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Aktungbby · 02-06-23, 11:23 AM

...and they always seem to occur at an ungodly hour of the night when your snug in bed. 04:15 in this case; as opposed to 02:30ish in both of the Napa Quakes...2000 and 2014. In both tremors I immediately circled my own block with a gas-meter wrench sniffing for leaks and turning off meters as requested by the neighbors. The 2000 one epicentered 500 yards NW from my home and destroyed my solid brick chimney and rear stucco. The 2014 destroyed downtown Napa and killed people.The 7.9 Loma Prieta in 1989 epicentered and totally destroyed houses in the Santa Cruz Mtns, collapsed bridges in San Francisco and caused loss of life, both my principal real-estate appraisal territories. At least that was at a decent hour...17:00; as I was in my vehicle watching the street lamps sway violently before reversing course to speed back to our mid-Peninsula apartment to check on my newborn infant and her elderly Indian nanny. I later was approached by and dutifully surrendered my otherwise confidential appraisal files, with critical photos, of several years work to FEMA to assist mountain property owners in getting government assistance. No charge!

02-06-23, 11:23 AM	#3
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,999 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	"...and the earth shook" with apology to Hemingway ...and they always seem to occur at an ungodly hour of the night when your snug in bed. 04:15 in this case; as opposed to 02:30ish in both of the Napa Quakes...2000 and 2014. In both tremors I immediately circled my own block with a gas-meter wrench sniffing for leaks and turning off meters as requested by the neighbors. The 2000 one epicentered 500 yards NW from my home and destroyed my solid brick chimney and rear stucco. The 2014 destroyed downtown Napa and killed people.The 7.9 Loma Prieta in 1989 epicentered and totally destroyed houses in the Santa Cruz Mtns, collapsed bridges in San Francisco and caused loss of life, both my principal real-estate appraisal territories. At least that was at a decent hour...17:00; as I was in my vehicle watching the street lamps sway violently before reversing course to speed back to our mid-Peninsula apartment to check on my newborn infant and her elderly Indian nanny. I later was approached by and dutifully surrendered my otherwise confidential appraisal files, with critical photos, of several years work to FEMA to assist mountain property owners in getting government assistance. No charge! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!