On Aug 30, 2011, at 13:54 , John Sessoms wrote: > From: Joseph McAllister > >> We in Seattle and down in San Francisco will be counting on your >> first responders when the big ones hit out here. And it will come. >> AND, the media won't know about it beforehand. Well, except for the >> Tsunami. They'll have 6-15 minutes to talk about that. >> > > What you'll likely get is crews from Idaho & Montana. > > Anyone farther away couldn't get there in time to do any good. Crews from > Wyoming & the Dakotas will cover Idaho & Montana (as well as their own > states) if necessary while the Idaho & Montana crews are helping out in > Washington State.
Depends on the scope of the disaster, I'm sure. But Idaho and Montana (and Oregon if it's Washington in need) will certainly be here. They have been before on occasion. > >> It's one of the reasons I choose to live in a wood frame house 68' >> above mean sea level. 170 miles from the Pacific and 250 from the >> nearest subduction zone. 1000 yards from the nearest river (which is >> tidal where I live, near Puget Sound). It is less expensive than >> having to pay for flood and earthquake insurance. > > Still, as Rosanna Anna Dana says "It's always something." One of my favorite charactors, she was. Led your down the path of a story before exploding into the other possibilities in her soft dulcet tones! HAH! Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com There is no off position to the genius switch. Genius can, however, be observed as insanity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
