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From YouTube: After the Quake (October 1989)
Description
From 1989: Cupertino City Manager Don Brown assesses the situation in Cupertino in the aftermath of the 6.9 magnitude Loma Prieta Earthquake that rocked the community on October 17th. This City Channel special report also includes extensive video footage of local earthquake damage and relief efforts, and an interview with Cupertino's Chief Building Inspector Joe Antonucci.
This video is one in a series of programs presented as part of the Cupertino City Channel's digital video archive project.
A
Good
evening
and
welcome
to
this
municipal
channel
53
special
report
entitled
after
the
quake,
I'm
Pete,
Coghlan,
east
and,
as
most
of
you
know
by
now,
the
effects
of
the
7.1
magnitude
quake,
which
struck
Northern
California
on
October
17th,
have
extended
well
beyond
that
Tuesday
afternoon
more
than
a
week
ago
and
are
continuing
to
affect
us
today.
The
focus
of
tonight's
program
is
a
look
at
the
Cupertino
situation.
Most
of
you
are
well
aware
of
the
damaging
effects
in
such
places
as
San
Francisco
Oakland
in
Santa
Cruz
and
in
Los
Gatos.
A
But
how
has
the
earthquake
affected
us
here
locally
in
Cupertino,
and
what
can
we
expect
in
the
weeks
and
months
to
come
joining
me
here
today
is
Cupertino
city
manager,
Don
Brown,
who
will
help
answer
some
of
these
questions,
but
before
we
go
to
Don
we're
gonna
take
a
quick
look
back
into
time
to
shortly
after
5:00
p.m.
Tuesday
October
17th.
A
This
was
the
scene
outside
Cupertino
City
Hall
late
Tuesday
afternoon
is
a
major
earthquake,
registering
7.0
on
the
Richter
scale,
jolted
Northern
California,
the
quake
centered
approximately
10
miles
northeast
of
Santa
Cruz
on
the
San
Andreas
Fault
produce
moderate
to
major
damage
throughout
the
Bay
Area,
including
parts
of
the
Santa
Clara
Valley
Cupertino
city
officials
were
quick
to
activate
the
Emergency
Operations
Center
at
City
Hall,
in
coordination
with
countywide
disaster
response
efforts.
During
the
course
of
the
evening,
EEOC
officials
were
flooded
with
numerous
damage
reports
within
the
immediate
Cupertino
area.
A
Perhaps
the
most
serious
incident
was
this
structure
fire
at
75
56,
Orange
Blossom
Drive
in
south
Cupertino,
which
broke
out
soon
after
the
quake.
The
fire
produced
a
large
brown
plume
that
could
be
seen
for
miles
along
the
western
side
of
the
valley.
Neighbor
Norman
wild
returned
home
to
find
the
fire
raging
out
of
control
just
across
the
street
from
his
home
Don
roused.
B
A
Faust,
rather
he
he
did
a
major
part
in
saving
that
house
right
next
to
the
right
of
it,
because
he
got
up
there
with
a
hose
and
he
was
hosing
the
corner
of
that
roof
down,
so
that
that
wouldn't
get
there.
But
the
big
problem.
He
also
got
get
the
dog
out
of
their
backyard
and
there
was
no
because
the
wife
was
out,
and
so
they
be
saved
their
parents.
A
A
Other
incidents
included
an
unsubstantiated
report
of
a
landslide
near
deep,
cliffs
Golf
Course.
Although
no
major
slide
was
observed,
some
erosion
did
occur
when
swimming
pools
overflowed
their
banks.
Just
up
the
hill
from
the
green.
At
the
Cupertino
library,
volumes
upon
volumes
of
books
littered
the
floor
as
the
library
remained
closed
throughout
the
day
as
personnel
began,
refiling
and
repairing
the
books
utilities
remained
out
throughout
much
of
Cupertino
Wednesday
morning
making
driving
a
hazard
throughout
the
city,
these
crossing
lights
at
bub
and
rainbow
malfunction
when
power
was
restored
to
the
area
and
McClellan
ranch
park.
A
The
Maine,
Parks
and
Recreation
office
was
evacuated
when
it
was
found
that
the
foundation
had
shifted
several
inches.
Similar
structural
damage
was
experienced
citywide
from
business
to
business
residents
to
residents
and
as
businesses
were
slowly
cleaning
up.
