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From: john@hp-ptp.HP.COM (John_Fereira)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: Quake of '89
Message-ID: <2930001@hp-ptp.HP.COM>
Date: 20 Oct 89 22:25:02 GMT
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>The first thing that occurred to me after I learned that the epicenter
>of last night's quake is between SF and Santa Cruz is how many netfolk
>live in the bay area.
>
My site is in Sunnyvale, ~20 miles from the epicenter.  We are not in
flames.  We have about 200 unix boxes at this site alone and we didn't
lose a single one due to the quake (HP quality plug).  Silicon valley
didn't get hit that hard since most of the building are newer and I
guess the ground is a little firmer here.  San Francisco, Oakland,
Los Gatos, Santa Cruz and Watsonville were hit the hardest, and 
Silicon Valley suffered a minimum of damage compare to what you see
on the front page.  Unfortunately, the media will show the worst and 
then print a headline such as "Massive Quake Devastates S.F.".  Driving
to work this morning I saw one sign which was knocked down and no
other damage.  However, I live about two miles from downtown Los Gatos
and it looks like a war zone.

>Our thoughts are with you, people.  Good luck.  Let the nets know if
>there is anything it can do for you.
>
Thanks for caring.  There are a lot of people in need. 
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John