11 Jun
2001
11 Jun
'01
6:23 a.m.
I went to my friends place in California once. While I was there, the
ground started to shake, so I ducked under a table. He said, "Oh... the
big, bad New Yorker. He's afraid of a little earthquake." So I shot him.
8-)
Peace... Sridhar
On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Chris Kennedy wrote:
Sellam wrote:
They're actually quite fun. [snip]
To make this remotely on topic, I recall experiencing an earthquake
at ROLM MSC in the early 80's. The MSC campus was located in San Jose,
on North First, and was (at the time) a standard-issue south bay
two story tilt-up for offices along with a large single-story structure
for manufacturing.
One afternoon I and a few other people were at the coffee station outside
the machine room when a modest earthquake hit. It was interesting watching
waves roll through the concrete slab on which we were standing.
The episode also immediately exposed the California natives (we're the ones
who stood around watching the waves in the floor while drinking coffee and
eyeing the nearest desks and doorways) and the non-natives (who went
screaming
out of the building).
Now that I'm a home owner living within 20
miles of a major fault, I don't
have such a cavalier attitude anymore, especially since earthquake
insurance in California is a funny joke (i.e. even if you could afford it,
it's better to forgo it and take your chances).
Or, as one agent put it to me "be sure you knock over a candle on your way
out
of your earthquake damaged house".
--
Chris Kennedy
chris(a)mainecoon.com
http://www.mainecoon.com
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