Sylmar Earthquake 1971

rockin' and rollin' in SoCal 1971

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[wabbitt86]

song by "the little girls" originally I heard it on Dr. Demento show 94.7 KMET very early 80's.

[superpac1966]

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.

[deathofisrael]

I was ten living in Pacoima , I remember it well .

[kimmer6]

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.

[2degucitas]

@wiinterrr They sound like The GoGo's.

[mkeulr]

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.

[GPorGUY]

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.

[lndianScout]

my grandma worked and lived at olive view, I hate earthquakes..

[57bruboo]

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!!!

[casinotech]

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