Where Was SFist During the Great Quake of '07
Readers responded with light speed and razor-sharp accuracy (more or less) when it came to detailing last night's devastating -- body-wash-plummeting-to-the-earth devastating! -- 5.6 quake. We will all look back on October 30, asking ourselves, where were we when the great 5.6 quake of '07 hit?
Well, after sending out the we-hope-you're-still-alive-and-kicking call to the SFist team at large, they responded. Here are a few of the shattering moments in the lives of some of your favorite SFisters, including Cedric's encounter with a slow-food movement hero in the form of a Michael Mina waiter.
-- Dan Johnson: "[I]t happened when I was on MUNI. Duh. The M-line would
cover up anything less than a 7.0"
-- Christopher Rogers: "I felt it VERY seriously in Oceanview, near SFSU. Of course, I'm on the second floor of a wood building. Biggest quake I've felt since
'89." However, he goes on to say, "two people I talked to in San Rafael (Terra Linda and Marinwood), both said essentially 'what's the big deal? Didn't feel anything.'"
-- Emily Cox: "Could totally feel it in Palo Alto... good times."
-- Julie Feinstein Adams: "...in a prenatal infant CPR/first-aid class at Alta bates in
Berkeley...all the big preggie mommies were happy to be in a hospital, just in case."
-- Leanne Maxwell: "We didn't feel it here in the TenderNob."
-- Rain Jokinen: "I'm on Nob Hill and I DEFINITELY felt it. In fact, I think I just had a nervous breakdown because of it."
-- Spencer Williams: "I was naked, scared as shit, in my apartment in San Jose. I saw the floor rolling."
-- Deborah N.: "We were shake-shake-shakin' in the Sunnyside. It actually really spiced up our viewing of In the Land of Women. Oh, that Adam Brody..."
-- Jon Shurkin: "I heard it before I felt it... It did seem long but I swear I've felt worse. I did, however, spend a few seconds trying to decide if I should throw myself under the coffee table just in case."
-- Cedric Westphal: "I was having dinner at Michael Mina on union sq, we felt it very clearly, and the waiter was unflappable. We asked him: is it an earthquake, or are you jumping up and down. He was like, earthquake, shmearthquake. The underlying message: let's not let a silly earthquake distract us from eating. Earthquakes happen all the time, but dinner at MM is a once in a lifetime experience. We did think of going under the table for a second, but it would have been against the decorum."
-- Brock Keeling: "Didn't feel it."
-- Matt Baume: [Busy acting as a soothing cup of chamomile tea to San Francisco and the Bay Area.]
...and just where were you?