Originally Posted by sweetana3

1964 Alaskan Earthquake at 9.2 on the Richter Scale. You have not lived until you experience the earth moving in waves that throw you around for at least 10 minutes. Dont even want to remember the aftershocks.

We were all home alone, parents shopping and at work, and watched the only adult running down the street screaming. We kids just stood holding onto the fence once we made it out of the house. Cars and telephone poles were bouncing or waving around.

We were going to go to the movies and it was a good thing we did not. The theater slid down a hill for a full story. You could walk out the second story windows and step onto the street.