It's hard to believe that it's been 20 years since the '89 Loma Prieta quake.

On October 17th , 1989 at 5:04 pm, one of the most devastating earthquakes ever to hit the Bay Area interrupted the World Series. I thought it would be interesting to start a thread with memories and personal accounts. 

I was only 5 at the time, but it was one of my most vivid memories as a young child. My family owned a house on the 1100 block of Gilman Ave in SF for most of my childhood. And trust me living that close to Candlestick had its pros and it definitely had its cons. (Primarily the neighborhood)

My dad and his friend had tickets to game 3, and they were eating and drinking at the house before the game. They left and walked the two short blocks to park. I was watching Double Dare, waiting for the game to start.

Before I knew it, the whole house started shaking, stuff falling off the shelves, chandelier in the dining room swaying back and forth. The medicine chest in the bathroom opened and bottles were falling all over the place. 

With my baby sister in one arm; mom grabbed my younger brother and frantically directed us to stand under the doorway.

As the shaking stopped, mom tuned into the KPIX broadcast.  As we learned of the severity of the damage, the sun began to fade and  you could see the smoky glow from the fire in the marina rise into the sky. Shortly after, we lost power and mom broke out the candles. The living room was lit by the headlights of cars that were trying to leave the stick. The street was so backed up that people desperately started to drive on the sidewalk. 

Mom began worry to about dad since he wasn't home yet. A good deal of time had passed since the quake, and this was of course before the time of cell phones. She had no way of getting a hold of him.

My dad came through the door shortly after, much to the relief of the family. Dad had a few beers and decided to hang out in the parking lot after the quake.  He was walking through the concourse while the shaking started, and was so buzzed that he thought that it was someone giving him a shove from behind! He turned around to confront whoever had pushed him, only to find shaking concrete and people running for cover.

Its times like this that make us realize baseball is just a game. Good thing they canceled World Series that year, right?

Warriors invite Benson to Camp after an impressive year in the NBDL???

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For those of you who missed it, here is a link to make your very own BD Beard and also a pretty funny Bill Simmons in which he talks ablout atching the Warriors on TV...

Cut-Out Beard:
http://www.bayareanewsgroup.com/multimedia/mn/sports/baron_beard.pdf

Simmons Article:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/blog/index?name=simmons

enjoy-- GO DUBS!!!!!!!

Sup gang, I'm Joe long time warriors fan, but new to the boards. I grew up in the 415 and live in LA now... I was just wondering if there are any bars in the LA area where warriors fans accumulated in hope to watch the playoffs. Thanks and Stay Golden!

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