On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:33:27 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
> wrote:

>On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:17:12 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:
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>>Did that earthquake in SoCal disturb anyone's Easter meal?
>
>We had dinner a while after the shaker, but it was the strongest one
>I've experienced since moving to SoCal in 2001. I was in my home
>office and the 7' bookcases moved enough that I was afraid they were
>going to fall over. Coincidentally, since we moved into the new house
>3 weeks ago, I have been systematically putting earthquake putty on
>and under some of my more tippy and vulnerable pieces. We didn't get
>enough of a shake to put it to the test, but I was glad I'd done it.
>
>This one was quite a roller, Instead of the quick shake we get from
>time to time, this one went on for a good minute or so, which doesn't
>sound long unless you're living through it. It was also a lot
>stronger. The hanging lamps were swaying hard, floor lamps wobbling
>and it is a really weird feeling, almost as if you're on a boat in a
>mild chop.
>
>God, I miss Colorado...
>
Why? When I was there in 1967 there was an earthquake. I do not know
exactly where the epicenter was but in a second floor apartment in
Aurora, I felt the tremor.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
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Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)