Katrina and Rita - in our earthquake belt - e mailed my Congress people

[Coastie for Truth]

I e-mailed Zoe Lofgren and Diane Feinstein, and sent a snail mail to Barbara Boxer (her web site was screwy today) about FEMA etc,

I asked for a no holds barred, complete, non-partisan, independent counsel with full subpoena and contempt powers.

My butt is on the line-- I am an NGO Disaster Responder and I live between the San Andreas and Hayward/Calaveras Faults in the Guadalupe River-Coyote Creek-Alviso Creek flood plain (the "VIII" region in red at the foot of SF Bay) - so I have a real dog in this fight!


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Did you feel the "Great Piedmont Quake of 4:20 AM on Saturday, 9/24/2005?"

[Im with Rosey]

1. I am in So Cal

I have also wondered what kind of response we might expect. I'm not counting on anything. Guess it's time to re-evaluate the earthquake kit! I think it is clear that we can't rely on FEMA, especially now with Brownie as a consultant.

[Coastie for Truth]

2. The only worthwhile part of FEMA is the syllabi's they provide

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And the Red Cross "Living on the Fault Line" course is worthwhile.

[Im with Rosey]

3. Years ago, when we first moved here

after living through blizzards in Boston and tornados outside Chicago, GIANT oak tree landing on my house, for some reason I was worried about earthquakes. I very carefully did all the stuff some guy on PBS told me to do to be prepared. Needless to say, I haven't updated the "box-o-supplies" since then! I'm not even sure where that little wrench thing is for the gas. It's time to realize that we are on our own in times of crises.

[schrodingers_cat]

4. Did you feel the "Great Piedmont Quake of 4:20 AM on Saturday, 9/24/2005?"

Great Piedmont Quake? Teeheeeheeheeee - heard the house 'pop' more than I felt it - I was standing up. Hubby got a good sway lying down, though - woke him right up. Did it even register as a 3? Looked a little puny on the ABAG map.......

[Coastie for Truth]

5. I am one of those "Old Fart" Volunteer Responders

(Red Cross, Ham Radio, Citizens Corps) -- didn't feel a thing, but when the 4:30 AM news came on KGO I heard about it -- got on our South Bay Emergency Net (146.115, +600 offset, 100 tone) --- and nobody was reporting it down here - nothing, switched my scanner to the various 2 meter fire frequencies - nothing (not even CDF), the cat came in and looked at me with that "What are you doing" look that cats have - so I went back to sleep.