[All About Natural Disasters]

I was working on the deck of a covered porch we were completing when the quake hit-- in Alexandria, VA about 90 miles from epicenter. My first thought was that I totally screwed up the porch addition and the roof was coming loose to fall on our heads. Having experienced minor quakes in both Northern and Southern CA, I quickly realized it was a quake and yelled for all to get off the deck. For a few seconds on the deck, it felt like we were surfing. After inspecting the structure I informed the owner that we did good-- it w/stood a quake.

 

Now that we may be hit w/ a hurricane this weekend in DC area, we might get another test of our skills;)

 

P.S. In Alexandria, VA, inc. my residence, the quake caused cupboard/shelf contents to tumble and some wall-hung pictures to come loose.

[Complaint Thursdays]

Haha yea I have heard of KanJam... I had never really heard of competitive ultimate before I went to Carnegie-Mellon, so when I found out about KanJam I was surprised to see its popularity in WNY. I've seen it played in a Pittsburgh-area ultimate tourney.

Yup, UofR, UB, and RIT all have well-established teams. I'd love to see it more at the high school level in Rochester; I know that a handful of HS teams (one of the Pittsfords I know does) have been established in recent years. Here in Pittsburgh, they have something like 38 high school teams, and a pretty big ultimate community.

 

What year CMU? I graduated 1983-- GSIA-- or should I now say Tepper something or other...

 

Tom