This morning, I received the following email forwarded to me by a friend in Los Angeles:
Hello to all of you.
PLEASE I ask you all to get ready for a LARGE quake on the west coast.
I was almost blown away by this one that is coming so I know it will be BIG OVER 7.......
TELL ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN!
Get water and supplies ready!!! TELL your friends.
I have a high accuracy rate. I felt the last one in Calf but was on the road and could not tell you.
I see a spot that is a little north east of Los Angeles.
THIS could be off but I tell you it is coming to the coast area from Mexico to Oregon.
BE PREPARED! I will send light.
Miriam
As you might expect, I took exception to the idiosyncratic punctuation and the arbitrary use of capital letters used by the writer to convey her hysteria and elevate her desperation to contagious levels.
Although I admire her concern, I've always had the view that it is easier to riot and loot after the fact of a natural disaster than to prepare and stock up on supplies and food stuffs that may have seemed appetizing at the time of purchase but fail to tempt the palate when push comes to shove.
In any event, I feel secure and well braced for any come-what-may here in my (junior) suite and wish the same for everyone regardless of the preparations they may deem necessary.
1 comment:
Agree on the looting, but candy bars and beans are easy. It may be difficult, however, to find a store that stocks semi-rigid dirigibles or puncture-free hot air balloons when push comes to shove. Procuring the requisite amount of helium, too, could prove problematic.
:-)
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