10-17-1989 San Francisco Earthquake - First Minutes (KGO TV)
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- The first part of this video begins with ABC Sports coverage of the beginning of Game 3 of the World Series which was interrupted by the quake.
The second part features 43 minutes of coverage from KGO TV.
Video Courtesy of ABC Sports and KGO TV.
Little do these people realise that their coverage is still being watched decades later in 2021.
Look at that social Distancing
Because CoViD-19 cancelled the 2020 World Series
@Copenhagen why do you say that?
Oh no, there will still be a World Series in 2020!
@@nathanos42 there is not a speckle of social distancing in that crowd.
I was sitting on a toilet on the second floor of Pier 41. Yes, as a matter of fact it scared the shit out of me.
Kroban3 nice
very nice
No you weren’t. Liar
lol I get it... 😂
😂😂
I was working at Yosemite National Park in the valley when it happened, and when I ran outside of the building (which was shaking violently, I had a clear view of the valley floor and witnessed the ground ROLLING LIKE WAVES! That was something I will always remember.
I witnessed a pool rolling during an earth quake in Mexico once .. I felt so small & at the mercy of the power of Nature
Different quake, October 1990 -- I was in Bridgeport when an earthquake epicentered down the road north of Lee Vining happened. The paneling in the room popped and squeaked as the floor yanked one way (the "P-wave" coming through), then perpendicular to that (the "S-wave") ... and then the floor started rolling waves. I was by chance right in the doorway between two rooms, so I just braced myself and watched the room bounce in front of me. Right time, right place .. and very cool to see.
That is WILD. I can only imagine how weird that must have been.
That would be terrifying, but amazing!
Did you feel it at the Yosemite National Park ?
“I tell ya what, we’re having an earth-“ is one of the wildest lines in TV history.
Agree, noticed it also...
Having an earth? What does it mean Johnson?
@@brownie3454they were saying “earthquake” but it got cut off in the footage bc of it
Screen writers dream of producing such an opening scene.
my sone had just been born when my EX and i were watching the game, when we saw the quake hit, people didnt have a chance to react on that overpass as in collapsed, on people driving on the lower level
"I'll tell you what, we're having an earth--", and then static. Haunting.
terrariachest are you positive it’s not a Jupiter?
@@stereotypedmoped8081 Any possibility that it could be a Neptune?
I was watching the game in my dorm room in Albuquerque when this happened. Will never forget that exact moment and hearing Al Michaels say "earthqua...." then silence.
I was watching that game when it happened and I looked at my wife and said they just had a bad earthquake
Dude yes! I was thinking the same thing
The static when the earthquake hits is like something out of an apocalypse movie
Well I guess we know how they came up with the imagery...
2020......
The static and the like from THIS quake is from tv stations from THIS quake - this was the first broadcasted Quake in the united states - last major one was in Alaska 1964 - and not much of footage of that as it happened existed, least not televised. So yes MikeyBoi and Josh Landers - you are right!
Personally, I was kind of hoping the entire west/left coast (from Eureka to Tijuana) would fall into the ocean. Sadly, god (if you believe in him) moves in strange ways and that was not to be. Lol.
With 2020 having this wouldn’t surprise me lol
I met a lady in San Francisco in 1994 and she was telling me her life story. She said, "I remember the Earthquake you know". Being British I said, "Well it was only five years ago".
"No, she replied, The one in 1906"!
There's footage on UA-cam of side-by-side film going down the road before the earthquake and after the earthquake in 1906
@@caras2004 yes I have seen that one👍
Wow! That's amazing :)
Wow
That's amazing! I did a book report in HS on the 1906 quake. It was such a tragedy and will happen again.
These reporters were so incredibly calm and professional, considering they were hit by the quake too. Just incrediblly good reporting of information so quickly after the main shock. Who then would have guessed we'd be watching them 34 years later.
This was the norm in television news from the beginning and into the early 2000s. I was born in 1980, have been paying attention since the mid '80s, and have watched plenty of coverage recorded before my lifetime. Something changed in the 21st century, certainly by the 2010s: American television and radio news has been sucking, hard, for more than ten years now. (Today is 27 May 2023.) It's really discouraging.
34 years…
I'm sorry to inform you it's been 34 years since 1989. 1999 would be 24.
@@CadgerChristmasLightShow It was a typo, I meant 34.
@@CadgerChristmasLightShow There's no telling how long this video, and maybe these comments, will be available. We could be truly ancient comments on an even older video in 100 or 1000 years.
I was pregnant and was with my husband at the world series. My son is 29 now.
My mom jus had my brother on Valentine s day. She was on Geneva n Mission. My brother 30 now. I wasnt even born yet
My mother in-law was there with my husband when he was a year old maybe a year and a half . My husband is now 31
My hat's off to you. My mother survived an Earthquake in Manila in 1968 while pregnant with me. Scary. 30 years ago today I was in the undergrad library at UC Berkeley when the building started to twist, then jolt.
I was 1 1/2.
Joanne Piatte - I was in the middle of making my wife pregnant...that earthquake jolt helped my “reach my mountain top”.
Ah, the 80s. A massive earthquake shakes an entire city, but the hairspray and the shoulder pads are unmoved. Total professionals.
right, they shoulda went on with limp hair and shuffled shoulder pads to make it look authentic right LMAO
wait a minute, this doesn't look like an emergency, look at the hair bwahahahahaaa!!!
someone needed some fake blood to simulate a cut for sure.....lolz
if you couldn't tell I;m being a smartass to the N'th degree lol
Not the fatties of your generation.
@@mikebtrfld1705 ehhh, the fatties didn't come in until the 2000's but at least for me every school lunchroom I saw always had fatties in the kitchen
but if you wanna get technical every generation has had fatties......we just hid em better in the past LMFAO
😂😂😂 that’s hilarious
When the next earthquake happens, if water rushes in to the streets the quake will be called "The Great Flush of Shit Francisco".
'Not only very professional and largely unfazed by the situation but Cheryl also was incredibly articulate and delivered important messages extremely effectively.
'Remember that she was working entirely without prepared notes and certainly wasn't using a teleprompter!
Bravo Ladies and Gentlemen of KGO (?) San Francisco!!
Ana Chavez did a good job as well
And they just stopped making phone books! I only say that because I was just starting to get frustrated with trying to get info in my new city, and what was once an annoyance is now only online....
