I was there with my family on vacation, staying at a relatives house when the earthquake struck. In the middle of the night,My infant brother was very fussy, and my mother took him to bed with her, the ceiling came down and crushed the crib during the quake. Dad had to climb out a window to come around and force open the bedroom door so we could get out. Drove the streets later and still remember all the houses without a wall, so you could look in. pretty cool stuff, I was 5 years old.
40 years ago today 2/9/2011. Carol King had the song "I feel the Earth Move Under My Feet. NO SHIT!
We lived in Tujunga and I went to Alemany High in Mission Hills. We were hoping the Van Norman Dam would flood the school. Graduation was delayed 2 weeks as they had to fix damage to the school. The aftershocks sucked. Terror at its finest. I liove near San Francisco and put 12 volt lighting throughout the house. Anything bigger than 3.0 will turn them on as well as if power fails.
I remember looking down the ally and only the wood fences were still standing. All of the brick fences had toppled and there were packs of dogs roaming the streets.
my grandma also worked at Olive View, she has great snapshots of the ruined building. My grandma and mom were at home in Burbank when it hit, mom says it threw her from wall to wall down the hallway! Wish I was there, it was 7 years before I was born.
I lived in Sylmar on Cathy St. 2 streets up from the wash and went to Hubbard st. Elem grades K thru6th and was in the 8th grade at Olive Vista Jr.High when the quake hit. My Mom worked at the then new Olive Veiw hospital where her office was located in the basement so many of us were fortunate that it hit early in the morning.I loved Sylmar and will never forget Feb. 9,1971!!!
my Dad was a cop, he helped pull out people at the olive view Med ctr. Ever since that morning I still am kinda freaked out about earthquakes I am 47 now
I remember this lke it ws yesterday. I was 11. My brother and Ivwent to the Oive Veiw hospital with my father (who is a Doctor) to help out. They needed all the doctors they could to help the wounded. It was brutal.
I was living in a commune in Mar Vista and ran into one of the children's bedrooms to get four small children out. I saw the glass in the bedroom window bend, very freaky. When I got to my office in Venice, all the file cabinet drawers were open, papers strewn about, bookcases overturned. It was the biggest 'quake I had been in up until then--enough to get the old adrenaline pumpting through my system--but the 1994 'quake was worse and had me thinking my time had come.
I wasn't alive at the time, but my dad said he was living at his girlfriend's house in Santa Monica and remembered waking up to this earthquake. Plus his high school (L.A. High) got destroyed in and had to be rebuilt.
I remember feeling this earthquake. Only 3 yrs. old, living in Burbank at the time. I remember watching TV while we ate Lucky Charms for breakfast. And I only remember that because that was NOT our normal breakfast cereal, so it was a treat!
I was there too! Granada Hills....kingsbury street. I was in 7th grade and what a trip that was. We had some damage and no school for weeks ( Porter Junior High ). What trip to read all your comments.........like a reunion of locations... Great stuff to watch....good video....
I was six years old, living in Canoga Park. I woke up in bed, and my mom came in and dragged me into the doorway and huddled over me. I fought to stick my head out and see what was going on. I remember it seemed to last a long time.
I was in 2nd grade at Hubbard St. School when this earthquake hit. I shared a room with my sister who was in 6th grade. I recall being woken up by our beds bouncing around and my sister shrieking, "Mom! It's an earthquake." I know one of my first thoughts was "What's an earthquake? And home come she knows what one is when I don't?" We didn't go to school for two weeks, and there was an "Andy Gump" (If you lived in Sylmar you know what one of those are) on the corner. Everybody used it. No FEMA.
It was a pretty SoCA day and there was a hot SANTA ANA wind blowing. Remember being out on my street 9631 Quartz St. in Chatsworth with the kids on my street. Stacy Lambert, Lori Seifert, Mitch Rubin, Diane Vissar, Joel Haber, Mark Fleming, John Fries, a boy named Bill who lived a few doors down from the Habers,Georgette lived next door and Sandy Cohen lived up the street and The COMSTOCKS had about 11 kids. Wondering how they are all doing today. We got the day off from NOBEL Jr. High
I remember this day like it was today. I was 14 and had NEVER heard of an EARTHQUAkE so you can say I was in for a SHOCK. I lived 9631 Quartz ST. in Chatsworth near Lassen and Oakdale. Our Scottie was in the pool and we had to save him. Crazy. I ran out of the house to run around with my friends as my mother was hollering for me to come back in. I just kept running. I think that day liberated me to my permanent state of INDEPENDENCE. LOL It was a "WICKED" awakening at 6:01 AM.
someone else in wikipedia and on youtube confused it with the Shango song "day after Day" which is also about a quake in california but they are different performers and songs.
