Hi Doves,

With the date Oct. 17, 2004 showing some numerical importance, I keep thinking that date seemed familiar. On Oct. 17, 1989, the world was watching the start of a World Series Game when the Loma Prieta Earthquake occurred, on National Television.  I went through that quake as I lived in the bay area and we lost phone and TV, so it is important to have a radio during disasters :)

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On October 17, 1989, at 5:04:15 p.m. (P.d.t.), a magnitude 6.9 (moment magnitude; surface-wave magnitude, 7.1) earthquake severely shook the San Francisco and Monterey Bay regions. The epicenter was located at 37.04° N. latitude, 121.88° W. longitude near Loma Prieta peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains, approximately 14 km (9 mi) northeast of Santa Cruz and 96 km (60 mi) south-southeast of San Francisco. The earthquake occurred when the crustal rocks comprising the Pacific and North American Plates abruptly slipped as much as 2 meters (7 ft) along their common boundary-the San Andreas fault system. The rupture initiated at a depth of 18 km (11 mi) and extended 35 km (22 mi) along the fault, but it did not break the surface of the Earth . <clip

Also, by the time this you read this, the volcano at Mt. St. Helens may have erupted again or it may have something to do with the prophecy about the 2nd US presidential debates. ???

PK