My stepfather was 16 when it happened. He was at the gas station with his mom getting soda while she was in the car, he described it like ocean waves rippling under the blacktop when he looked out the window. His sister was asleep at home at the time, she had gotten up because the cat was meowing and going absolutely bonkers and she had to pee. When she came back from the bathroom, the earthquake had toppled a huge bookshelf she had in her room with dozens of heavy textbooks, it crushed her bed right where she had just been laying down. Their cat basically saved her life.
Shout 2 da 😸
Animals can feel earthquakes before people do.
@@leechjim8023 true
Made the cats urge to pee even more
I was in a glass atrium / staircase of a computer hard drive manufacturer (SCO) in Santa Cruz, rather closer to the epicenter at Loma Prieta.
It started as a 'slow roller', people joking that they should grab a handrail, then the abrupt and violent actions occurred. All bets were off as the priority became getting everyone out of the building. "Is it safe?" called secretaries huddled under their desks at the ground floor. "Hell no, get out now!" said I as I ran behind them and pulled / pushed them out.
Once on the street outside, waves could be seen going through concrete sidewalks as each phone pole kicked as the wave went by. There was a pall of brick dust rising from the Pacific Garden Mall and hearts sank as the meaning of such was clear.
There was damage, there was death. The beloved Cooper House was soon to be a memory. A stand of eighty year old redwoods at Loma Prieta had broken at mid height like toothpicks. Highway overpasses dropped through their pilings onto the roadway below. Hollister and Watsonville were severely beaten.
Soon people of divergent backgrounds, ideologies, attitudes were neighbors working together for a common cause. The spirit of gadugi prevailed for a period of weeks / months before humans settled into their former petty differences.
"Well I'll tell ya what we're having an earth-"
signal cuts. gives me chills. couldn't script a movie as well as that
Yeah, Classic
LOL I had the EXACT same reaction and said the same thing myself!
theVHSvlog I was studying epicenters that day layed out my books flipped on the tv. Didn't need to study.
Challenge accepted
Tara Gragg *LAID
it is 2020 and I am amazed how calm the TV announcer was during all of this chaos. A real pro
This is how MOST pro reporters handled things like this anytime before say 2005. It's like around 05 the bosses said do the opposite and TRY to panic the audience
@@AkronJosh this is another example out of many examples of the slow dumbing down of America.
This was tv BEFORE todays BS tv
Al Michaels is a legend
@@AkronJosh Timing seems to coincide with when the news media business model shifted to online clicks, page views and related advertiser revenue...
“I tell you what we’re havin’ an earth-“
Television goes static.
Movie writers dream of coming up with such a chilling opening scene.
the screaming/cheering a bit later definitely adds to it
I miss the days when news reporting was real, true, and compassionate.
AND THE 80S ANCHORS WERE BABESWITH POOFY HAIR SHLDER PADS AND HIRSPRAY...SCHWWWWIIIINNNG!
CNN and company would be telling us that Donald Trump planned the whole thing.
There’s nothing wrong with Mainstream news. The REAL problem is the fringe with their conspiracies & Fox “news” lies & Trump poisoning people’s minds.
Absolutely
The problem is these days everyone with internet access thinks they are an expert and only believe what they want to believe no matter how wrong they are.
No matter how good or honest the news reporting is, people don't care. That only care about what they want to believe.
If this happened today the conspiracy theorists would be going crazy.
6:15 - Notice anchorwoman Anna Chavez running through the newsroom to get to Cheryl Jennings making sure vital information was communicated to the viewers watching and then afterwards you see her running back to grab any new details from the story. This was the sign of true journalism in the late 80s, This was a continuously-breaking story so every second counted on giving possibly life-saving information to the viewers and that definitely shined in this video.
As opposed to 2019-20 when our President scribbles on a hurricane map with a Sharpie and presents it on TV, providing dangerous disinformation, rather than admitting he was wrong...
Cherly and Anna where battling it out to be number 1. Anna was trying one up Cherly every chance she could. Cherly was ready to get her off the air as fast as she could. I clicked on the video for the earthquake and stayed for the epic showdown between these 2 reporters.
@@Shelsight happier now?
@@Shelsight wasn’t disinformation, your just watching crappy news
@@monke3776 get a grip. Trump lied about the hurricane & presented that Sharpie map in an official Oval Office briefing. It was on every TV channel and every channel (including Fox) followed up by saying his info was incorrect & the hurricanewouldn't hit Alabama. Sorry you've been so brainwashed by your false idol...
I believe Cheryl Jennings won an Emmy for her reporting on this event. World class. Amazing how they covered this with such little technology.
@Brandon Taylor - Cheryl was not related to the ABC anchor from New York.
KGO-TV won a Peabody award for its comprehensive news coverage on this event.
THEY WERE SET P TO DO THE 5PM ACTION NEWS THEREFORE THEY COULD DO BASIC GUERILLA STYLE SEAT OF PANTS O THE FLY BROADCASTS MINI CAN CREWS WERE AVAILABLE WITH THE VANS IN FIELD AND PROBLEMS WERE GETTING SIGNAL OUT TO THE SATTS FOR NATIONAL NETWORK FEEDS
Cheryl did an excellent job! Everyone from the newsroom to Al Michaels did a phenomenal job of keeping their composure.
And we mostly didn't get to see any if the coverage in SF. Many of us were without power for days.
This woman is remarkably professional. Working in such an intense climate of stress requires courage, especially if she has children, she too would like to know what is going on with her family and loved ones, but it is her job above all.
That's how it was done.
@@-oiiio-3993 The professional reporting brought tears. I miss real news.
I was in San Jose when the earthquake hit. I was 14 miles Northeast of the epicenter. We got hit real real hard. Our power was out until about 10:00 p.m. There were constant aftershocks. Right after the main quake, there were several large aftershocks. I remember the aftershocks kept coming about every 90 seconds to 2 minutes. It wasn't until about 11:00 p.m. that the aftershocks were not able to be felt. The constant aftershocks were so nerve-wracking. Especially when you are riding them out in complete darkness. I remember the San Jose police department going around on their loudspeaker telling everybody not to burn candles. This was due to the possibility of gas leaks in the area. So, we had no light at all until about 10 pm when the lights came back on. All we had was a battery operated radio to listen to. KGO radio was off the air because their Tower collapsed. So we were listening to KCBS radio. I will never forget that night as long as I live.
I was in a glass atrium / staircase of a computer hard drive manufacturer (SCO) in Santa Cruz, rather closer to the epicenter at Loma Prieta.
It started as a 'slow roller', people joking that they should grab a handrail, then the abrupt and violent actions occurred. All bets were off as the priority became getting everyone out of the building. "Is it safe?" called secretaries huddled under their desks at the ground floor. "Hell no, get out now!" said I as I ran behind them and pulled / pushed them out.
