There has been a 7.0 quake in the Pacific Northwest. I'm just posting this topic to find out if Anne-Marie is OK up in Seattle.

She and her cats are fine, although part of downtown Seattle has collapsed and both airports are closed. She was sent home as her building had developed some very impressive cracks, the windows were mostly broken and a water main broke flooding at least one floor.

She may not be looking here right now, but unless something has happened recently, she was OK a while ago.

Jenn and Bob

all is well, thanks for asking . My favorite govenor, Govenor Gary asked us not to tie up lines, so I waited to get online.

all is well, those pictures on the news are of the nice old brick buildings like my work . The new shiney buildings didnt have any damage at all, which is pretty amazing.

nothing much at home except a toppled houseplant and some VERy pissed off cats.

I didnt even realise how bad it was until I got home and was told to listen to the news! rather impressive .

Glad to hear you are okay. I have a good friend from the SCA, Donweena, who lives in your area.

She is a vet in real life and was in surgery when the quake hit. She sent her techs to stand in the doorway and since she was in a sterile gown, threw herself over the dog to ceiling debris from entering the surgical site. Donweena said the scariest part was knowing that the surgical light was swaying like a ship's lantern over her head. Fortunately, they and the dog, are all okay.

I know the Cascade area has increased quite a bit in geologic activites in the last 20 odd years. We visited the Lassen Peak area the last year visitors were allowed into the close viewing areas. Talk about living in the Pacific Ring of Fire...

I'm kind of glad I live on a sandbar where we can at least predict the direction our natural disasters are coming from.