This was my first real earthquake, having been born and raised in Kentucky
and moved to California, with a twenty year stop-over in Texas. I would
like your input on this Barb, "Does PD cause Earthquakes or do Earthquakes
cause PD?" Either way you end up with some unwanted shakes :-).

Barb_MSN wrote:

> Dear List-family...
>
> Having been born and raised in Los Angeles, and have lived for the
> past 18 years about 2 miles from the epicenter of the Jan. 17,
> 1994, Northridge Quake.
>
> When our most recent tumbler hit about 2:00 a.m yesterday., I
> grabbed up the packed-for-an-emergency tote bag which has sat next
> to my bed, removed the flashlight from it (it gets new batteries
> every 3 months, no matter what!), stepped into the heavy boots
> that have sat under my bedside table since the Northridge Quake,
> and headed downstairs with my only thought being to get outta the
> pitching, groaning building.
>
> Unfortunately, about half-way downstairs, I realized I was stark
> necked <blush> so had to run back upstairs to my bedroom to get
> into the sweats that have resided at my bedside since the '94
> quake.
>
> By then I was SO exhausted from  running downstairs then upstairs
> again, since the building had apparently stopped shaking, I just
> said "To hell with it all, and stayed upstairs, and called my 2
> daughters to make sure they we ok.
>
> They were, and so was I... OK. that is.
>
> By the way, a 7.0 quake, such as yesterday's, when compared to the
> horrific slamming and twisting (simultaneously) we took from the
> Northridge quake was like comparing a frisky spring breeze to a
> level 5 hurricane!
>
> The Northridge Quake will always be listed as one of the historic
> big quakes, but yesterday's quake'll soon be a mere footnote in
> the records books.
>
> Barb Mallut
> [log in to unmask]
>
> WOWIE!  For the first time in my life I was more or less PREPARED
> when the quake hit.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Saturday, October 16, 1999 11:11 PM
> Subject: Fwd: Re: California Earth Quake from Connie Tate
>
> >>Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>From: "Constance Tate" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>To: "Bob Chapman" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Cc: "janet paterson" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Subject: Re: California Earth Quake
> >>Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 10:57:48 -0600
> >>
> >>dear bob
> >>       we live in san bernardino mts. and we we did shake rattle
> and roll
> >>out of bed.no damage as far as i know right now. we were in
> desert hot
> >>springs in92 and that felt a lot worse.wonder how barb is doing
> >>  sincerely
> >>    connie tate
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Bob Chapman <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Date: Saturday, October 16, 1999 12:16 PM
> >>Subject: California Earth Quake
> >>
> >>
> >>>How bad was the California Earthquake this morning? Well it
> made my arm
> >>>and leg shake, in fact they are still shakin'.
> >>>PS Ron Vetter, don't you live close to Joshua Tree? Hope
> everything is OK
> >>>Bob Chapman
> >>>Cathedral City, CA
> >>>
> >>