Once on the street outside, waves could be seen going through concrete sidewalks as each phone pole kicked as the wave went by. There was a pall of brick dust rising from the Pacific Garden Mall and hearts sank as the meaning of such was clear.
There was damage, there was death. The beloved Cooper House was soon to be a memory. A stand of eighty year old redwoods at Loma Prieta had broken at mid height like toothpicks. Highway overpasses dropped through their pilings onto the roadway below. Hollister and Watsonville were severely beaten.
Soon people of divergent backgrounds, ideologies, attitudes were neighbors working together for a common cause. The spirit of gadugi prevailed for a period of weeks / months before humans settled into their former petty differences.
I was living in Mountain View at the time getting ready to watch the World Series. And then watching the dining room ceiling light swinging back and forth and running out into the yard watching the lawn rolling. That was a scary moment.
Wow really
Al Michaels gets the best lines:
"I tell ya what, I think we're having an earth-".
I liked "I'm not sure if we're on the air and frankly I'm not sure I care."
LOL now a days everyone will start swearing cause we're all fake as fuck
"Well folks, that was the greatest open in the history of television, bar none."
Damn, I'd say so.
+jfreezyyy247 dam u really said sum deep shit, the truth suppose to hurt..... it takes a humble n noble man to admit this.. salute u bro.
its a gamequake...😆
I’m here in the wake of the coronavirus. This professionalism in the news then would be very useful for news coverage today. The media now is scaring the shit out of people.
it's not the wake it's still going on
AJ Stevenson yes but I had posted that before lockdown had taken place
AJ Stevenson things became more and more serious every day that passed
@@jayh.7686 true, but it's no longer hysteria.
Timothy Petitpas I disagree, I don’t particularly trust msm , but I for sure don’t trust Trump .
Our family was watching the World Series on TV when the earthquake happened. Our son was busy building a Lego tower, and when the earthquake happened, the tower collapsed. We are in Pittsburgh PA!!! We were praying for everyone who was affected!
I was 10 at the time. I will never forget running out of the house and seeing the streets rolling and heaving like waves on the ocean. Feeling the ground underneath me moving in a steady rhythm up and down. I'm not glad it happened, but since it did I'm glad I was able to experience what I did that day.
Wow really
@@samanthagomez7074no they’re exaggerating. earthquakes are just a little earth turbulence that’s all
@@samanthagomez7074yes...the ground looks like waves. It's so bizarre
@@brownie3454some are. Most are in fact. I've seen multiple quakes where the ground appears to be rolling. And with this particular earthquake it was much more than tremors. I was there...if you weren't you should shut up instead of calling people liars. If you were there, you must have fried your brain on drugs and cant remember what it was like.
The '80's might be funny in some ways, but news reporting was wonderful. Professional.
Aahh, to have real news reporters again
I KNOW!
Better than CNN!!
@@the3prankskateers704 actually, CNN is pretty much what you saw in that clip...only with much better graphics.
qwipperty no I mean they’re actually talking about news, or instead of trying to find new ways to impeach the president
The 3 Prankskateers He does that all by himself. Why is that so hard to understand? He’s been a white collar criminal his whole life. Do you realize he’s told over 12,000 lies in two and a half years as PUSA? That’s far worse than any politician in history- and that’s saying something.
I wonder how many lives were saved by that World Series game. The fact that Candlestick park *didn't* collapse, and the fact that those 60,000 people weren't in traffic or elsewhere where they could've been in grave danger, almost certainly saved many lives that day.
So true.
It saved my father's life. As a retiree, he was at home. He had been on the roof doing some repair work, and came down early to watch the game. He lived in a suburb just south of San Francisco. He was in his recliner and said the quake caused such movement, he couldn't get out of his chair. He said it was like being on a boat. He also thought it was the "big one" and death was imminent.
I was living in Sacramento and we felt it there. Most of my family still lived on the peninsula and I couldn't reach anyone for 24 hours because the phone lines were down. The news made it seem like everything had collapsed and was on fire.
+Elaine Marie I was sitting in my office, at home in Los Gatos (the zip code for the epicenter) when I got popped across the room! Knowing that my sister in Auburn would be frightened about her 4 Bay Area siblings, I immediately called her & got through! Then, the phone system went down after I told her we were likely OK! I watched the 60 foot Redwood tree in my neighbors yard whip back & forth enough that its top almost touched the ground with the aftershock! I could also watch the wave of power poles down the street swaying almost 45 degrees! I and many of my neighbors ended up at the nearby liquor store only to see a 2 inch deep broken glass and booze cocktail across the floor! Although it sounded & felt like a large truck had slammed into my house at 40 mph, the only property damage was to my stereo system and the bookcase that supported it. It was actually kinda fun!
I was also in the process of buying another house in the mountains about 4 miles from the epicenter; the builder was slightly behind schedule finishing, so he'd just extended the escrow! But that's a whole other story!
LMacNeill my two aunts and grandpa were there when it happened
SIMKINETICS ...I Was a 20 Y/O EMT Living In Alameda,My Husband Was Stationed at NAS Alameda,and I Worked At North Shore Hospital
LMacNeill 8/11/2019 it’s happening again
Had lunch at the marina, headed back home. Crossed the bridge, the highway, traveled the route of the quake. Got home turned on the TV to watch the game..................looked up and saw the Chandalier swaying, headed out the door to the street where neighbors were gathering. Looked back at our building swaying as the earth trembled under us. Left for the east coast the following week. Shook to the core................🌎💝saw the best in humanity arise to the need of their fellow humans. Volunteers were asked to stay home because their were more than needed. Hearts opened with compassionate actions that led the way to healing🙌💝
wow this coverage is incredible.. as someone who also works in television i can't imagine how crazy the control room was kudos to this crew
The professional reporting brought tears. I miss real news. Franklin WOKE Smither's, Ohio.
Those two female tv reporters there...(Cheryl Jennings and Anna Chavez)...I have never seen better reporting! True professionals!
back when reporters were hired for their brains and ability to speak.
+Anon Z Yes. Class, true professionals.
Times like this they really earn their money. Great job by all involved.
I love how we see the people in the back hella working to get updates.
@Jeff Goodman Are you triggered? What is the matter? Can't find your pacifier?