There
were
reports
of
a
severe
water
shortage
in
Cupertino
due
to
damage
at
the
rinconada
treatment
plant.
The.
C
Main
message
we
want
to
get
across
to
the
residents
of
Cupertino
is
to
conserve
water.
We
are
served
by
three
different
water
companies
in
Cupertino.
Two
of
those
companies
are
private
utilities
which
receive
their
water
from
the
rinconada
treatment
plant
that
is
operated
by
the
Santa
Clara
Valley
Water
District.
There
is
some
damage
to
this
treatment
plant
and
it
is
affecting
our
water
supply.
The.
D
A
D
F
Have
you
noticed
it's
getting
warmer,
there's
been
a
drought
and
forest
fires,
streams
have
been
drying
up
and
record
heat
waves
have
been
reported,
what's
happening,
scientists
call
it
the
greenhouse
effect.
The
gradual
warming
of
the
earth
caused
in
part
by
increased
carbon
dioxide
in
the
atmosphere
co2
that
lets
the
sun's
rays
in
but
traps
the
heat
rising
from
the
earth.
If
we
don't
fight
the
greenhouse
effect,
now,
droughts
and
heat
waves
could
become
intolerable.
The
National
Arbor
Day
Foundation
urges
you
to
do
something
about
it.
F
Right
now,
plant
trees,
you
see
growing
trees,
take
carbon
dioxide
out
of
the
air
and
help
conserve
energy.
This
is
NE
Albert
I
urge
you
to
fight
the
greenhouse
effect
by
planting
trees.
Our
free
booklet
conservation
trees
will
show
you
how
to
get
your
copy
right.
The
National
Arbor
Day
Foundation
Nebraska
City
Nebraska.
Do
it
now.
A
Welcome
back
to
our
earthquake
special
here
on
municipal
channel
53,
joining
me
now
in
the
studio
is
Cupertino
city
manager,
Tom,
Brown
Tom.
Thank
you
very
much
for
being
here
today.
My
pleasure
Pete
now
you've
been
through
this
thing
from
the
very
beginning
and
have
undoubtedly
spent
most
of
your
time
this
past
week
dealing
with
the
crisis
situation
here
in
Cupertino.
A
G
We
did
have
a
lot
of
concern
about
structural
damage,
people
trying
to
get
back
together
with
their
families,
getting
water
back
online
and
so
forth,
but
most
of
it
came
through
pretty
smooth
I
think
we're
about
back
to
normal.
Now,
although
we're
still
inspecting
residential
dwellings
at
people's
request
to
see
if
they
have
any
structural
damage,
so
I'd
say
in
terms
of
city
service
other
than
normal
building
inspections
we're
about
back
to
normal
right
now.
What.
G
Think
most
residential
units
had
content
damage
things
falling
off
the
shelves
breakage
shelving
falling
over
on
cars
and
garages
and
so
forth.
We
we
did
have
some
some
of
our
water
lines.
Our
public
water
lines
break
the
night
of
the
earthquake
got
those
fixed
that
night
and
some
office.
Industrial
buildings
had
had
some
damage
that
had
that
is
still
undergoing
review,
and
but
that
was
that
was
mainly
it.
What
are.
G
These
have
to
be
taking
a
little
bit
of
a
grain
of
salt
because
their
estimates
and
as
we
as
we
get
to
know
more
about
some
of
the
the
process
of
repairing
the
building's
we'll
know
more,
the
exact
cost,
but
we're
estimating
right
now
that
in
private
dwellings,
including
industrial
office
and
residential,
about
58
million
dollars
of
damage
in
Cupertino,
about
8
million
of
that
we're
estimating
to
be
residential
and
about
the
50
million
to
be
industrial.
Commercial.
G
A
G
Well,
I
think
that
reflects
on
the
really
on
exactly
what
happened
during
the
earthquake
is
we
know,
Los
Gatos,
downtown,
took
severe
damage
and
I
think
a
lot
of
that
had
to
do
with
the
location
of
the
fault
and
also
the
location
and
and
the
age
of
the
buildings
in
their
downtown
same
with
Santa
Cruz
I.
Don't
think,
there's
any
way
we
can
compare
what
happened
in
Cupertino
to
what
happened
in
those
communities
mm-hmm
with.
