I grew up in Northern California. No, not San Francisco. We considered that down south. I mean Northern California. So earthquakes were our main source of natural disaster. With the occasional tsunami. I always figured earthquakes are nice because you don’t know they are coming. You just deal with the now, not the worry. But that is in contrast with tornadoes. I can see how planning for flooding can be comforting. So I guess it is tornadoes that are the worst. Enough warning to panic, but still not enough warning to be really ready.
But also, earthquakes are not as scary when you live somewhere with skyscrapers reaching to 4 stories… well one 4 story, and one 3 story building. And many gingerbread houses made of flexible wood frames. But also so damp that fire isn’t a huge risk. An area where you and your sister play “What’s the richter scale?” That is when you guess how bad the earthquake you just felt was and then watch the news to see who was closest. If you notice it happen it is at least a 4.
There is a street thru our biggest “city” where all the streets are off… meaning the cross streets don’t line up at the intersections, because earthquake. They just repaved it and made off kilter intersections.
- It’s pretty much been obliterated.
But you know how I am. I see your new railings at work are not open rails anymore, that’s good…safer. It’s been a while since I’ve been by there. Thanks for sharing the pics… cute little guy.
… Yep, they finally got them installed… Won’t go into how long it too them to finish the job though. 
Yep, still raining, but I guess that’s what it does when you live in a friggin’ Rain-Forest. 
… Shows I’m down 2.5, but as I mentioned last week, I did have quite a bit of swelling in my leg/knee, so wasn’t sure the added 3 pounds I saw last week was not simply from that? Plus, I ended up Fasting a couple times this past week, albeit small ones. A 44 hr. & another around 36 or so? Just some days I decided to skip here and there, not feeling like eating.