One of the most terrifying times in my life. I was driving truck at the time and I was heading to Berkeley from Walnut Creek I was on the transition ramp from 780 to 80 in bumper to bumper traffic when I witnessed the road and vehicles in front of me rolling in a waving motion when I heard a load crash and explosion and I turned to my left and I witnessed the Oakland overpass falling down upon itself it was as if a person pushed the top down on the lower half with smoke and flames issuing from it. I will never forget that day
Oh man! I cannot even begin to imagine what you were feeling!
I live up here in the Lynnwood/Edmonds area of Washington state...had just come home from work a few minutes before 5 before my other roommates did, turned on the TV for the game while I pulled out some Halloween decorations to play around with - and then I heard the weird static! This was the channel I was watching, so I remember everything! I was like, “What the HELL??”
@@dawnwelch6579 I'm in Olympia and I worry about the next big one hitting here in Wa. My 1st earthquake was the one in 2001. I had just moved here from Arizona and I've wanted to move back ever since that day, but I'm still here. I will say this though, I'd take an earthquake over Inslee being elected any day 😁
@@Cam56373 Inslee has nothing to do with what I was/am talking about.
@@dawnwelch6579 I was just throwing in a little humor Dawn. Here in Washington state nobody cares for Inslee... or maybe Iam wrong. Lighten up
@@Cam56373pfft more like not being able to help injecting politics into just about anything
I was 9 years old living in San Jose at the time, and my buddy and I were heading out to have a catch before the game. I remember every moment up to seconds before, during, and the days after. For those of us who lived through it, this truly was one of those events and moments that stays with you forever.
Yup. I’m right there with you. I was 12 in Gilroy. About to watch the bash brothers…. Jose Canseco, and Mark McGuire. Do a number on the Giants. And holy shit!!!!! All fucking night aftershocks hit. A lot of people don’t ever talk about that. Some were HUGE!!! We slept in the front yard on sleeping bags!!!
My late uncle was a traveling engineer for a company that built equipment used in factories all over the country; when the machines broke down, my uncle was dispatched to fix them. (He amassed more frequent flier miles than I could ever dream of having.) He was in San Francisco during this quake and claimed that, had he not gotten held up for a few extra minutes with whatever he was doing, he may well have been driving on the Bay Bridge when it collapsed.
News was so serious, cautious, and accurate back then. Now it's nothing more than a scripted reality show that tries to appease viewers by generating drama with exaggerated or even falsified information.
Watching this clip makes me realize again that news in the US really has fallen from the source of information in the past to the mere source of entertainment today.
@Shufei Well, they cater to their audience. If we demand entertainment, that's what we'll get.
That's an exaggeration. Lots of local newscasts are producing quality work. Quit watching Fox!
@@victoriaaldrich8952 "Quit watching Fox" - well that's ironic, when talking about fake news.
@@victoriaaldrich8952 Local news majority wise is still very well reported. The problem is BOTH Fox News and CNN have successfully sold to us viewers that their after 7 political opinion shows are news shows. Before 7,both networks have some true good news reporting. It's just, Tucker,Hannity,Lemon do oftentimes give more slanted political opinions and are rude to their guests. Really shouldn't be like that!
victoria aldrich local news like the bottom of the barrel when it comes to televised news lmao. You’re a dope if you watch that junk
The worst was the "pancaking" of the double deck interstate. So many cars crushed, so many lives lost. And heros emerged to help, even with the danger. RIP
Yeah, and some survivors where trapped by just a limb, and they had to do on site amputations to free them.
Clearly at that point the newscasters did not understand what they were looking at.
@@JackF99 I kept waiting, and waiting, and waiting for the full scope of that Nimitz Freeway footage to suddenly dawn on those reporters…. but that moment of realization never came.
There's still a section of double deck freeway where 101 and 280 intersect. I don't mind driving on the southbound/upper section, but driving the northbound/lower section makes me nervous.
Yes I WAS LIVING IN MOUNTAIN VIEW WHEN THE QUAKE HAPPENED
I was a little kid living in the Bay Area when this happened. It was terrifying! And despite living in California nearly my entire life and experiencing many earthquakes, to this day,the Loma Prieta quake is still the strongest I’ve ever felt. It was violent. And even thought it wasn’t exactly a long quake, it seemed like it went on forever
time is relative
if you ever get a chance watch the 70s movie earthquake, the movie setting resembles that day minus buildings crumbling to the ground, there was a few movies back then one was about a fire in a high rise building with partiers trapped in the middle of the building, it was before sprinkler systems were on every floor!
I was working in downtown SF, and a lot of people had left work early to go to the game. I was still at the office when the quake hit, and it was so much bigger than any I’d ever felt as a CA native. No one in SF saw the coverage that the rest of the country saw because the TV stations got knocked off the air. Such a scary day.
I was working in downtown SF, and a lot of people had left work early to go to the game. I was still at the office when the quake hit, and it was so much bigger than any I’d ever felt as a CA native. No one in SF saw the coverage that the rest of the country saw because the TV stations got knocked off the air. Such a scary day.
This is a pretty amazing time capsule. And you've gotta give props to that anchor, even though the aftershocks and people running around behind her and such, she was able to keep it straight and professional.
Yes, she was cool and coherent throughout. Easy on the eyes as well. An earthquake is about as unique an event as can happen, let alone be reported on as it is happening. Unpredictable and potentially life threatening in so many ways, as collapses, gas explosions, water main breaks with downed electrical lines with countless other dangers, as aftershocks ensue after the initial jolt. She was remarkable. I lived here in NY (about 6 miles from the World Trade Center, in Brooklyn) during the 9-11 attacks and I'm certain the Loma Pietra quake would have freaked me out a lot more, because of the blanket effect of a quake. I never felt that I was in any imminent danger as I might have in this quake, because of the unpredictability and potentially massive force of the aftershocks.
Yes, she was the ultimate professional. Can you imagine today's newsreaders being this good? No way.
Cheryl Jennings is much loved here in the Bay Area. She only recently stepped away from anchor duties after a long career at the desk.
She won an award for this. Either a Peabody or Emmy
Yes, it was and she was awarded an EMI for her composure and more importantly her direction, getting information in from the field and out to the viewers. Unfortunately we didn't see any of this due to the loss off power. We had a transistor radio, which was even more scary, because the mind tends to create very dramatic images.
You can hear the crowd get louder as it's starting to hit.
And then cheering and whooping it up afterward when Al Michaels gets back on the phone line from the Stick. Sounded like the crowd was having a pretty good time once the shaking stopped. Can't blame 'em really. I doubt anybody there knew in the immediate aftermath just how bad it was.
