<p>Celebrant: Into this holy union John Doe and Jane Soon-to-be-Doe now come to be joined. If any of you can show just cause why they may not lawfully be married, speak now; or else for ever hold your peace…</p>
<p><earthquake>…</earthquake></p>
<p>After the dust and the rubble fall to rest.</p>
<p>I keep hearing that between 50,000 to 80,000 people will have died from that earthquake. To put that in perspective we lost over 50,000 Americans in the Vietnam War which took several years. I have to wonder what number of Chinese would have been saved had Chinese buildings been built according to California building codes.</p>