I think the E's should consider donning hard hats!
When the big one hit here in 89, I walked the two miles to my home in SF. Everything was on the floor. Book cases knocked over, front door fully opened. Dishes everywhere. Of course my first concern was my cats. When I saw the open door I nearly had my SECOND heart attack of the day. Well, clearly my boys were native Californians as they were safely tucked away under the dining room table! Talk about duck and cover.
That being said, I'm a native New Yorker and I'll take the occassional jolt over hurricanes, floods, snow and other acts of Mother Nature not to mention the man made disasters...garbage strikes, elevator repair strikes, taxi strikes etc
Claudia