Hi Todd,

Nothing pleases Don or I more than the thought of helping someone else turn the gray cells. Fortunately quite a few turned our heads around quite a number of times as well. Its what keeps you young in heart, lively in mind and awaiting the next surprise earthquakes or life hands you.

Yours truly has a newspaper interview going on Wednesday night. A feature story about our web page is on the agenda. Sometime soon, other folks who live in Petaluma can catch the connection and hopefully learn that our larger than life RCF is a real and present danger and saving water is far better than standing in line for hours to get one gallon of water from a truck. As the reporter said, "people usually talk about preparedness after an earthquake, rather than before." She's right. So I'll see if I can convey the message, today is the day to stop, take a pause and either start a water collection or get those EQ kits ready. We don't have thirty years to wait anymore.

Its the only way to tell people you care about them and you don't want them to suffer needlessly when in a few minutes they can be ready for an average winter storm, a broken pipe in the neighborhood, or an actual earthquake. My little contribution to the place I've called, the City with a Heart. No place else has more non profits per capita and so many willing volunteers. A wonderfully rare population.

I hope Don and I can tickle your gray cells after we've tickled our own in tracking down the facts. No one does it better than Don of course. If something is to be found, he will find it and most often, in a few minutes. Though we get up each others noses from time to time, I can honestly say, I've never met anyone as kind as Don. He's one of a kind, smart, funny, so very caring and oh well, he probably won't be able to get his head through my door in the near future. Oh gosh, to much, to soon, Thanks Cowboy. With you the ride never does get dull along with the wonderful work you've done for years. If they handed out gold medals or what you've done, you wouldn't have room to live in your home.

Petra