Earthquake in California! Received a response to my email from Steve Shaw so far.

Hi Rose, Leatrice, Jack and Anne,

Everything is fine at our house.  We, my partner Kum Mo and I, live about 70 miles from the center of the real damage.  At 3:30 this morning, I was awakened by a severe shaking of the house and everything in it.  It continued past the usual five to ten seconds, and that led me to nudge Kum Mo, who otherwise, I guess, would have slept through it, saying to her:  “This looks like a serious one.”   It continued on for about fifteen or so seconds more, although not timing it, it’s hard to tell. 

If you’ve never been through a quake, I can tell you that time extends in one’s perception so that 25 seconds feels like 25 minutes.   Napa City, close to the epicenter, got walloped, with sever injuries to people and damage to buildings, as well as fires, enough so that the governor called a state of emergency.  

It wasn’t the Big One, which we’re told to expect someday, but it was enough to rattle everything, including our sense of well-being.

Here’s a piece from the NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/us/strong-earthquake-shakes-bay-area-in-california.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSum&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news#

Take care, 

Steve

My original email to our classmates that live in California:

On Aug 24, 2014, at 4:07 PM, RJSISTI@aol.com wrote:

Hi, Leatrice Cardone, Anne & Jackie Anderson and Stephen Shaw:

Checking in on all that live in California.  I just heard on the News about an earthquake in California.............I've never been there and don't know much about the area.

All I know as that four people I care about live in California.

Please let me know that you are o.k.

Hugs, Rose

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