http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loma_Prieta_Earthquake
Hard to believe next year will be the 20th anniversary!
Redwolf
I remember watching the World Series. It was interesting getting the current news on a major disaster from (IIRC) Bob Costas.
Interestingly (and unrelatedly, except for the baseball angle), it was 12:16 AM tonight when JD Drew drove Kevin Youkilis in for the winning run for the Red Sox over the Rays, five years to the minute after Aaron Boone homered to eliminate the Sox in 2003.