# Bay Area Dopers, check in please

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopers-check-in-please/108974
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [May 14, 2002, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopers-check-in-please/108974 "2002-05-14T05:05:53Z")
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### Author: ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2002, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopers-check-in-please/108974/41 "2002-05-15T00:15:09Z")

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It was a fun quake, nice and long and rolling. Nothing even fell off my kitchen shelves, though, despite the precarious stacking of the tupperware.  
The mayor of Gilroy, when asked about the severity of the earthquake, said “The worst thing that happened this evening was that the Sharks lost.”

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### Author: ![Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nefarious_chipmunk/32/1045_2.png) [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2002, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopers-check-in-please/108974/42 "2002-05-15T01:38:57Z")

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Well, I didn’t even know there was an earthquake. Go figure. I never feel them. I didn’t even feel the one in '89. Sigh.

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