A
G
G
The
items
one
was
some
chain-link
fencing
which
we
we
tried
to
provide,
and
also
some
videotaping
from
our
channel
53
crew,
which
we
provided
just
so
they'd
have
a
hist
Oracle
record
of
the
damage
and
I
suspect
as
time
goes
on,
and
they
assess
their
financial
situation
that
the
county
as
a
whole
may
take
a
look
at
and
see.
If
there's
a
city
that's
going
to
be
in
severe
financial
straits,
there
may
be
something
we'd
want
to
do
as
an
as
a
county
to
see
if
there
was
a
way
to
relieve
some
of
that
pressure.
G
A
As
you
well
know,
and
as
you
mentioned
earlier,
one
of
the
features
of
a
major
earthquake
is
the
disruption
of
utility
services
and,
of
course,
Cupertino
did
experience
that
shortly
after
the
quake,
electricity
and
gas
was
disrupted.
But
now,
after
several
days
after
the
quake,
we
still
seem
to
have
a
water
problem
here
in
Cupertino,
although
most
of
the
lines,
as
you
mentioned,
were
restore,
can
you
maybe
expand
a
little
bit?
What
is
what
exactly
is
the
water
problem?
Weirder.
G
First
of
all,
the
water
Cupertino
is
absolutely
safe
just
to
get
that
out
of
the
way,
and
it
was
always
that
way
throughout
the
quake.
No
contamination,
the
biggest
problem,
was
that
the
Rinconada
treatment
plant,
which
is
our
basically
our
sole
source
of
water
supply
in
normal
situations,
went
out
of
commission
totally
for
several
several
hours
during
the
earthquake.
G
We
do
have
wells
that
we
can
pump
in
an
emergency,
and
we
did
that
with
auxiliary
power
and
we
kept
our
water
tanks
full
during
the
during
this
stage,
and
that
was
that
was
a
relief
because
we
didn't
know
what
kind
of
fire
pressure
demand
would
be
put
on
the
system.
We
did
have
one
structure
fire
during
the
early
stages
of
the
earthquake,
and
luckily
that
was
the
only
fire
we
had,
but
today
we
are
in
pretty
good
shape.
Rinconada
is
up
about
20-25
percent
of
its
normal
capacity
and
I.
G
Think
in
the
next
four
to
six
weeks,
they'll
be
fully
operational.
We
are
getting
priority
treatment,
I
think
from
rinconada,
because
it's
our
only
source
of
water
and
so
right
now
I
would
say
we're
getting
about
the
normal
amount
of
we
would
get.
Although
we
are
asking
people
to
continue
conserving
so
that
we
don't
take
advantage
of
that
of
that
water
situation
out
of
rinconada
treatment,
plant.
Okay,.
A
G
I
think
now
that
we're
three
or
four
days
after
the
earthquake,
people
are
starting
to
ask
questions
about
their
homes.
Is
my
home?
Okay,
structurally,
you
know
I
think
as
long
as
it
was
standing
after
the
quake,
most
people
that
was
not
their
number
one
priority.
It
was
cleaning
up
the
mess
and
making
sure
the
family
was
safe
and
so
forth.
G
So
that's
taking
quite
a
bit
of
our
time
just
responding
to
those
requests
and
what
we
do
is
we
go
out
and
we
look
at
it
our
inspectors
and
we
tell
them
if,
if
it's,
if
it's
a
minor
problem,
we'll
let
them
know
if
it
looks
more
major,
we
would
advise
them
to
get
somebody
to
come
in
and
take
a
look
at
it
from
a
structural
point
of
view.
So
that's
been
a
big
issue.
Initially,
we
had
a
lot
of
calls
about
power
because
PG&E
had
power
outages
all
over
the
place.
G
A
To
let
our
viewers
know
that
we
will
be
joined
later
in
this
program
by
Joe
Antonucci,
who
will
be
talking
about
some
of
the
buildings
affecting
us
going
on
and
what
residents
can
do
to
get
more
information
about
that?
Subject,
Don
I'd
like
to
talk
a
little
bit
now
about
the
the
federal
relief
situation
here
in
Cupertino.
How
do
residents
go
about?
A
G
We
think
so.
First,
let
me
just
talk
about
the
public's
ability
to
access
at
that
situation.
Fema
Federal,
Emergency,
Management
Act
has
set
up
locations
throughout
the
county.
They
also
have
telephone
numbers
which
I
know
you're
going
to
give
out
during
the
program
that
people
can
call
and
get
stuff
by
mail
or
just
get
questions
answered,
and
my
understanding
is.