The church is what st.rosa used to look like in san fernando, and the other guilding is the old apartment house's where the san fernando court house is at now
song by "the little girls" originally I heard it on Dr. Demento show 94.7 KMET very early 80's.
wabbitt86 5 months ago
I was there with my family on vacation, staying at a relatives house when the earthquake struck. In the middle of the night,My infant brother was very fussy, and my mother took him to bed with her, the ceiling came down and crushed the crib during the quake. Dad had to climb out a window to come around and force open the bedroom door so we could get out. Drove the streets later and still remember all the houses without a wall, so you could look in. pretty cool stuff, I was 5 years old.
superpac1966 6 months ago
I was ten living in Pacoima , I remember it well .
deathofisrael 1 year ago
40 years ago today 2/9/2011. Carol King had the song "I feel the Earth Move Under My Feet. NO SHIT!
We lived in Tujunga and I went to Alemany High in Mission Hills. We were hoping the Van Norman Dam would flood the school. Graduation was delayed 2 weeks as they had to fix damage to the school. The aftershocks sucked. Terror at its finest. I liove near San Francisco and put 12 volt lighting throughout the house. Anything bigger than 3.0 will turn them on as well as if power fails.
kimmer6 1 year ago
I remember looking down the ally and only the wood fences were still standing. All of the brick fences had toppled and there were packs of dogs roaming the streets.
mkeulr 1 year ago
my grandma also worked at Olive View, she has great snapshots of the ruined building. My grandma and mom were at home in Burbank when it hit, mom says it threw her from wall to wall down the hallway! Wish I was there, it was 7 years before I was born.
GPorGUY 2 years ago
my grandma worked and lived at olive view, I hate earthquakes..
lndianScout 2 years ago
I lived in Sylmar on Cathy St. 2 streets up from the wash and went to Hubbard st. Elem grades K thru6th and was in the 8th grade at Olive Vista Jr.High when the quake hit. My Mom worked at the then new Olive Veiw hospital where her office was located in the basement so many of us were fortunate that it hit early in the morning.I loved Sylmar and will never forget Feb. 9,1971!!!
57bruboo 2 years ago
my Dad was a cop, he helped pull out people at the olive view Med ctr. Ever since that morning I still am kinda freaked out about earthquakes I am 47 now
casinotech 2 years ago
I remember this lke it ws yesterday. I was 11. My brother and Ivwent to the Oive Veiw hospital with my father (who is a Doctor) to help out. They needed all the doctors they could to help the wounded. It was brutal.
racer500gp 2 years ago
I was living in a commune in Mar Vista and ran into one of the children's bedrooms to get four small children out. I saw the glass in the bedroom window bend, very freaky. When I got to my office in Venice, all the file cabinet drawers were open, papers strewn about, bookcases overturned. It was the biggest 'quake I had been in up until then--enough to get the old adrenaline pumpting through my system--but the 1994 'quake was worse and had me thinking my time had come.
hpy999 2 years ago
My grandmother Clarissa W Lee died in this earth quake.
marsh5963 2 years ago
Sorry about your grandmother, marsh.
hpy999 2 years ago
My grandparents lived in Newhall, and my grandfather took footage of the fire in the sidewalk in downtown Newhall.
SmoggyZilla 2 years ago
I wasn't alive at the time, but my dad said he was living at his girlfriend's house in Santa Monica and remembered waking up to this earthquake. Plus his high school (L.A. High) got destroyed in and had to be rebuilt.
DiverseLA 2 years ago
wow. this song is very interesting..
but sad :[
Lizzable4life 3 years ago
i wasnt even born until probabaly 20 years later
lamuthafuckers 3 years ago
I was living in N.Hollywood.I attended
King's High School. Early, sunny Tues morn.
