Streetalk 09.08.16

What is the scariest natural disaster situation you’ve experienced?

Follow-up: What personal item would you be really upset to lose in a fire?

Asked in Downtown Pacific Grove.

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JOHN RAPP |Retired | Pacific Grove

A: The ’89 Loma Prieta earthquake. It caused a lot of damage. A section of the Bay Bridge freeway came down and the cars piled up. People were killed.

Truth: Old photographs, for family history.

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JOSE GONZALEZ | Movie Theater GM | Carmel Valley

A: This fire. You see fires on the news and it seems like no big deal, but this one literally hit home. The smoke has been terrible.

Frame By Frame: I’m a photographer, so probably my cameras.

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ERIN BIERSTEKER | Sales Representative | Pacific Grove

A: The Northridge earthquake in 1995. I was driving at 4am and a gas main exploded in the road behind me. I could see this fire in my mirror.

Say What?: Photo albums of family that have passed. And my iPhone. Just kidding!

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