[Elecraft] 5.6 Earthquake very close to San Jose

[Kevin Rock]

Interesting; I was on the ARES/RACES net when one of the ops came on with the news.  We were preparing for another of our drills so we can be prepared for this type of occurrence.
   Kevin.
 
 
> I was raised east of Los Angeles and the saying went, "It's not an
> earthquake unless there were whitecaps on the waves in the swimming 
> pool!" 
 
> Then, as an adult Californian who had lived through dozens of the things,
> some big enough to knock me off of my feet, it was kinda "ho-hum" when 
> the ground rocked hard enough to make me think I had a flat tire on my 
> way home from work near San Francisco one afternoon in 1989. 
 
... 
 
> Nothing about life is more fragile than life itself. 

I understand this far better than most!
 
> It's always worth taking nature seriously. 
 
> And being ready to help however we can.
 
> It's what people who care do.
 
> It's what Hams do.  
 
> Ron AC7AC