> I haven't heard anything about this but I did hear something
 > about a fair size
 > earthquake out there near you again.  Everything OK I take
 > it?
 
The earthquake was down near San Jose, which is a ways south of us 
(about an hour and a half's drive, if I recall).  I didn't feel it at 
all, but Richard (whose lab is on the fourth floor of the building) did.  Not 
very big; I missed the news that night but there must not have been any 
damage because there have been no follow-up stories.  I'll keep an eye out in 
the weekly earthquake summary and see how big it was.  (Yes, there is a 
weekly map in our local newspaper showing seismic activity, which ought to 
give you an idea of just how many earthquakes we have in the area.)
 
You may also have heard that the Seattle Mariners had to cancel a baseball 
game a few weeks back because of an earthquake (a four-point- something, just 
a baby quake).  Turns out that one of the radio broadcasters working that 
night is a fellow who was doing the radio broadcasts with the San Francisco 
Giants and he was on-air during the Loma Prieta earthquake (our big shaker in 
'89).  He thinks he may be the only broadcaster in history who has been 
on-air at the scene of *two* games cancelled because of earthquakes.
 
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