“To get a kilo of sugar or half a dozen of eggs, one has to wait or fight in line. Money has limited use. There was nothing to buy. You can feel panic around, as people fought to buy some food or batteries.”
Recalling the 1990 ‘Killer Quake’
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#BulatlatAsks| Are you ready for the ‘Big One?’
Most people asked by Bulatlat.com are afraid to have another killer quake in their lifetime, while some are just “leaving it up to God.”
Surviving an earthquake
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Talks of the impending Big One, the strong earthquake that would result from the inevitable movement of the West Valley Fault makes me relive the nightmare of the Baguio earthquake in 1990. Yes, I was in Baguio City when a magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked Luzon island and badly hit the Pine…