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Auggie

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12. Thanks. When I began to think of moving out of San Francisco, which I dearly loved,

Reply to Brother Buzz (Reply #11)

Mon Aug 25, 2014, 07:06 PM

Aug 2014

I had to make one of the "pro & con" lists -- why I should stay and why I should I leave. The cataclysmic big one was at the top of that list. I can survive the big one better in wine country.

I put Resiner's book on my reading list.

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Word of warning for those on the fault line [View all] Auggie Aug 2014 OP

Sunday's 3Am earthquake was an eye opener. truedelphi Aug 2014 #1

TrueDelphi, are you near Clearlake? Which volcano is no longer considered dormant? Ecumenist Aug 2014 #7

I mis-spoke. (Mis-typed?) Sorry to alarm you. truedelphi Aug 2014 #16

Well since you don't get a warning I think you can retrofit your house upaloopa Aug 2014 #2

And even then, you could be moving into danger instead of out of it... CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2014 #3

True. upaloopa Aug 2014 #4

When I worked in a S.F. high-rise ... Auggie Aug 2014 #8

And water will be hard to get upaloopa Aug 2014 #9

A-yup. The Hayward is overdue. And it has produced 7s in the past. KamaAina Aug 2014 #5

In Orange County here. Control-Z Aug 2014 #6

It has been 20 years since my area of So Cal has had a major quake.. Tikki Aug 2014 #10

A must read for people who insist on ignoring your advice: Brother Buzz Aug 2014 #11

Thanks. When I began to think of moving out of San Francisco, which I dearly loved, Auggie Aug 2014 #12

I'd be a whole lot more concerned about fires in the Napa Valley Brother Buzz Aug 2014 #13

I'm not Auggie Aug 2014 #14

(side comment) If you're in a building with masonry / brick walls at the front entrance - pinto Aug 2014 #15

I lived S.F. during Loma Preita but I lived & worked in lower nob hill and mackerel Aug 2014 #17

You have quite an experience ahead of you Auggie Aug 2014 #18