[Sca-cooks] How are our friends in New Zealand doing?

[Antonia]

  On 5/09/2010 9:30 a.m., lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:
> This is excellent news! We get 5.something quakes with some frequency 
> up here (San Francisco Bay area) but not 40 in one day (whew!). And 
> your initial quake, i have heard, was even bigger than our Loma Prieta 
> quake (7.0 or so) in 1989.

Yup-- a 7.1. The aftershocks are dying down a bit now, though we had 
quite a sharp one just a few minutes ago.

> I know it can take a while to stop reacting to every vibration and 
> deep rumble (like a big truck going down the street). Do take care, 
> and all my best to you, your cat, and everyone.
>

Thank you for your kind words.  I think the main thing for me to deal 
with over the next few days will be boredom.  My workplace is closed 
'til the 13th due to various hazards.


-- 
Antonia di Benedetto Calvo

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