"Charlotte L. Blackmer" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> Cindi - HappyMamatoThree > wrote:
>>
> [... you critique the minor earthquakes ...]
>>>>
>>>> SoCal is always going to rock'n roll.
>>>
>>>
>>> So is NorCal, where I live, but it's fascinating to some of us.
>>
>>We have been in the Central Valley for almost two years and haven't felt
>>even a single shake. My children would be thrilled and scared at the same
>>time. After living through a Mississippi storm where our house took a
>>direct
>>lightening strike, the "Act of God" thing terrifies my youngest.
>
> I don't know where in the Valley you are, but the foothill area from
> north-east Sacramento up to about Oroville has occasional little shakers.
> VERY occasional. (The occasional funnel cloud too up in the wide open
> spaces north of Sac/Roseville, if you want some middle-of-the-country
> nostalgia .) With that being said, I didn't feel a quake properly until
> I moved to SF after college. I was in the car, or in one case in SF, had
> someone who weighed 300# walking by my desk at the moment.

My parents have been here 15 years and they have only felt a shake or two
the whole time they've been here so we are probably not going to feel much.
Though, we travel pretty often to the Bay so the possibility is always
there. Not wishing quakes on anyone, just sayin'.

Cindi

>
> My parents in the north-east burbs of Sacramento felt the Loma Prieta
> quake. I was at 14th and Broadway in beautiful downtown Oakland,
> which is walking distance from the Cypress structure and on the same kind
> of sandy soil. In an elevator. I got quite a ride. Thanks be to God
> that I was in a modern, well-engineered building. (YAY!! for code)
>
> obFood: Had artichoke dip that was left over from the massive funeral
> spread I helped out with for lunch today. With crackers.
>
> Charlotte
>
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