Very excited🤣
They were probably singing we will rock you by queen
@@linguineboy69 🤣🤣🤣
Wow. The first few minutes are eerie!
I remember this so well. I was worried about my Grandma in San Francisco but I finally got to speak to her and she says she was alright that they got under a doorway. She was happy to hear from me and sounded so calm. She was about 89 to 90 years old. I always worried about her being in California. I remember people were buried under the Rubble of their apartment buildings and seeing those ppl stuck under the bridge 🌉 scary.
Wow really cuz it's was a scary shit for real
I remember this so well. I was worried about my Grandma in San Francisco but I finally got to speak to her and she says she was alright that they got under a doorway. She was happy to hear from me and sounded so calm. She was about 89 to 90 years old. I always worried about her being in California. I remember people were buried under the Rubble of their apartment buildings and seeing those ppl stuck under the bridge 🌉 scary?
At around 18:50, when she realizes what she's looking at and that the bridge collapsed, you can almost hear a hint of dread - like in that moment, despite saying that she hopes no one was injured, she realized without a doubt how many people were now trapped and dying in such a horrible situation. And still, she carried on without missing a beat. Cheryl is completely professional and admirable in how she handled and covered this
At 18:50 in the video is the serious part. Cheryl thought it was a fire in Berkeley but it was the Cypress Freeway (880) in north Oakland. The Bay Bridge was a big deal also as they sort out the damage from the Loma Prieta quake.
She won an Emmy for this reporting. World class.
This station did such a phenomenal job reporting this as it was unfolding.
It's too bad none of us in the bay area saw it until way later because power was out for days.
Yep, they had no rehearsals before it happened like those reporting 911 did.
KGO and to add KCBS (radio) did an awesome job of covering the quake. Both stations won a Peabody award for its coverage.
I think they also won an Emmy.
I had just turned 14 when the earthquake of 1989 hit. At that point I was living in San Francisco it was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life I cannot explain the feeling of that jolt the panic of seeing my entire neighborhood tear apart seeing Windows shattering and seeing streets just completely buckled up and open right in front of where I lived immediately after seeing houses across the street completely falling apart some of them with the living rooms in the street because they completely fell into the street I cannot explain to you how terrifying it was to live through that moment
I was in a glass atrium / staircase of a computer hard drive manufacturer (SCO) in Santa Cruz, rather closer to the epicenter at Loma Prieta.
It started as a 'slow roller', people joking that they should grab a handrail, then the abrupt and violent actions occurred. All bets were off as the priority became getting everyone out of the building. "Is it safe?" called secretaries huddled under their desks at the ground floor. "Hell no, get out now!" said I as I ran behind them and pulled / pushed them out.
Once on the street outside, waves could be seen going through concrete sidewalks as each phone pole kicked as the wave went by. There was a pall of brick dust rising from the Pacific Garden Mall and hearts sank as the meaning of such was clear.
There was damage, there was death. The beloved Cooper House was soon to be a memory. A stand of eighty year old redwoods at Loma Prieta had broken at mid height like toothpicks. Highway overpasses dropped through their pilings onto the roadway below. Hollister and Watsonville were severely beaten.
Soon people of divergent backgrounds, ideologies, attitudes were neighbors working together for a common cause. The spirit of gadugi prevailed for a period of weeks / months before humans settled into their former petty differences.
Wow really
At the moment of this earthquake my Dad was at the VA hospital getting an angiogram. The nurses threw their bodies over my Dad and held onto the swaying instruments and the doctor ran out. Thanks to all hidden heroes!
Imagine people watching it live and then it just cuts out while they are saying "We are having an earthq-". Gives me chills!
Me!
I watched it on the ABC affiliate in Buffalo, NY. (I live in Toronto).
I was watching with my dad. It was surreal.
I was 12 years old about the watch the World Series when it struck. I live on the other side of the country, in Massachusetts.
@FollTrace
I do remember hearing the "we are having an earthquake", so yeah.
But I do remember that the video I saw was a little different. (again, I saw it from the ABC affiliate in Buffalo whereas this was video is from the Bay Area affiliate). From what I remember when they restored power they were back in the stadium. I remember the stadium lights were off but they had the dim emergency lighting On. Players from both teams were in the Infield just wondering what to do next. Camera was panning to the crowd and they filing out of the stadium. No panic, no stampede though. Then they cut to the news reports for the rest of the night.
Right here! Watching from Fairfield County Connecticut with family LIVE.
When news was presented with some degree of professionalism.
Nonsense. The news was just as fake back then. They were just better at concealing the leftist propaganda and rhetoric. For example, all the networks ignored the looting and violence throughout the city afterwards.
Dwight Stewart how tf do you fake an earthquake
@@dbroyawner5543 .. My comment explains itself. I said nothing about faking an earthquake.
@@dwightstewart7181 "fake news "
The battle cry of the idiots on the right
@@mikeking1948 .. And disclaiming that, despite overwhelming evidence, is the battle cry of the idiots on the left. If CNN told you children are born in trees, you'd go out to try to abort it.
This reporter, Cheryl Jennings, did a magnificent job on this day. She stays so calm and professional. My commute bus crossed the Golden Gate Bridge between 5:10 to 5:15, it was open and traffic was flowing normally. We were holding our breath! The driver did sort-of ask us whether to attempt a crossing first, but unfortunately Go and No sound an awful lot alike, he only heard Go! The bridge also performed magnificently, my house in Marin had minor and structural (porch) damage, but the worst thing was my poor terrorized cat. She jumped straight into my arms at every aftershock and couldn’t really relax for months.
Amazing calm coverage and quick updates. Outstanding team reporting.
7:00 “Grab your phone book!” Funny to hear today lol
I don't know why phone books went away. I think that they still serve a purpose. If your internet is down at least you would still have info to fall back on.
Cell towers are the first to go
Smiled @ that too. Thought if we lost power my internet would go. But living in a small rural county with a phone co-op we still get a phone book in 2020, which, thankfully, has all sorts of what to do emergency information.
I heard "grab your phonebook" and it made me a bit nostalgic.
Yeah you could use the phone books for lots of things! I was born and raised in California and my sister used to drive us on the freeway that collapsed. I used to "joke" with her about how nervous I was to be underneath the top section and talked about what would happen if an earthquake made the freeway collapse. We had a lot of unsafe roads and bridges back then!
This news woman is very professional.
swampzoid cheryl jennings can get this D
Thats how the news was in the 80s, it was quite professional and more about important things for people, as we didnt have internet back then. It was actually a much better time in a lot of ways to be honest, I miss it a lot.
