Loma Prieta

Earthquake 101

News (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009

San Francisco and surrounding Bay Area counties sit on fault lines just waiting to rupture. In honor of the twentieth anniversary of the Loma Prieta...

HOLIDAY HOB NOB ON THE HILL – Annual Gala At The Fairmont Hotel, December 1st

San Francisco Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

... The Hob Nob was conceived by “Nob Hill Fundraising Diva” Bella Farrow in 1989, following the Loma Prieta Earthquake. “Even during difficult times, San Franciscans rise to the occasion with a great party to celebrate a great cause,” comments Susan Geary, this year’s Hob Nob chair. “Saint Francis has served this community through the 1906 earthquake, World War II, Loma Prieta,...

What's in *Your* Disaster Kit?

How to Be a Bongga Mom (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

Here in the Bay Area people like to say that it's not a question of whether we're ever going to experience a disaster, but when it's going to happen. We haven't had a major earthquake since Loma Prieta in '89 but we've had wildfires in Santa Cruz , El Nino flooding and landslides , and goodness knows what. We are fortunate that we haven't ever experienced a disaster such as Hurricane...

“Can’t Do” America: A Country Falling Apart, Literally

Britannica Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

In the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, part of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge collapsed. A replacement, costing at least $6 billion, is not expected until 2013 and the bridge was closed last week when a cable snapped. Thirteen people died in a 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse (pictured here) that happened after Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed millions for highway and bridge fixes. Meanwhile,...

Bay Bridge reopens but engineers plan daily checks

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

... heightened concerns about the safety of the bridge that had sections collapse during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. The Depression-era bridge has since been outfitted with giant shock absorbers and other fortifications to help it withstand a quake as work on a new eastern span continues.Crews working to reopen the bridge over the weekend had to battle windy conditions.A test Saturday...

Bay Bridge reopens but engineers plan daily checks

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

... heightened concerns about the safety of the bridge that had sections collapse during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. The Depression-era bridge has since been outfitted with giant shock absorbers and other fortifications to help it withstand a quake as work on a new eastern span continues.Crews working to reopen the bridge over the weekend had to battle windy conditions.A test Saturday...

• Bay Bridge reopens but engineers plan daily checks - Miami Herald
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Bay Bridge reopens but engineers plan daily checks

Sify (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

... heightened concerns about the safety of the bridge that had sections collapse during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. The Depression-era bridge has since been outfitted with giant shock absorbers and other fortifications to help it withstand a quake as work on a new eastern span continues.Crews working to reopen the bridge over the weekend had to battle windy conditions.A test Saturday...

Bay Bridge reopens after nearly weeklong closure

Sify (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

... Ney said.The closure — the longest since the bridge was shut down for a month after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake — had snarled traffic on area roads, as the roughly 280,000 commuters who use the bridge each day looked for alternate routes.The Bay Area Rapid Transit Agency ran longer trains and provided overnight service over the weekend.___Associated Press Writers Louise Chu and...

Bay Bridge still closed as commute begins

MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

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Bay Bridge still closed as commute begins

MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

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Bay Bridge still closed as commute begins

MSNBC.com: U.S. Life (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

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Bay Bridge still closed but likely to open Monday

Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

... into traffic.It is the longest closure since the span was shut down for a month after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.

San Francisco bridge closed for Monday morning drive but likely to reopen later today

Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

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Bay Bridge still closed but likely to open Monday

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

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What Washington can learn from the Oakland Bay Bridge

Northwest Progressive Institute (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009

... example of the need for reliable infrastructure funding. The Bay Bridge was damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake , when a section of the bridge's upper roadway deck collapsed down onto the lower deck. Twenty years ago, that incident prompted calls for a new bridge. Little wonder. The bridge was built during the Great Depression. Engineers estimate that the bridge, now seventy...