| Speaking of earthquakes: I am a 5th generation Californian by birth and my family has experienced many of the recent quakes in one way or another. A series of small quakes hit SF after one ancestor arrived in 1850; family members offered aid and assistance during the earthquake that hit SF in 1906 since they lived out of the path of the fires and in the Golden Gate Park area and on Lafayette Square; Most missed it though since many lived in the mother lode at the time; my mom told me about being with her father who was doing surveying in 1925 in Santa Barbara when that quake hit; I remember the Concord quake in 1955 very well, it was my first experience with an earthquake; my sister's home had structural damage during the Loma Prieta quake in 1989; my cousin's home was rebuilt after that quake as well; I was affected by the Sylmar in 1971, I felt it; living in LA for some of my life little quakes happened rather often.
I am more afraid of tornados, hurricanes and the like. I guess it is what you are used to. I live in an earthquake zone now and I roll with them when they roll through. I guess every area has its good and bad. |