G
There
are
grants
and
loans
available
for
earthquake
damage
and
I
read
in
the
paper
yesterday,
where
Congress
I
think
approved
about
two
and
a
half
billion
dollars
to
go
towards
the
earthquake
relief
effort
and
that
should
go
through
FEMA
is
my
understanding
to
provide
those
grants
and
loans,
so
I
think
they
I
think
the
system
is
up
and
running.
We
went
to
a
briefing
some
of
our
staff
Saturday
morning,
where
FEMA
gave
us
all
the
rules
and
regulations
and
how
people
should
access
that,
and
we
have
those
available
here
at
City
Hall.
G
If
people
would
want
to
call
City
Hall
for
further
information
or
they
could
call
the
direct
line
through
FEMA.
The
second
part
of
that
is
the
city's
reimbursement
for
costs
and
repairs
and
damages,
and
we
are
tracking
that
pretty
carefully
what
kequivalent
we're
using
what
manpower
was
out
working
beyond
normal
hours,
and
we
expect
that
a
portion
of
that
will
be
reimbursed
through
FEMA
or
the
State
Office
of
Emergency
Services
and
we're
trying
to
keep
track
of
that
too
great.
A
G
Question
that
was
I
think
when
you
look
back
on
that
training
as
brief
and
as
artificial
as
it
may
have
seen.
I
think
it
did
give
us
some
help.
I
think
everybody
that
was
involved
in
this
I
think
this
was
the
first
time
that
the
EOC
was
activated
for
a
real
emergency,
and
so
it
was
a
first
live
test
for
us.
Certainly
for
me,
as
a
fairly
new
city
manager,
it
was
the
first
ever
being
involved
in
trying
to
coordinate
activities
involving
an
earthquake.
G
I
think
the
training
we
had
as
brief
as
it
was
helped
kind
of
identify
who
was
gonna,
follow
up
on
specific
functions,
and
that
was
the
most
value
of
it
and
we
were
looking
for
emergency
medical
treatment.
You
know
Steve
Dowling,
we
knew
was
the
guy
to
do
that
and
Steve's
that's
his
functional
responsibility,
normally
he's
parks
and
recreation
director
in
emergencies
in
charge
of
coordinating
medical
services,
and
so
we
knew
that
he
was
the
guy
to
do
that.
G
A
Do
have
some
footage
now
of
some
of
the
events
that
took
place
shortly
after
504
p.m.
when
the
earthquake
hit.
These
are
scenes
from
the
emergency
operation
center
that
we'll
be
looking
at,
and
then
you
can
tell
us
just
give
us
a
run-through
of
some
of
the
events
that
took
place
shortly
after
the
earthquake,
and
you
know
how
responsibilities
were
delegated
and
delegated
and
so
forth.
Okay,.
G
G
G
G
A
G
It
was
very
calm,
I
thought
people
were,
you
know
very
businesslike,
but
also
very
informal
about
how
to
get
things
done.
We
had.
We
did
a
lot
of
just
sort
of
talking
through
things
you
know.
Where
are
we
on
this?
What's
the
status
on
this?
Where
should
we
be
expending
our
resources
at
this
moment,
and
we
to
do
that?
You
know
I
would
bring
together
two
or
three
people
at
a
time
and
just
have
a
little
informal
chat
over
in
the
corner
and
I
thought
it
worked
pretty.
Well,
you
know
we
learned
a
few
things.
G
G
Strengths
were
first
of
all,
we
were
very
fortunate
that
the
timing
of
it
most
of
the
key
people
were
still
here
were
not
had
not
gone
home.
Yet
that
may
not
always
be
the
case,
but
we,
we
did
have
most
of
the
department
heads
here
and
available
and
ready
to
respond
immediately.
That
was
very
useful.
I
think
the
other
thing
was
just
sort
of
a
professional
demeanor
that
people
had
that
this,
let's
just
keep
things
calm,
we'll
deal
with
each
issues.
This
comes
up.
G
A
I'd
like
to
take
a
look
now
at
some
other
footage
that
was
shot
earlier
in
the
week.
This
is
from
the
Cupertino.
This
is
also
from
Cupertino
City
Hall,
but
this
this
took
place
last
Saturday,
The,
Salvation,
Army,
Relief
Drive
and
may
be
done.
