The social network before social networks
Kim Komando Today
WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc
4.8 • 770 Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2020
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Let's go back in time to 1989. The Loma Prieta earthquake struck as the third game of the World Series was set to begin. During this time of panic, when other modes of communication failed, a group of volunteers stepped up: ham radio operators. These brave people became unsung heroes, jumping into action to literally save lives. Find out how they did it and the place ham radio has in our world today.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm taking you back in time. |
| 0:02.1 | The date. |
| 0:02.8 | Tuesday, October 17th, 1989. |
| 0:06.0 | Do you remember where you were? |
| 0:10.4 | It was a big day for baseball fans. |
| 0:13.2 | It was the Battle of the Bay, Game 3 of the World Series, |
| 0:16.8 | between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland A's. |
| 0:20.7 | More than 60,000 fans were packed into Candlestick Park for its first World Series game |
| 0:26.7 | in 27 years. They were pretty excited, to say the least. |
| 0:31.7 | By Tuesday night, October 17th, the 1989 Giants had faced some pretty tough pitching in games |
| 0:37.4 | one and two. The team was down to Zip in the series, and the Giants had faced some pretty tough pitching in games one and two. |
| 0:38.3 | The team was down to zip in the series, and the Giants were looking to rebound. |
| 0:49.4 | It was just after 5 o'clock. Highways were jammed. Rush hour commuters had one thought in mind, home. |
| 0:56.1 | The A's and the Giants were in the dugout. The fans were still filling the stands. ABC Sports had just begun its national broadcast with Al Michaels and Tim McCarver. |
| 1:07.6 | Allowing Jose Canseco to score and he fails to get Dave Parker at second base. |
| 1:14.4 | So the Oakland A's take... |
| 1:17.0 | I'll tell you what, we're having a nurse... |
| 1:19.6 | Then it happened. |
| 1:22.6 | Oh my God, we're having an earthquake. |
| 1:29.8 | Wait a minute. Hold on. Hold on. |
| 1:31.4 | It was named the Loma Prieta earthquake. |
| 1:33.9 | It was an extremely strong 6.9 on the Richter's scale. |
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