Tell it to all the folks who have to move out of SF because they can't afford it.
I know you weren't dropped on your head though, sunshine...that lil hollow thing woulda cracked.
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It is called the modern day Gold Rush~
Good for the old rich/ new rich not so good for anyone else unless if you own property.
The first earth quake to hit San Francisco will make those migrating to the bay area for the gold rush, run as fast as they can back home to mommy.
My Grandfather's both lived through the '06 quake, and both referred to that time as "The Fire" Both lost their homes in the fire, and needed to live in Oakland (my paternal GF) and Daly City (my maternal GF) for a while (Daly City, BTW, was the Epicenter of the '06 quake).
My Dad's dad and siblings and their parents moved back to The City less than a year later; my Mom's father stayed in Daly City, which shares a border with The City of SF. I grew up in SF as did most of my family.
I never needed to shovel snow, slip on ice, duck and cover from a Tornado or Hurricane, experiences a flood or the oppressing heat and humidity those in other regions experience every year. I do remember it snowing once in the early 50's and once around 1959, a Sunday morning while I was doing my paper route.
You have a wonderful family history in San Francisco
My husbands family came over from Italy and settled in San Francisco in the 1920's .
They moved to Los Gatos in the 1960's.
Were you living in the bay area in the 1989 earth quake?
It was the most frightening event ever in my life.
my town became a ghost town, people lost their businesses.
Now it is booming like crazy until the next one hits again...lol
I was on my way to watch the WS at a hotel next to the airport in Concord. I parked my then 3/4 ton dodge van and as I was listening to the pregame the van began to shake, at first I thought wind, but right away realized it was a big one (I"ve experience two before in the 5.7 range and knew this was bigger)
People began to empty the hotel as I got out of the van, and I noticed shock waves going across the tarmac and light poles weaving back and forth. A car stopped in front of me and the driver looked at me with big eyes, I said, "it's the big one" and he responded, "people are dying". Sadly he was correct.
My oldest boy was on the playground at Basketball Practice, the coach had them sit down on the black top until it stopped and he and a couple of other parents drove each boy home since they didn't know what the boy's would find.
My wife scared our youngest by running from one end of our home to the other, where he was watching TV (he was 5 years old). She scared him more than the quake 'cause she ran to the dinning room with him in toe so they could hide under the table.
When I got home his first comment was mommy scared me. The dog slept through most of it, until my wife busted in on her nap.
Of course you were in a much closer proximity to the epicenter than we were, the Napa quake last year was closer to us and rather than a rolling motion we awakened to a large jolt. No mistaking that movement and the sound.
BTW, have you ever experience the '06 quake on the simulator? That will get your attention right away.
