RE: [CH] OT-Southern California earthquake
Bloechl, Sharen Rund (sharen.rund.bloechl@lmco.com)
Mon, 18 Oct 1999 09:15:44 -0700
I hit the "send" too soon - I forgot to mention, I live just minutes away
from the '89 epicenter where our house shook, water was splashed out of the
pool, etc - this newest "big" one hit 1 day shy of the 10-year anniversary.
. .
Sharen Rund Bloechl
Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems
Sunnyvale Data Center
sharen.rund.bloechl@lmco.com Phone: 408-756-5432
[or] Fax: 408-756-0912
srund@svl.ems.lmco.com LMnet: 8-326-5432
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[or] Operator Assist: 1-800-725-5079, pin 408-539-5146
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> From: Bloechl, Sharen Rund
> Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 9:13 AM
> To: chile-heads; 'Ron Hay'
> Subject: RE: [CH] OT-Southern California earthquake
>
> While attending the CA Hot Rod Reunion @ Famosa drag strip, my husband
> were lodging in Bakersfield (not that far from the epicenter) and never
> felt a thing
>
> Sharen Rund Bloechl
>
> Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems
> Sunnyvale Data Center
> sharen.rund.bloechl@lmco.com Phone: 408-756-5432
> [or] Fax: 408-756-0912
> srund@svl.ems.lmco.com LMnet: 8-326-5432
> Pager: 408-539-5146 web: http://webpager.lmms.lmco.com/perl/mtrocall.cgi
> [or] Operator Assist: 1-800-725-5079, pin 408-539-5146
>
>
>
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> From: Ron Hay[SMTP:ronhay@pacbell.net]
> Reply To: Ron Hay
> Sent: Saturday, October 16, 1999 10:43 AM
> To: chile-heads
> Subject: [CH] OT-Southern California earthquake
>
> Dear friends,
>
> Just a note to let you know that we came through this scary episode at
> 2:46 a.m. in fine fettle (ever wonder what a fettle is?)
>
> We were rudely awakened by a rather strong, rolling ground motion which
> lasted about 3-40 seconds. Lamps swayed, the house creaked and
> groaned...and the block wall did not fall on our chile patch (yay,
> team!).
>
> The wires sparked and arced, and the transformer on the next block to
> the south of us blew up in a blue flash, which then plunged our
> neighborhood into darkness until 7:35 a.m., when electricity was
> restored. About the only positive thing I can say about the disruption
> in power is that it was practice for the 31st, when we have to change
> all our clocks and timing mechanisms.
>
> No cracks, no broken windows or broken anything. Thank God! As Yogi Bear
> would have said, "I had deja vu all over again," with the ghosts of the
> '94 earthquake still fresh in our minds.
>
> It could have been a whole lot worse!
>
> Ron
> Van Nuys, CA
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