Oct '89: I was watching The World Series. The TV went completely blank, and all that could be heard was a mono Al Michaels saying, "We've just had a major earthquake!"
Then the picture came back, and it was Jose Canseco (sp?) looking around the stadium, as were the other players.
Freaky...
Then a huge landscape of the city was shown. Fires here and there - man.
And those stories of the Embarcadero Fwy collapsing! Ugh!