My dad lost his TV repair shop. Lucky it
hit when it did. He would have been killed.
At our house only losy a glass.
aaliyahnicole 3 years ago
I remember feeling this earthquake. Only 3 yrs. old, living in Burbank at the time. I remember watching TV while we ate Lucky Charms for breakfast. And I only remember that because that was NOT our normal breakfast cereal, so it was a treat!
canibeyou 3 years ago
I was there too! Granada Hills....kingsbury street. I was in 7th grade and what a trip that was. We had some damage and no school for weeks ( Porter Junior High ). What trip to read all your comments.........like a reunion of locations... Great stuff to watch....good video....
danmckayporat 3 years ago
2 years after woodstock....
tlcompanion 3 years ago
I was living in the wilshire district in 1971...awsome vid
tlcompanion 3 years ago
Wow! Amazing! Thanks for sending Tlcompanion! yes! Awesome vid! Di:)
ambervisions 3 years ago
I was six years old, living in Canoga Park. I woke up in bed, and my mom came in and dragged me into the doorway and huddled over me. I fought to stick my head out and see what was going on. I remember it seemed to last a long time.
redbearinaz 3 years ago
I was living in N. Hollywood at the time,lankershim and laurel canyon, scared the crap out of me , i was 5. I had never been in a quake before!
jess7331 4 years ago
wow
joelrangel 4 years ago
I was in 2nd grade at Hubbard St. School when this earthquake hit. I shared a room with my sister who was in 6th grade. I recall being woken up by our beds bouncing around and my sister shrieking, "Mom! It's an earthquake." I know one of my first thoughts was "What's an earthquake? And home come she knows what one is when I don't?" We didn't go to school for two weeks, and there was an "Andy Gump" (If you lived in Sylmar you know what one of those are) on the corner. Everybody used it. No FEMA.
FFJuli 4 years ago
Oh yeah. I went by the name Yvonne Hale then.
YaVaunSwanson 4 years ago
It was a pretty SoCA day and there was a hot SANTA ANA wind blowing. Remember being out on my street 9631 Quartz St. in Chatsworth with the kids on my street. Stacy Lambert, Lori Seifert, Mitch Rubin, Diane Vissar, Joel Haber, Mark Fleming, John Fries, a boy named Bill who lived a few doors down from the Habers,Georgette lived next door and Sandy Cohen lived up the street and The COMSTOCKS had about 11 kids. Wondering how they are all doing today. We got the day off from NOBEL Jr. High
YaVaunSwanson 4 years ago
I remember this day like it was today. I was 14 and had NEVER heard of an EARTHQUAkE so you can say I was in for a SHOCK. I lived 9631 Quartz ST. in Chatsworth near Lassen and Oakdale. Our Scottie was in the pool and we had to save him. Crazy. I ran out of the house to run around with my friends as my mother was hollering for me to come back in. I just kept running. I think that day liberated me to my permanent state of INDEPENDENCE. LOL It was a "WICKED" awakening at 6:01 AM.
YaVaunSwanson 4 years ago
love that song.
who sings it?
someone else in wikipedia and on youtube confused it with the Shango song "day after Day" which is also about a quake in california but they are different performers and songs.
who sings this one "shakin Away"?
yougeo 4 years ago
It's a group called the "Little Girls." No cd out, but they do have a video here on YouTube. :)
wiinterrr 4 years ago
@wiinterrr They sound like The GoGo's.
2degucitas 1 year ago
damn... santa rosa has changed.
that's the church i always go to... on sunday.
sylmar2006 4 years ago
funny how that quake destroyed an unfinished 5/210/14 freeway, then 23 years later, northridge knoks the replacement from sylmar.
socalltd 4 years ago
I lived at the top of polk st. back in the 70s
whothought 4 years ago
LOL i still live at polk and glenoaks
cagrizzly 4 years ago
where are those two buildings in the beginning? They don't look familiar.........
rizoiz 4 years ago
The church is what st.rosa used to look like in san fernando, and the other guilding is the old apartment house's where the san fernando court house is at now
cagrizzly 4 years ago
Wow. Thanks. Santa Rosa church looks like it used to be huge.
rizoiz 4 years ago