A young child can touch a whole lot of surfaces in a short amount of time.

This is the time of the year it happens.

I don't think we quite have it nailed down, but it would appear the recurrence time for the 1906 event is 200 years. So, it looks like we are safe for a while from a recurrence. I'm pretty happy about that fact.

We can't let them shoot the threes on us like last time. But these kids don't want to lose anymore, and they want to go farther. We'll see what happens.

Almost all the chimneys were down. There was substantial damage to masonry buildings, some collapses, and there was some slight damage to frame buildings.

We are better off than the people were in the Bay Area at the turn of the (20th) century. But, there is plenty of risk spread around for smaller events in inhabited areas.