You
can
tell
us
about
some
of
the
community
support
the
overwhelming
community
support
that
came
through
to
help
some
of
the
victims
of
the
earthquake.
Yeah.
G
A
Is
incredible-
and
we
just
want
to
set
word
to
the
the
our
viewers
at
home
just
that
Cupertino
is
not
the
site
of
anymore,
of
relief,
pickups
or
drop
that
you
do
want
to
donate
goods
to
the
Salvation
Army.
This
is
the
number
that
you
should
call
right
here
at
the
bottom
of
the
screen,
so
I
believe
that
is
in
downtown
San
Jose.
So
please
do
not
drop
off
any
more
of
your
goods
here
at
Cupertino,
City
Hall.
There.
G
A
J
H
A
Welcome
back
to
our
earthquake
special
here
on
municipal
channel
53,
we
are
joined
now
by
chief
building
official
for
the
city
of
Cupertino
Joe
antonucci
Joe.
Thank
you
very
much
for
being
here
one
day.
Joe
can
you
maybe
just
tell
us
what
what
is
the
damage
you've
been
running
into
here
in
Cupertino
related
to
the
quake?
Well,
basically,.
K
Cupertino
came
off
pretty
well
and
the
quake
due
to
the
fact
that
a
lot
of
our
buildings
are
new
or
a
relatively
new
community.
The
damage
that
we've
experienced
is
mostly
cosmetic
cracks
in
the
sheetrock
stress
cracks.
The
the
biggest
problem
we've
had
is
in
the
residential
area,
with
chimneys
chimneys,
either
cracked
or
collapsed,
and
we
have
in
Cupertino
16,000
homes
and
we're
doing
a
lot
of
surveys
of
the
upon
request
from
the
public
to
check
the
damage
in
their
homes.
K
One
of
the
problems
is
with
the
with
the
limited
resources
we
have
and
the
number
of
homes.
We
have
to
check
that.
If
people
see
that
they
don't
they,
if
they
look
at
their
home
themselves
and
cannot
see
any
damage,
then
really
nothing
we
can
do
for
them.
If
we
see
if
they
have
something,
they
want
us
to
look
at
a
obvious
problem,
we'll
be
happy
to
do
that.
But
if
they're
uncomfortable
they're,
Beth's
best
step
they
could
take
would
be
to
contact
a
structural
engineer
to
come
in.
K
K
At
this
point
in
time,
yes
down
the
road
when
we
wound,
when
these
immediate
crises
is
that
when
we
have
more
time,
we
may
be
able
to
do
more
for
them.
But
at
this
point
we're
trying
to
to
get
the
people
on
their
feet.
There
really
see
something
that
they're
nervous
about
and
most
cases
it's
turned
out
that
there
there's
really
nothing
to
worry
about
other
than
the
cosmetic
appearance
of
the
problem.
Okay,.
A
Joe
we
have
some
interesting
footage
to
show
right
now.
This
is
a
we'll
have
some
footage
of
downtown
Los
Gatos
and,
as
you
know,
Los
Gatos
was
very
close
to
the
epicenter,
but,
as
we
mentioned,
Cupertino
is
only
about
10
miles
up
the
road
from
Los
Gatos.
Maybe
you
could
talk
about
the
the
difference
in
some
of
the
structures
between
downtown
Los.
D
A
K
I
think
that
the
difference
again
is
that
the
building's
we
have
here
at
relatively
new
built
to
a
much
higher
seismic
standard,
the
old
buildings
like
you're,
seeing
here
in
the
picture,
unreinforced
masonry
buildings
they're,
built
to
a
standard
that
just
can't
handle
that
type
of
seismic
activity.
The
building's
today
are
designed
to
withstand
that.
That
kind
of
a
force,
and,
basically
that's
that's
the
difference-
we're
a
new
community
with
Los
Gatos
is
an
old
community
and
that's
what's
unfortunate
about
it.
All.
A
G
A
We
are
running
out
of
time
and
I'd
like
to
thank
you
and
Don
Brown
in
the
earlier
segment
for
joining
me
today,
stay
tuned
to
municipal
channel
50
through
three
throughout
throughout
the
course
of
the
month,
and
we
will
give
you
continued
updates
on
the
earthquake
situation
throughout
the
Bay
Area
and
here
in
Cupertino.
Thank
you
again
for
joining
us
this
evening.