I was raised east of Los Angeles and the saying went, "It's not an earthquake unless there were whitecaps on the waves in the swimming pool!"
Then, as an adult Californian who had lived through dozens of the things, some big enough to knock me off of my feet, it was kinda "ho-hum" when the ground rocked hard enough to make me think I had a flat tire on my way home from work near San Francisco one afternoon in 1989. It was after I got home that I learned the freeway I frequented through Oakland had collapsed and people had died, crushed in their cars under tons of concrete. I still miss the old downtown Santa Cruz where I often had coffee and where other people died when the brick walls fell on them that day. Nothing about life is more fragile than life itself. It's always worth taking nature seriously. And being ready to help however we can. It's what people who care do. It's what Hams do. Ron AC7AC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