You can hear the horror in her voice when she sees the Cypress Freeway and realizes that there are fatalities there for sure, but she totally kept her cool. THAT is professionalism.
*swampzoid*'
They knew the people needed them and they provided the information everyone had to have.
That's because the bullshit politics weren't in it yet.
Fate spared my husband & I that day. We both should've been on the Cypress structure. Where many people died horribly. 🌉 Even though we were 25 miles east, we still felt the earthquake STRONGLY. Condolences to the families that lost someone. 🙏🕊️
News had integrity, America was united, and life had so much substance, it was almost tangible.
shhh don't give 2020 more ideas
Coolhusky - roblox LOOL frfr
i swear simpsons now is not the time
There was a major earthquake in Salt Lake City just as more national American quarentine started. I flew put just a day before, lol
It’s going to happen eventually 🧚🏽the fault like passes literally beneath me
IKR!
Cheryl saying "this is a very frightening situation" as she smiles and remains the calmest person in the world.
Brandt cheryl is a class act you don't see reporting like this anymore
I lived in Alameda at the time of this awful earthquake (Bay Farm Island). It was the strongest earthquake I ever felt by far (I also was in Southern California for the 1971 Sylmar quake). I routinely drove across the Bay Bridge and Cypress Structure for work, but that day I thankfully was home early and getting ready to watch the game. I did drive the upper section of the Cypress Structure a few hours before the earthquake. We had no damage at our home, and never lost power. We were able to watch this news coverage live. It amazed me at the time that they didn't seem to realize that the big story was the collapse of the Cypress Structure freeway in Oakland. Watching this news coverage 32 years after the fact is still an emotional experience.
I was 10 years old and in the family home in Van Nuys on Feb. 09, 1971.
On October 17, 1989 I was in a glass atrium / staircase of a computer hard drive manufacturer (SCO) in Santa Cruz, rather closer to the epicenter at Loma Prieta.
It started as a 'slow roller', people joking that they should grab a handrail, then the abrupt and violent actions occurred. All bets were off as the priority became getting everyone out of the building. "Is it safe?" called secretaries huddled under their desks at the ground floor. "Hell no, get out now!" said I as I ran behind them and pulled / pushed them out.
Once on the street outside, waves could be seen going through concrete sidewalks as each phone pole kicked as the wave went by. There was a pall of brick dust rising from the Pacific Garden Mall and hearts sank as the meaning of such was clear.
There was damage, there was death. The beloved Cooper House was soon to be a memory. A stand of eighty year old redwoods at Loma Prieta had broken at mid height like toothpicks. Highway overpasses dropped through their pilings onto the roadway below. Hollister and Watsonville were severely beaten.
Soon people of divergent backgrounds, ideologies, attitudes were neighbors working together for a common cause. The spirit of gadugi prevailed for a period of weeks / months before humans settled into their former petty differences.
I was in the Sylmar earthquake in 1971 also. We had to evacuate as they thought the Van Norman Dam was about to collapse. We were right in the path if it did collapse.
@@robbiemarcum8878 my grandparents lived in Sylmar at the time. Their home suffered no substantial damage but a lot of their belongings were ruined when they fell to the floor. Their home was just up the hill (on Harding St.) from the 210 freeway - that freeway was severely buckled from the earthquake and unusable. I lived in southern Orange County at the time, and while there was no damage down that way, the shaking was quite frightening to me as an 8 year old boy - and it went on for over a minute…
@-oiiio-3993 Oh how sad and scary.
@tquist61 That is sad they lost things like that. My Dad had built his house. Our bedroom at the back of the house had wooden framed windows that opened sideways. It used to be a screened in riloom so there were many windows. Each window opened a few inches. When he built thongs they were done right. He had a long brick fence. He put rebar in the holes and poured cement in also. He had one brick fall off the top. I would rather be in an earthquake than a tornado though.
This is really incredible footage, great work by the reporters and everyone in the KGO newsroom!
4:54
Reporter: "Well Cheryl, obviously people are terribly nervous here..." 🙁😯😥😟
People in background: "Hey! I'm on tv! Whooo! Hi!" 😄😝🙋🏻♂️🤗👋🏼 🥳
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My husband was in the Army and stationed in California when this happened and he said that the sidewalk was moving up and down in a huge rollercoaster type motion and he said it was very scary!!! I'm glad he made it out safe because he's the best thing that's ever happened to me!!!!
Your husband is 100% right. The first few seconds of the quake felt like someone lifted up a blanket and fluffed it in the air because of the way it rolled like the blanket would roll. I was standing in a doorway looking onto a street and literally saw the pavement rolling like 4 feet in the air. It was scary shit
thats the shockwaves moving through the ground
My husband said he was driving, and he was driving. He thought he had a flat tire and the radio went out, and he noticed everyone pulled on the side of the road... he said it was very odd, and everyone knew something bad had happened, like the end of the world ?
Ok relax now Jodi
Puke
My aunt was at candlestick, my dad was a cop in sf, and my mom was on a train back down to San Mateo, I was 10 years old and at home after school with my sister… the house was swaying over the car in the driveway
How normal people seem back then - even in the midst and aftermath of an earthquake!
Cheryl Jennings is a legend (Woman in the blue). She handled this like a boss.
She is awsome did a great job
She was a beast did u ever see her under the boards ? No 1 can get a rebound
10:00 shes so relaxed and sexy 😍😍
She is amazing!!
Ultra professional. Calm, controlled, measured.
She kept that together really well considering they had no monitors
They didn't have ANY monitors.
Don't people in the stands ever sit down? It's like an ant farm.
reffoelcnu alouncelal who’s she?
@@kp9894 THE WOMAN ANCHOR!
Back in the days when they didn't immediately know where the earthquake was centered or how strong it really was.
I was 10 years old when this happened and remember my dad watching the World Series and saying there was an earthquake. I remember thinking it was so wild to see it happen live on TV, and the collapsed roadways and bridges. This footage is great, '89 was a crazy year.
Amazingly calm and extremely professional coverage of this event.
Hats off to this anchor-woman,(Cheryl Jennings). What a superb job concisely explaining all pertinent info as it was happening.
JOHN MCCLINTOCK News wasn’t used back then and not another form of ratings and sensationalism
Cheryl Jennings is in The House! She's GOT This.
JOHN MCCLINTOCK Yes super hard to read from a piece of paper. The bar for human beings is really set high. You people act like her building was crumbling around her.
@@Anthony-nv7gd She wasn't reading from a paper. She was getting it in her ear and trying to formulate it live. That's incredibly difficult to do for half an hour after monitors just fell around you.
