On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 08:59:50 -0400, Kevin Gowen
<kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
inscribed:

>Michael Cash wrote:
>> On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 18:19:25 +0900, Chris Kern <chriskern99@gmail.com>
>> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>> 
>> 
>>>On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 08:57:41 GMT, dame_zumari@yahoo.com (Louise
>>>Bremner) posted the following:
>>>
>>>
>>>>That was a biggie! The whole house shook...
>>>
>>>Yeah, that's the biggest one I've felt since I've been here.
>>>
>>>News says it was 6-kyou in Niigata.  3 in my area.
>> 
>> 
>> 5 over here an hour or so west of you. The first one was so strong
>> that my daughter, without a word to or from anyone, took shelter under
>> the table. On the second through fourth tremors, I sent my son there
>> with her. We had about six....scratch that, while I was typing it the
>> seventh came.
>
>I never understood the Japanese practice of hiding under things during 
>an earthquake.

A call from my in-laws revealed that my mother-in-law is taking the
precaution of wearing some sort of cap, while my father-in-law has
donned a helmet and is either reminiscing about his soldiering days in
the Imperial Japanese Army or having flashbacks. I'm not sure which it
is.

When it comes to hiding from natural phenomena, the only thing I've
ever heard which sounded plausible was Marcel Ledbetter hiding in a
pea patch during a tornado.




--

Michael Cash

"I am sorry, Mr. Cash, but we are unable to accept your rap sheet in lieu of
a high school transcript."

                                Dr. Howard Sprague
                                Dean of Admissions
                                Mount Pilot College