonotto’s.
I remember walking down the aisle with cheese on my right and diapers on my left. There was a huge supporting beam running through the middle of the [...]

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I was 19 years old and I had just moved to Santa Cruz from New England in May of 1989. I had no idea of what even a small earthquake felt like. I was living in a house on River St. near downtown Santa Cruz with two of my closest friends. I worked at Casablanca [...]

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Earthquake

During the quake I lived in Walnut Creek. Most of my family lived in Santa Cruz. The quake hit when I was home alone. I think I was about 9 years old. It shook the whole house pretty hard. It is safe to say I was scared. When I went to call my mom at [...]

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Loma Prieta in Aromas

I had just moved to Aromas from Auburn California and I had just turned five years old. I was sitting in my back room playing with legos, facing the closet, when suddenly I get the unquestionable sense that aliens are landing on our roof. I looked up and everything in the closet fell forward and [...]

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