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From: winch@hpihoah.HP.COM (Bill Winchester)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Earthquake?
Message-ID: <4640012@hpihoah.HP.COM>
Date: 20 Oct 89 15:53:48 GMT
References: <8910191036.aa12718@SMOKE.BRL.MIL>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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There was a whole-lot-a-shakin-goin-on.   8-|

Well, it was 5:04pm on Tuesday the 17 and I am standing in the isle near my
cubicle in Hewlett Packard Cupertino Bldg 42.  It starts to shake.  "Oh, an
earthquake."  The lady engineer I work with didn't waste an instant. She dove
straight under her desk.  I thought,"Hum, lets see what happens."  Well, what
happened was that I couldn't keep on my feet, so I dove under MY desk.  I have
never experienced such lateral ground movement in an earthquake in the 40
years that I have been in California!

I live in San Jose near the City of Campbell. It took me 3 hours to get home.
First an hour and a half wait for the bus, then a hour and a half ride.  The
power and therefore the traffic lights were all out all the way home.

In the dark, I could just make out some of the damage.  The Grand Auto store
on Prospect just across the street from West Gate Shopping Center had some
plate glass windows smashed, merchandise off the shelves and strewn all
over the floor.  The BP filling station (aka: Mobile) on Campbell Ave. at
San Thomas Aquino had its canopy fall straight down on its gas pumps.  Luckily
no-one was underneath.

I personaly was  LUCKY!!!!  LUCKY!!!!   LUCKY!!!

My family and I experienced no loss or damage to our property except 2 juice
glasses.  My apple IIgs has its color monitor propped up on its little view
angle elevator.  During the quake it danced forward until it dropped over the
edge of the System Saver, but no problem it still works great!

Are you guys at Apple O.K.?  I haven't seen any postings from you!