Comments on: Governor Jerry Brown Declares State Of Emergency Due To 6.1 Magnitude Earthquake Near Napa

By: bi_right

bi_right — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 05:24:00 +0000

Probably the safest thing you can do is not say “San Fran” ever again 😉

By: Nelrod

Nelrod — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:58:00 +0000

Postpone? Why on earth would you do that? Come on down and enjoy it with the other 800K residents of San Francisco! We’re not running screaming from the Bay Area. There’s no reason to…

By: Shibi_SF

Shibi_SF — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:10:00 +0000

You should still come to SF. The “epicenter of devastation” is in (American Canyon) near Napa and Vallejo — both of which are further than you think from the city of San Francisco (about an hour to Napa and about 45 mins. to Vallejo). While most parts of the Bay Area ‘felt it’ there is no panic or mayhem and people are going about their business normally. You’ll probably spend all of your four days in SF, in SF, and despite some aftershocks around American Canyon, you’ll be fine here in the City.

By: jck

jck — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:32:00 +0000

What would you all do? I live in Oregon and my 3 kids and I are scheduled to fly out today for 4 nights in downtown San Fran to sight see etc. Should I postpone? I don’t want to be a stupid tourist. At least not super stupid as to travel to the potential epicenter of devastation. Maybe I’m being dramatic and all will be fine. Really, what would you all do?

By: Cristian Gonzales

Cristian Gonzales — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 16:32:00 +0000

Woke us up as soon as it happened. Scared the crap out of me considering we’re on the 10th floor of an older building in downtown. Felt surreal, like I was in a movie and it wasn’t really happening. Building swayed and rolled appropriately with the quake though, instead of fighting against it which is good.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 16:26:00 +0000

Definitely shook things up in San Rafael. Thanks for reporting on it so quickly – yours was some of the earliest info I found while looking on the web at 4am.

By: Leora Xu

Leora Xu — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 16:05:00 +0000

This geological event carried me through three phases. At first I thought all of the neighborhood cats broke into my room and were jumping on my bed. Then, I thought demon spirits were flying about my room disorganizing my homework papers whilst throwing my calender off the wall. “Good” I thought. The third phase involved the USGS website, but only for social media purposes.

All I can say is – buy your earthquake insurance. It’s not a question of “if”, but “when” you’ll need it. I’m in San Mateo… the annual cost of my earthquake cover is only 0.15% of the value of my home.

I buy my car insurance ($25/month from Insurance Panda).. I buy my health insurance ($350/month from freelancers).. I buy my homeowners insurance.. hell I even buy my iPhone insurance (from Best Buy) but all these things protect against things that may or may not happen. At this point, we are pretty sure earthquakes are going to occur. I think that not buying an earthquake policy would be foolish.

By: Brock Keeling

Brock Keeling — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 15:24:00 +0000

Lousy reading comprehension/use of quotations marks here.

By: Steve (Egesté) Regester

Steve (Egesté) Regester — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 14:57:00 +0000

Same

By: shadetree56

shadetree56 — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 12:37:00 +0000

felt nothing here in turlock ca.