I thought I'd put out a topic for those of us looking for a break in the usual subjects. Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of the famous Loma Prieta Earthquake.

I was driving down the street, Pruneridge near Kiely, in Santa Clara, California and thought I had 4 flat tires before I realized the traffic lights, the trees, and power lines were all moving and it wasn't my car. Bing! Light bulb moment.....we're having an EARTHQUAKE. Pull to the side of the road, look around, and think well, this is quite the shaker, it isn't stopping right away.

The radio broadcast of the World Series went silent and I was ticked. It couldn't be that bad of an earthquake could it?

When I got home 3 hours later, our place looked like someone pulled a prank on us. All the cabinet doors were closed but many of the items lay all over the floor.

My spouse (although we weren't married at the time) was flying east with the dog safe on board, too. We went without power in our condo for 3 days, but we were pretty lucky considering.

Hard to believe there were no cell phones back then and it took me about 24 hours to get through to family up here and let them know, I was just fine.

Any others care to remember their experiences?