tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post6304255698695156250..comments2024-02-24T00:41:37.836-08:00Comments on The Buddha Diaries: Ninety-Seven PercentPeter Clothierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-14820990006079873142008-04-17T02:47:00.000-07:002008-04-17T02:47:00.000-07:0097%, huh? Would this be the one that will result i...97%, huh? Would this be the one that will result in the west coast falling into the Pacific?<BR/><BR/>Years ago I remember a Laugh-In segment featuring “news from the future”:<BR/><BR/>“Fears that the U.S. West Coast is sliding into the Pacific are greatly exaggerated. So reports our West Coast Meteorological Station located in Denver.”Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16939152657551690867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-54690809686392941252008-04-16T10:00:00.000-07:002008-04-16T10:00:00.000-07:00Perhaps this is why so many Buddhists I know live ...Perhaps this is why so many Buddhists I know live in California. <BR/><BR/>YOu really can't cling to permanence with this threat hanging over your head all the time. <BR/><BR/>It's not quite the same, I know, but here in the midwest the awe and dread of monstrous summer thunderstorms and tornadoes is the closest we can come to what you describe.The Geezershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12132213545989946724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-79249049064574418842008-04-16T07:58:00.000-07:002008-04-16T07:58:00.000-07:00My first earthquake was the Sylmar quake of Februa...My first earthquake was the Sylmar quake of February 9, 1971. It was a 6.0 and shook for a full minute. We had just moved from New Jersey to California a few months earlier and had no idea what to do with all that shaking. Second quake was the Loma Prieta Quake of October 17, 1989. That was a 7.1 that shook for a fierce and gut-wrenching 15 seconds. The power of earthquakes is something unknowable until you feel the earth rip out from beneath your feet. I don't live in fear of them as much as in awe.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.com