Talk:Disasters in Alta California

Was there no 1906? Did Loma Prieta (89) do anything? BoArthur 09:40, 7 March 2006 (PST)

Of course, there was the 1906 quake, but The closest regions of Alta California were (and are) sparsely populated. I'd have to check to see what damage ocurred around Santa Rosa (which is in Montrei, but close to the border with AC). Most of what's up there are small logging towns and rural villages.

The Loma Prieta was a localized Montreiano event, I'm not sure that it did much damage in *there's* Alta California, but I can research that as well. It actually ocurred closer to *here's* Monterey, but did far more damage in San Francisco due to liquefaction (I remember that eartquake well). There was a lot of impressive things that happened in nature, such as sand volcanoes at the beach, and a bridge which collapsed verticaly on its support pillars, causing them to jut through the roadway. Doobieous 12:51, 7 March 2006 (PST)

I ask about Loma Prieta, because I lived in Woodland outside of Sacramento at the time, and seeing the pictures of the Nimitz and Bay Bridge and the Marina District were just shocking for my eleven-year old brain. I'm sure the Marina didn't happen like *here*, though, because isn't SF smaller *there*? BoArthur