Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Earthquakes, Hurricanes and Cohousing

[Diane (dianeclaire]

At Cambridge Cohousing we  got together to prepare for the storm; the storm
fizzled (how nice!); we had dinner together; and we  got together to put
things back.  Some of us also felt the earthquake a few days earlier, but
nothing like the shaking you experienced.

Diane

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Ann Zabaldo <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net> 
wrote:

>
> Hello all --
>
> First ... a shout out to those cohousers -- and everyone -- living on the
> East coast:  how are you doing viz a vis Irene?   I hear VT is heavily
> impacted with flooding.  How about the rest of you?  Please let us know how
> you are fairing.
>
> Here at Takoma Village in northwest Washington, DC we managed to survive
> The Great Quake followed by Irene just a few days later.  I was in the
> kitchen cutting up an apple when the earth's crusts moved.  Having never
> experienced an earthquake I didn't have the slightest idea what was
> happening.  I did rule out workmen stomping on the roof when I saw the
> kitchen window move back and forth.  Once I found out it was really an
> earthquake I started sending emails to folks saying " ... we had an
> earthquake!" meaning that "we" right here at Takoma Village had its own
> earthquake.  Well ... when you consider we have been struck by lightening
> frying major electrical and digital communication systems from which we
> still have not 100% recovered, flooded routinely, and trapped by 6 ft of
> snow ... having our own earthquake didn't seem so far fetched.  Besides ...
> I don't know anything about earthquakes.  Well, "...no" said my business
> partner, Jack.  "It was a little bigger than that ..."
>
> I do know something about hurricanes having grown up in Tampa, FL.  I've
> lived through enough of them to know they are great pains in the butt along
> w/ being very destructive and life threatening even after passing through.
> The threat is not over once the rain stops.  Ground soaked by rain can still
> cause problems days later as trees w/ weakened root systems crash on to
> power lines, parked cars, etc.  Plus you may also be w/out potable water or
> electricity for days.  When Isabel hit here in 2003 we were w/out power for
> FIVE days.
>
> So ... how are you guys doing out there?
>
> Best --
>
> Ann Zabaldo
> Takoma Village Cohousing
> Washington, DC
> Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
> Falls Church VA
> 703 663 3911
>
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Diane Margolis
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