The Peculiar Truth about the 1989 SF Earthquake — My Personal Account

<ul> <li>October 17, 1989: My wife and I were newlyweds living in a San Francisco apartment with two cats and a bird.</li> <li>Our wedding took place just eight days earlier in Lake Tahoe.</li> <li>5 pm: I turned on the TV to watch Game 3 of the World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics. A sports anomaly &mdash; both Bay Area baseball teams were vying for the championship. What were the odds?</li> <li>And what were the odds of an earthquake striking at that time?</li> <li>Our cats felt it moments before we did. They scurried under furniture. We wondered why.</li> <li>Then the electricity went out and everything began shaking.</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://medium.com/the-peculiar-truth/the-peculiar-truth-about-the-1989-sf-earthquake-my-personal-account-ee6d7a12737a"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>