Hi 2 Cents,

Well a little more of the hillside slid today, but not enough to block the road yet. But today we did get a lot of rain and a mix of rain and snow in Sonoma. Every peak in this area is covered with a blanket of white. Its terrific. But at one point it got down to 31 degrees and that's pretty darn cold for this area.

I saw a whole line of cars coming off of Sonoma Mountain, which is the highest peak on the Rodgers Creek Fault, so they must have gone up to have a look and feel.

Meanwhile, it was a good thing the AGU Meeting occurred when it did because today the waves from the bay were pushing up against the road which skirts it in San Francisco and that's where Don and I took the ferry to and from the city when we went to the meetings.

The forecast doesn't look very good for tomorrow, but its going to be a special day anyway, I mean really special. My company is transporting all of their 250 employees from five offices to San Francisco for our annual Christmas Lunch via limos. Its not just lunch because we won't depart until 5PM. But when we do, we will be delivered to our homes in our assigned limo. I'm quite certain everyone will have an exceptionally good time, despite any kind of weather.

It is interesting that in CA at least, we seldom have large earthquakes in bad weather. Though they happen at all times of the year, it rarely occurs during a rainy day, but quite often rains the next day or the one after. So we have to ask, does the material that goes into the air after an earthquake generate rain? I know people do get sick from something that happens when the dust goes into the air and its really common in Southern CA. There's a name for it, but its eluding me right now. Canie probably knows what they call it.

Cheers! Petra