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When the earth burped

For all the pontificators on the subject of warming trends et al and how we as a species are causing irreparable damage to the flora, fauna and fundas..it is quite humiliating when the planet lets out a serious belch.

It happened not far from our home in the Silicon Valley of CA.  What is known as the wine regions of northern California shook with a burp of 6.0 as measured by Richter scale.  That it did not cause serious human loss of life was partly a function of when it happened - when most of the public near the epicenter (even those that stayed up late to imbibe the local beverages - think Napa Wines) were asleep.

It shook our bed many miles away too around 3.15 AM local time and lasted a good 15 seconds.  What I find amusing is that the news hawks decide to make a field day because the people had already tuned them out after the stale story about the demise of one of my beloved comics (Robin Williams - who passed - onto another realm not passed by Napa - about 15 miles from the epicenter as it happens a week ago).

Now it was all hands on deck yapping about how the bricks could fall and people should be prepared to respond to a quake and how many barrels of wine we lost..

First - no one can respond to a serious quake.  I mean what are you going to do if a 10 hits your home?  Plan to meet at a prearranged rendezvous with your emergency supplies?

Honestly if the earth wanted to it could take Silicon Valley and chew it up in a matter of seconds and make parts of Arizona coastal property in no time.

I have sagely invested in a property west of Phoenix with that in mind.  I mean the San Andreas is not a Saint you mess with. Right?

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  1. As Ghulam Ali would have sung..hangama hai kyun barpa, thodi si jo hila di hai..

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