I've lived most of my life in California, and when you do that, you get used to earthquakes. I've been through a few of them.
One of my best earthquake stories was when I lived in San Francisco in the 70s. We had a major shaker that was strong enough for all of us in our apartment building, to evacuate the building to the common space behind the buildings, that had been designated a safe area.
I was so proud of myself for keeping my cool. I had my flashlight and my hiking boots (for broken glass) under by bed. I leaped into the boots and quickly laced them, grabbed the flashlight, grabbed my roommate and raced out of the building.
It was only after I arrived in the common area that I realized I had not put a bathrobe over my white, completely see-through long nightgown. I must have been quite something to behold with my long flowing red hair, in a sheer diaphanous gown which floated around me in the breeze... AND and dark brown hiking boots that laced up and looked like combat jump boots!!
During the 1989 earthquake, I was living in Aptos, on the Monterey Bay, not far from where I live now. My house was shaken and stirred, but I was in the air flying to Washington DC. I didn't know anything about the earthquake until I landed. And it took at least 3 days before communications had been restored so I could find out if everyone was okay.
When I got back to California, I discovered that my neighbors had made sure that my house was okay. They turned off the gas for my mother... and they put up tents in the courtyard. Everyone slept outside for a while. It created friends out of strangers.
Several years later when an arsonist tried to start the eucalyptus trees, that surrounded our townhouses, on fire, we all pitched in and with hoses and a bucket brigade, we put out the fire before the firemen arrived.
I don't think we would have all joined together so quickly to help if we had not had the earthquake in common. Even though I wasn't physically present for the earthquake, my mother and my cats were.
It would be nice to be able to pick up and move inland for a week or a month... but how do you know when one is REALLY going to strike? I've predicted huge earthquakes that never came... hundreds of times before.
How can Californians afford to pack up and leave for a few weeks? Where does the money come from to pay the cost of the "vacation"? How do those who have jobs keep their jobs if they are leaving every few weeks to keep out of the way of the earthquake?
I live in a Tsunami plane and right next to the San Andreas fault and one other one whose name I can't remember right now. When the big one comes... I'm right in the path!!
I guess the way I look at it is like this:
I've made my peace with God and everything and everyone in the next life. If it's my time, I hope that I go quickly and don't suffer.
Now for the good news!!!
Rumor Mill News will survive...
The server is in Atlanta and it's backed up on other servers in various parts of the world. If an earthquake happens here in California, RMN will stay up and running.
Zapper, Theresa from STA, and NeverSurrender will be in charge... and believe me... you won't even know I'm gone.
However, I don't expect to die anytime soon. I don't think God would have seen to it that I survived a 10 year period when many of my friends died under mysterious circumstances, just to have me die in an Earthquake.
While I do feel one is imminent, I have no fear, not for myself or my mother or for the continuity of Rumor Mill News.
Thank you all for worrying about me... And please help me to stabilize the west coast of the United States.
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Protect the coast of the United States by using your mouse to bless and protect the coastal areas... and the inland valleys.
When you are finished protecting the west coast of the United States, scroll down and protect ALL of the Ring of Fire.
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Thank you for helping protect me and all my family and friends who live here!!
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