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From: rap@peck.ardent.com (Rob Peck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: X,Y or ZModem on Unix (and best wishes to Earthquake-bound
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Date: 23 Oct 89 19:46:23 GMT
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In article <23318@cup.portal.com> thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes:
>
>Sadly, Los Gatos was VERY badly hit.  Rob Peck lives/lived in Los Gatos,
>and when I spoke with him, his home sustained 90% damage.
>He and his wife Andrea had FORTUNATELY gone out to dinner 1 hour earlier
>that evening, and they're both safe.
>His Amiga and other equipment were totalled; I offered Rob the use of one
>of my spare Amigas once he's settled in safer quarters.

I thank Thad for the news posting, but it appears that my brief encounter
with him left a somewhat worse impression than actually happened.  The
90% figure is damage and destruction of contents.  The house itself is still
standing and sustained major structural damage to the lowest of the
three stories and some as yet unknown damage to the upper floors including
(unfortunately) some roof leaks.  The contents were nearly totalled because
as the mountain moved, so did most of the house but the contents were
launched airborne such that anything that was at the wall landed a minimum
of 6 feet from the wall including a dresser and bar assembly that each
weigh a pretty good amount, and both were upside down when we got home.
The chandeliers, each on a 2 foot chain, had each marked the ceiling
a minimum of 4 times within their circular reach.  Ami seems to be totalled...
monitor might have survived but the downstairs wall broke in and filled
the monitor with water.  (sigh).   Well, gotta go cleanup.  AND we HAVE
insurance, thanks.  LARGE deductible, but we'll put it together and get
on.  Thanks Thad, for the concern.

Rob Peck