20 years later, are you rumble ready? (SF Gate)

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Leah Garchik – SF Gate

The city of San Francisco, gearing up for the Big Rumble, several days of commemorative activities for Oct. 17's 20th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake, has announced an opening-night panel discussion, statewide earthquake drill, various preparedness events and a groundbreaking ceremony on the Marina Green for a memorial in which

neighborhood residents will express gratitude to firefighters who came to their rescue.

 

That quake was deadly, so all this sounds fitting, but I hope civic ceremonies will include at least a little dancing in the streets (perhaps to the tune of "I Will Survive"). We can thank the quake for a spiffed-up City Hall, an array of new museums, and at least two neighborhoods, Hayes Valley and the Embarcadero, free of freeways, free at last.
 

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