Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Whew! Dodged a bullet!
















The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) just had a representative on Fox. He was telling all Californians to expect a massive earthquake sometime in the next 30 years. Mind you he was "forecasting" an earthquake-- not "predicting" one. As he was delivering this lovely reminder, the scroll across the bottom reassured me with this:


"USGS says California will not fall into the ocean."


I feel much better now. I will no longer have to wear flippers and a life vest wherever I go!

-Laurel

5 comments:

Becky said...

No you don't have to wear flippers and a life vest. But you may want to buy a boat...

"dork thinks he's gonna drown!" -Back to the Future

John B said...

You may want to keep those flippers and life vest handy though. If the "big one" hits under the ocean floor it's tsunami time! Maybe a snorkel too!

Diane Davis said...

GREAT... the red box is in the Bay Area... where I live...

Heidi said...

Crap! i was totally looking forward to living on my own little island.

Jon in HB said...

Jean-Paul Sartre wrote an existential play called No Exit. It was about three characters that couldn't stand each other; in a doorless, windowless room for eternity. The audience soon realizes that they are actually in Hell.

I think Heidi's Hell would be living on her own little island that was once California, with the Starbucks girl and the Hot Dog mascot from Weinerschnitzel for eternity.