[PRCo] Re: PRCo__PCC__#100_--_Web Photos

[Fred Schneider]

The only earthquake I ever experienced was, believe it or not, a very  
minor magnitude 4.5 in Lancaster, PA.   I had my hand in the mouth of  
our Doberman removing something he wasn't supposed to be eating when  
everything started buzzing and every hair on his body stood up straight.

I remember spending a few days in Harre Demoro's home in Oakland,  
California back in 1974.   He lived on Jordan Road up in the foothills.

  I asked if the canyon in front of his house was a branch of the  
Hayward fault.   His answer was, "Yes."

"How often does it move?,"  I asked

"The chandelier in the dining room swings about once a year, " Harre  
said.  "But we don't have hurricanes and you do."

I asked next if he knew where is property was.

"We resurveyed the whole street last year and everybody's land  
overlapped everyone else."

There have to be some redeem values, Herb.   The climate is  
fantastic.   Remember the population in Pennsylvania has had almost  
zero growth over the last 30 years.   Ohio hasn't grown much either  
(10.6 to 11.3 million since 1970).   But California has grown from 19  
milllion to 36 million people in the same period.

I would rather be in western Minnesota but a lot of people love that  
California climate.



On Oct 1, 2007, at 10:37 PM, Herb Brannon wrote:

> My only trip there was in 1980. Just in time for an earthquake. I  
> never knew a frame house could sway back and forth that much and  
> still remain standing or that steel trolley tracks could look like  
> four snakes writhing back and forth then straighten out  
> again.............never again !
> Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net> wrote:  It's a city you  
> can easily learn to love.
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> Herb Brannon
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