[Dan in Pasadena]

I was in a meeting in a single wide construction trailer in E.L.A. Funny, about half the people at the meeting aren't from California and had never experienced an earthquake. They looked panicked while the rest of us kept talking .

The woman next to me asked, "What do I do? Go under the table?"

I lived in Whittier for the 1987 earthquake and had over $25,000 damage done to my house ...and that's in 1987 dollars. It was approximately the same magnitude but did a LOT of damage in Whittier. Most don't remember that quake anymore, Northridge made us forget it but it was a serious one.