She looks like the Growing Pains mom:)
Why can’t news be like this now?
Mostly because it is an election year this will all come to an end shortly
We do. If there is a 'as it happening event' like this our different forms of media will (& do) provide us with the best information they can. It is what they do to the best of their technologically available resources. And it is a requirement by FCC rules.
Even simulcasts will be happening, meaning different forms of the media will share information, i.e., tv reports going out on/over radio. Nothing has changed, I will bet high dollar on that.
News today just sucks! It is because of politics. I am a Democrat you typically hear Republicans say that, but they need to focus more on news and things happening then politics. I think politics is very important however they don’t talk about news like they anymore. Like all of these important news things that are going on International like in Nigeria and Yemen need to be reported on.
@rkm isacunt I’m in my mid-thirties and smack dab in the middle of the millennial generation. No offense meant to you specifically, but I get so sick of people constantly using millennials as scapegoats for the problems of this world. It’s a shame because I happen to think we bring a lot of good to the world. Are you aware that the very youngest of the millennials are now in their late twenties? I do find a lot of people also simply don’t realize that millennials are as old as we are now. The oldest are bumping forty. We are invested in our communities, and a good number are hard-working, mortgage and taxing-paying citizens just like you. The “kids” in college and just a bit older still sponging off their parents right now aren’t millennials.
@rkm isacunt How did Millennials kill this kind of news?
I was there in San Francisco in July of 89 my first time visiting The City. It was hard to imagine anything happening to the most beautiful and breathtaking area in the entire country! I went back East for my sophomore year in undergraduate school and a girl I dated at the time ran into the college library were I was working and told me about the quake from watching the World Series! I couldn’t reach my friend who lived in Sacramento for like 2 weeks! Many mixed emotions as I watch this video and the profound sadness I felt about that marvelous city! But also encouraged by the bravery shown by all citizens to help out! God bless San Francisco!
I was nine years old when this happened. Me and my older brother was in our room to watch the game and we were in Illinois when this happened. We saw the ABC News World Series Screen come up and we just looked at each other like, "What the hell??" Silence followed that just felt so creepy. Minutes later we saw this and just sat in awe wordless. Many years later I find this footage and I still feel those same emotions.
I was 7 and also live in Illinois
It’s cool how the news anchors stay professional even if a lot of their equipment isn’t working and even all unexpected events
THEY WERE SET UP TO DO 5 PM NEWS AND THIS WAS DONE ON THE FLY
I love how Cheryl Jennings handled this whole situation. Media these days are all dramatic, want emotion, or want that shock value, not her. She was calm and very informative, despite having very limited resources.
Take notes mainstream media!
What exactly is “mainstream media” mean?? I know a lot of republicans use that term when referring to cnn and msnbc but is foxnews also considered mainstream media?
Andrew Diaz any news source you see on Tv. Like ABC, CNN, CBS, and Fox News. Those are mainstream, and let’s not before this gets any more political than what it should be.
@@andrewdiaz5852 MSM is any news that does not agree with Dear Leader.
Sounds like you only watch one channel. All newscasters I've seen after an event handle it with professionalism.
She remained calm. I can't believe how well she handled it. Great news reporter
I was in my house in Antioch CA sitting waiting for that game to start...went outside and watched the ground look like waves...I'll never forget that feeling.
I was 19. Came to see the footage, and I'm amazed by these talking heads! Switching to not only pro, but calm, top tier reporting.
Weird things you don't hear anyone say in the year 2019.
7:03 "Grab your phonebook".
Next thing you know in like 15+ years or so people will be grabbing some new technology device or something new that replace Google and even phone books 😆
I'm faster with a phone book than online. Hmmm. Not sure what that says !
@todd long Shut the fuck up boomer.
@@LucasIsHereYT why be so rude?
@@ismaellopez3963 because he is a little snowflake and the whole world revolves around them you didn't know that
That opening is like a movie, very eerie. The way the pictures cuts in and out, the sound of static, the announcer stating, "I'll tell ya what, we're having an earth-" and it all goes silent.
John Marston It is a movie. You live in the 'Truman Show'...
John Marston 8/11/2019 it’s happening again
Fascinating to watch the competence of these reporters and how quickly they did report this breaking news. Seems better than the coverage of breaking news we get today. Everyone just reports what Twitter says.
I was at home in Millbrae, Ca which is about a Hour south of San Francisco when this happened. I remember feeling the room roll it felt like the apartment I was in was on a wave, I looked out my window and saw the chain link fence and a telephone pole across the street swaying violently. Having being born and raised in San Francisco we are some what used to earthquakes even though we know the damage they can cause so panic didn't set in, but fear did when I realized just what happened and then worry and concern set in as I wondered what was the condition of my family and friends. Thank God I was off that day because the stretch of the Hwy 80 the Nimitz freeway that collapsed was one I used to go back and forth on a daily basis to work. I Remember the shock and awe I felt as the News was coming in as to the extent of the damages and lives lost. Being/feeling/living through an earthquake is something words can't describe. The News reporting was unmatched and professional.
Lol when this happened, milbrae was only 20 minutes south of SF, now a days I’m sure it takes an hour and a half in stop and go traffic…
04:55 Reporter: "Well obviously people are terribly nervous here" *people in background waving on TV
And one guy holding up Jose Canseco's mugshot. WTF? LOL
LMAO
I was born in the bay area and go to the san Francisco bay all the time my 80 yr old grandparents where much younger then survived this and are still alive today
I was a baby the year this happened
I was 5 back then
They sure don't make journalists like this any longer...
mktarrant if this happened today they would just have it scrolling on the bottom of the screen while they continued to bash trump.
@@goatsmiserable555 they would have Twitter reactions scrolling too..
Bash Trump???? You idiot.
Ones who report on earthquakes?
Donald J. Trump boo boo your idol gets some hate. Get over it snowflake.
What a wonderful team of pros at this network no visibility yet they are calming accurately giving a phenomenal report. Maintaining total calmness throughout the chaos this video should be shown in classrooms of future journalist and first responders very impressive.
My grandpa was at the World Series game when the earthquake happened…. My whole family was separated and took over 10 hours for my whole family to reunite.
Scary, wonder why YT is recommending this to us?? Noticing a lot of comments from locals including myself…
the anchor lady and other lady with brown hair are a perfect example of how Hemmingway defined courage as
grace under preasure, these ladies are heros.
