Another earthquake!

Angelika A few weeks ago, we were once again rudely awakened by an earthquake of magnitude 5.4. I'm telling you, it was shaking quite a bit. Fortunately, the epicenter was quite far inland, so there was no damage here in San Francisco. The problem was that Michael's computer-accessible earthquake map didn't show the earthquake, and Michael was now firmly convinced that there had been no earthquake at all. He was not dissuaded from his opinion by the fact that our friend Günter, who was visiting from Switzerland at the time, and I had felt the earthquake quite clearly. Later, to Günter's and my honor, it turned out that the map hadn't shown the earthquake because of the map's limited range. The map only shows the immediate area, and the epicenter was, as I said, much further inland. Günter was of course deeply delighted with such adventures being offered to our guests. It only scared him a little because two days earlier we had been to the museum, where an earthquake exhibition was taking place, in which a new room had been built especially for visitors to stand on a moving plate that simulated the strength of the 1989 earthquake. Günter commented later that he could have saved the museum entrance fee.

Many of you keep asking when we will come to visit Germany again. I have planned a visit for early 1999. Unfortunately, Michael won't be able to accompany me (you know only 14 days of vacation, so he's being stingy). Anyway, now Michael wants to write something too.....