Origin and Goals

This blog gathers together stories of the Loma Prieta earthquake of October 17, 1989. It’s inspired by the plain fact that I lived through the earthquake, in the South Bay, while getting ready to watch the Oakland A’s and San Francisco Giants play the third game of their World Series. It’s also the sister to a blog I have about the ‘89 A’s, here. The earthquake certainly seems worthy of an community effort to memorialize it online, and that’s exactly what I’m trying to do. But I can’t provide any more than one of the stories. So, if you have a story about how you experienced the earthquake, please send it to me at arnolfini at earthlink.net. I’m hoping to gradually build up an archive of stories about what Loma Prieta was like, what it did, and how it affected individuals throughout the Bay Area and beyond.