Hey now!
I live in Louisiana and I like Earthquakes. Been through 3 of them while in
Ca.
They were a lot quicker than hurricanes.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erika L Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 12:30
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Lightbulb changing, CA style
>
>
> Oh geez! I forgot all about Earthquakes!!! <ARGHS!>
>
>
> ReplaceNoCase("Erica", "c", "k", "ALL")*
>
> *A thanks to Dylan, for being the ever observant CF programmer!!
>
> "Once in a while it really hits people that they don't have to experience
> the world in the way they have been told to." - Alan Keightley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Braver, Ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 12:40 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Lightbulb changing, CA style
>
>
> Erika,
>
> & just wait until the big earthquake <oy>
>
> Ben
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erika L Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 9:12 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Lightbulb changing, CA style
>
>
> *** looking heavenward and thanking my lucky stars that we don't have this
> problem..... ***
>
> Ben, that all really sucks you know. I don't see how there isn't a mass
> exodus taking place out of California into other areas of the country. Why
> do people continue to live there? Is there something about blackouts and
> power outages that is appealing?
>
> I mean I like wine (Napa Valley) and great big trees (Redwoods) and the
> shore, but come on.... hiking through great state parks and skiing in the
> north isn't worth the trouble or the expense you guys seem to
> endure.....but
> hey, to each their own.
>
> I guess people wonder why one would want to live in the "Armpit" of the US
> as some people call Jersey.
>
> ** perplexed **
>
>
> ReplaceNoCase("Erica", "c", "k", "ALL")*
>
> *A thanks to Dylan, for being the ever observant CF programmer!!
>
> "Once in a while it really hits people that they don't have to experience
> the world in the way they have been told to." - Alan Keightley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Braver, Ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 11:43 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Lightbulb changing, CA style
>
>
> g'mornin' all
>
> So how do you change a lightbulb in California these days?
>
> (1) Try turning on another light, see if the power is out completely or if
> it's just that one bulb.
>
> (2) If the power is all off, turn on a battery-powered radio to
> find out if
> we're in another Stage III Power Alert with rotating blackouts.
>
> (3) Check your utility bill to find your Rotating Outage Block
> Number (which
> of the fourteen groups of victims you're in), if you don't
> already have this
> memorized.
>
> (4) If there is an outage and it's your block, you'll have your power back
> in an hour or two. So don't open the refrigerator!
>
> (5) If there is an outage and it's NOT your block, look outside, see if a
> driver distracted by their cell phone crashed into a power pole.
> (Or, maybe
> a transformer blew in the unseasonable heat.)
>
> (6) If it turned out to just be the light bulb, replace the incandescent
> bulb with a low-wattage compact flourescent.
>
> OK, all of ya outside of CA, pay attention -- y'all may be next
> if they let
> your state deregulate the way we did, and don't built new plants for years
> in a time of rapid growth in power consumption (can you say
> server farms?).
>
> Ben
>
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