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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2007 23:07:45 GMT -5
a 2.9 in a small town named canby --- about 25 to 40 miles from me ----never felt a thing -- besides i have earthquake insurance--hope i never have to use it
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Post by Lenny on Jul 12, 2007 5:10:14 GMT -5
A baby quake................glad it wasn't a biggie and there was no damage or injuries. You guys have t carry earthquake insurance. Here we need hurricane and flood insurance in some areas of Florida. Seems like people are prone to something just about everywhere these days.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2007 5:29:17 GMT -5
Happy to hear the quake was away from you.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2007 10:51:17 GMT -5
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Post by pegleg on Jul 13, 2007 2:08:27 GMT -5
a 2.9 in a small town named canby --- about 25 to 40 miles from me ----never felt a thing -- besides i have earthquake insurance--hope i never have to use it We've lived in California for 31 of the last 38 years. We've been through a number of quakes, including the 7.1 magnitude Loma Prieta, 1989, and the 6.6 Sylmar in 1971. We were living about 20 mi from the epicenters of both of these. Always "exciting" (scary). But I think we saw more damage and disruption from Hurricane Isabel when we lived in VA, 2003. A neighbor's house was cut in half by a fallen tree, no power for 8 days, roads blocked for days, food, ice and gasoline shortages, etc. When offered earthquake insurance in the past, we looked at the $10,000 deductible and figured it wasn't worth the nearly $1000 a year premium. I still wring my hands when I think about it, but that has been my "risk tolerance/assessment". At this point, I'd have to sustain more than $30K damage due to a quake to make my decision "wrong". Could happen, but.... It's definitely a question of how much risk tolerance one has. OTOH, I am loaded up with character defamation, uninsured motorist, life, disability, dental, health, etc, etc, insurance though. BTW, uninsured motorist paid off last week - I was rear-ended by an illeg... er, "undocumented immigrant". Enough about insurance.... As an old friend of mine once said, Ya pays yer money, and ya takes yer chances....
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2007 13:16:21 GMT -5
my sister lives in northridge -- the home of the northridge earthquake
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Post by pegleg on Jul 13, 2007 21:29:36 GMT -5
my sister lives in northridge -- the home of the northridge earthquake THAT was one of the worst earthquake disasters, although "only" a 6.7. I have a friend/co-worker who was living there at the time. Did your sister sustain much damage? Insured?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2007 21:38:02 GMT -5
I remember a mini earthquake in the Bronx...I was getting ready for work, I think it was 1985. We lived on the 5th floor and at first I thought it was a train...but not up that high! A little while later I remember hearing about it on the radio.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2007 1:32:36 GMT -5
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Did your sister sustain much damage? Insured?[/quote]
i guess it could have been much worse -- yes they were insured
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