On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 08:35:33 -0800, "Dimitri" >
wrote:

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>"SBarbour" > wrote in message

>> Actually, most of us barely pause to notice an earthquake, even if it's big
>> enough to feel.
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>> Sharon
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>Right on....
>
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>I'll take earthquakes over tornadoes any day.
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>Dimitri
>
Same here.

And I have lived through both, well at least the big earthquake, and
then several years later in an eastern state, a big tornado coming
through town.
The earthquake was the Loma Prieta one, and I was about 10 miles from
where the double decker freeway collapsed. There was no time to get
scared when it happened...even though it seemed the house would never
stop shaking.

With the tornado coming through town, there were warnings, sirens
going off, the TV telling folks to take cover, and plenty of time to
get terrified that it was coming my way. I think I got in the only
space I could at the time, as I was on crutches and had just had hip
surgery a week or so before.

As Dimitri said, I'll take the earthquake. It's over and done with by
the time the fear has registered.

Christine