Them relaying information this well probably saved hundreds of lives whereas biased “news” (propagandist) stations today would blame a natural event on the other political part and not give any important information
@@scotto2940 Yep. See! Climate change! Climate change!
@@edwardfights4900 ...are you implying climate change isn’t real? It’s a pretty well established concept with people in the sciences, backed by an abundance of evidence.
@@redmanish "the sciences" lol
Yeah the weather changes lol outstanding observation
@@edwardfights4900 Weather and climate are different things. Climate affects weather, but bad weather doesn't necessarily mean a bad climate. BUT when you're getting record numbers of natural disasters, more powerful natural disasters, odd disasters not typical for a specific climate, that is what is important about climate change.
Also, it has been getting increasingly warmer globally since the industrial revolution, causing oceanic temperature shifts, which also affect the weather (hurricanes, monsoons, tropical storms). It can cause major flooding, and it is recorded that the polar ice caps ARE melting as a result of global warming.These aren't problems we are likely to face in our lifetimes, but our children and grandchildren will face them
TLDR Weather and climate are not the same thing, ya dingus. Climate change is a threat, weather is related, but they are not the same
Total professionalism. Live and I remember this. This is what TV was supposed to be about. Public service and in a way, leadership. Excellent job. Miss this kind of tv.
I miss TV like this, too; reporting the facts and not trying to be some entertainment show.
I watched this exact broadcast as it happened and felt the quake 200 miles away. Darn I'm getting old.
Dear StormSpotterMike: Thanks so much for sharing this awesome video!
Wow this newscaster was incredible. Calmly passing her microphone around as people ran in and out of shot giving as much information as they could while they couldn't see anything they were showing.
it's my understanding cheryl won an emmy for this reporting. anna should have won it for that awkward smile when she was caught holding up that printed map graphic for a second lol
@@zubetpspot on. Lol. And crew should’ve won a creative Emmy for how quickly they got that crisp color map printed. Dot matrix was still the consumer level print standard at the time!
When news still did news. Now it would be democrats blaming republicans for the damage
I was born 89. Can’t believe how different everything looked and I was alive 😭
Love the 1989 style PC monitors. This was just before widespread use of internet, before cell phones, before personal email, before text messages.
My uncle told me he was constipated that day........ *Was*
This made my day lol
lmfaooo Dude!🤣🤣😂😆😆😆😆😆😂😂😂😂😂😂
@Singapore Pearl lmfaoooo
Hilarious!! Thank you for that
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Back then they stayed calm on the air to keep people from panicking but nowadays is a different story
You are right.
Nowaday the media tries to terrorize you the most they can making a HUGE deal out of things NOT THAT BIG, while their owners's partners somewhere in a powerful charge try taking advantage of that and take away all your liberties in the name of your "safety".
@@eljosafatespinoso3087 You can make an insane amount of profit off of fear and you can keep people in their place at the same time.
@@eljosafatespinoso3087 The only way to get the land of the free to give up their rights is to convince them it's a good idea.
@@obsidion1295 ua-cam.com/video/fNNR2Ltx4YY/v-deo.html
They still do it today though
Only the female panicking in the footage
Isnt this what trump tried to do
I was 9 at the time and at home with mom at the time. It feels like it was just yesterday. We will never forget it
We lived in Vacaville. I was 8 years old, standing in the kitchen, and I looked out back to see the water sloshing out the sides of the pool. In the family room, records were flying off my grandpa's record stand. My grandparents' house and my parents' house still have cracks from that day, and the patio still remains warped out back. I've lived in CA all my life, but I've only felt one quake since then, and it was very minor in comparison.
Watching this nowadays I'm just as amazed by the footage of when San Francisco was still San Francisco. Who would have thought, there were actually working class neighborhoods in SF at one time. A lot of these neighborhoods have been totally redeveloped since, and are now the domain of rich tech industry professionals.
I hear ya. Kinda sad I can never really go back home, it just doesn't exist any more.
+Rubycon99 that's so sad I couldn't imagine that
liberalism and globalisms effect on the world.
Robert Thomas
Times change.
MrYouarethecancer
You say that like it's a bad thing.
If you're an aspiring broadcast journalist, it's worth your time to watch this video to the end. THIS is how it's done.
She is a presenter, I'm amazed how well she handled this, she and Anna were very professional!
@@Research0digo
Bay Area's Finest
Today’s so-called journalists are what we used to call Yellow Journalism.
I remember this earthquake - so strange to 'relive' it 30+ years later. UA-cam has a heck of an algorithm - it was posted 8 years ago and would have never thought to have search for it.
I love that they bounce back and forth so the other has time to get new info,super professional!
We dressed well back then. I so miss the 80's, and everything about it.
If you want to go back to the 80's that says enough about what times we live in now. We won't have it back. Ever.
@@artventurejunior yup what’s is the past stays in the past
It's your world, make it what you want.
You're right. The boys and girls cared about how we looked before we left the house. Never seen anyone at the store in their pajamas and slippers with messy hair back then.
Me toooo Kath!!!! Totally! My 13 year old daughter wishes she could have been a teenager in the 80’s! She LOVES every outfit she has seen me in in pictures! She love bold bright clothes!!! She gets a little taste every year at school when they have a dress like your favorite decade day! She ALWAYS picks the 80’s!
The opening scene almost looks like the start of an episode from Full House.
the episode "Aftershocks"?
The Painted Ladies (those lovely houses) are a tourist attraction and a pretty standard stock shot for anything happening in San Francisco.
wuddeva happintoo dictabillitee?
dner75
you put it in your pocket, everybody saw you
champ!!!
The earthquake was like "Waaake Up San Francisco!!!"
Just felt the 5.0 in So Cal while watching this.
Very strange.
I remember watching the World Series when the earthquake happened. I was a 12 year old kid at the time.
2:22 Hearing Al Michaels saying "We're having an earth-" only to be cut off by static creeps me the fuck out
Scared the crap outta my friend in Florida, too, when it happened on live TV. Until the sound kicked back in a minute later, he thought we all were dead. Definitely one of the creepiest events of that day.
it really does. crazy
ysxacidhjaljdh Yep. Los Angeles had a major earthquake in 1994.
I was two when this happened and watching the WS with my dad. I thought the world was coming to an end and any second the same would be happening in Texas. First time I had ever heard of an earthquake. I'm sure some cheese dick will try and say there is no way you can remember that, like somehow he knows my own memories better than I do. Fear can make a memory extremely strong. I remember when the USSR ceased to exist and the country thought "This is when the bombs will drop". Hard to forget being a child and every adult you know in life is terrified.
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