Conference misery::feline_v1

    Me too!  I haven't been able to get through to the nodes out there.
    We're worried about you folks.  Check in when you can..
             
    
    Linda ...who will feel *lots* better once noses have been counted!

    Randy is working at home today, so he has the TV on and will update
    me if anything new comes up.  From what he said there is a lot of
    gas lines, phone lines and electricity out.  He also said the amateur
    radio (ham) people are working with the Red Cross.  
    
    I'm sure the Feliners out there know we are concerned and will put
    something in here as soon as they can, but I to will feel better
    once noses have been counted.
    
    Bernice

    
    Also, we need to remember that it's still pretty early out there, and
    those who may be able to log in won't even be at work yet.  All we can
    do for now is keep our fingers crossed and wait for news.
    
    Sandy
    

    
    Let's all be patient and pray for All the folks out there.  It may
    be days before the feliners in the Bay area are able to check in.
    
    But I hope they know that we are worried, I also hope they let us
    know what we can do to help.  What types of supplies are needed,
    etc, I would be more than willing to do what I can to collect canned
    goods, clothing, paper goods etc. 
    
    Feline Worried,
    
    Sue & Panther & Spot
    

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Note 2957.0             Thoughts of our feline families..             No replies
WILKIE::IVES                                          7 lines  17-OCT-1989 22:32
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    This is to all our feline noters in th Santa Clara area. Please
    let us know you are safe and sound. Our thoughts and prayers are
    with all of you and your families at this terrible time.
    
    Regards,
    Barbara
    

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Note 2958.0            WEST COAST FELINERS PLEASE CHECK IN             3 replies
CRUISE::NDC "Nancy Diettrich-Cunniff-I wanted it all" 3 lines  18-OCT-1989 07:48
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    West Coast Feliners!  Please check in here.  We're worried about
    you in light of the earthquake.
      Nancy DC
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Note 2958.1            WEST COAST FELINERS PLEASE CHECK IN                1 of 3
VIDEO::MORRISSEY "Love letters in the sand"           9 lines  18-OCT-1989 08:11
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    	Unfortunately, I don't think we'll be hearing from them
    	very soon.  Power, gas, water and phones are expected to be
    	out for the next 3 days....
    
    	God I hope they're ok....
    
    
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Note 2958.2            WEST COAST FELINERS PLEASE CHECK IN                2 of 3
COGITO::SPINNEY "The truth will make you flee"        5 lines  18-OCT-1989 08:16
                     -< news 10 miles from Oakland Bridge >-
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    My brother called from Oakland and he and his 14 yer old kitty,
    Caspie got their britches shook but all about them seems ok.
    Caspie of course will not come out from under the bed; neither
    will my brother..
    
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Note 2958.3            WEST COAST FELINERS PLEASE CHECK IN                3 of 3
CRUISE::NDC "Nancy Diettrich-Cunniff-I wanted it all" 5 lines  18-OCT-1989 08:19
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    >>Caspie of course will not come out from under the bed; neither
    >>will my brother..
    
    I don't think I would either!  
    

    Randy just called with the following information (some of it may
    already be known 'cause I didn't know about this until this morning):
    
    The Epicenter was near San Jose.  It appears that the most damage
    is in the San Jose and San Francisco area.  The official death toll
    is 272.  The entire marina area of San Franciso is burned out but
    the fire is under control.  30 feet of the Bay Bridge dropped onto
    the lower level.  The biggest concern right now is 1/2 mile of
    Interstate 880 in Oakland dropped onto the lower section and they
    are not yet able to try to lift it because of after shocks.  President
    Bush has declared it a Federal distaster area.  
    
    It sounds so terrible put into writing like that, but Randy says
    it looks a lot better than it sounds.  People are moving around,
    although everyone has been asked to stay home unless they are emergency
    workers.  
    
    Again, I guess we just wait, impatiently perhaps, but there is nothing
    else we can do.  
    
    Bernice

    Our thoughts are with you all.  The first thing I thought of
    when I heard it was Jo and all those beautiful Birmans.  Please,
    Jo and everyone, let us know you are ok!  We're praying for you.
    
    Mary-Michael, Niniane, Charm, Dream, Boogie, Mips and Belle

    Hello, from Santa Clara, CA.  Just wanted to let you know that
    Jo Ann and I are fine.  Jo Ann has had extensive damage to things
    inside her house.  I haven't been able to get through to her by
    phone since my original lucky dial to check in last night.  She
    says there wasn't a Birman in sight anywhere when she got home and
    it took them quite a while to come out of hiding.
    
    My house didn't fair too badly.  We were without power all night.
    I had alot of broken glass from my kitchen cupboards and several
    things including my Decmate on the floor.  My 3 cats seemed pretty
    unconcerned about the whole thing.  We just got the hot water back
    as I was leaving for work.
    
    WRO1 and WRO2 have been evacuated for the day due to some minor
    problems with the structure.  They just wanted to be able to check
    it out and not have anyone worrying about it.  WRO3 where I am is
    pretty much a ghost building.  We haven't been evacuated yet though.
    This building came through pretty well (good thing since this is
    where the Western Area Data Center is).  I can't get through to the 
    Mt. View or Palo Alto office.
    
    My biggest worry was not being able to get in touch with my father
    in Capitola (near Santa Cruz).  Santa Cruz is basically cut off
    from everything as alot of the roads in and out are closed.  Highway
    17 over the mountains to Santa Cruz has buckles and landslides.
    One of the few remaining roads in to Santa Cruz has just had a bridge
    collapse.  I did get in touch with my father at approx. 11:30 last
    night and he was without power and water and has extensive damage
    inside the house.  Structure of the house was uncheckable at that
    time.  It took him approx. 7 hours to get home as he had to go south
    through Salinas and then come back up to Santa Cruz.
    
    Thanks to Mary Tamir for calling to check in.  It sure does a body
    good to know so many of you are thinking of us out here.
    
    Jan

    Fellow Feliners have passed on the word that Corporate Security
    has reported that there was no major damage to the CA facilities
    and no reports of injuries to people who were inside the buildings.
    At just a few minutes past five it is hard to know who was still
    inside. The buildings will be closed, at least for today. 
    
    Another (unconfirmed) report says that almost all the DEC employees
    from those facilities have been contacted by the company ..and are
    okay. I sure hope that report is right!
    
    I'll be continuing to try to reach some of Jo's friends from outside
    that area to see if anyone has heard how she is ...and anxiously
    waiting for the official okay to put a call through to her.
    
    Come on Jo. ...We just know that when things get back to normal
    we're going to hear some funny stories from you about what happened
    when the "rockin' and rollin'" started.
    
    Linda  ...who is anxious   
                                                              

    Whew! Thanks, Jan, for filling us in. Glad to hear that you and
    Jo are okay.  We'll continue to think good thoughts that all the
    other west-coast Feliners came through just as well..
    
    Linda  ...who is in love with her terminal right now!   :^)

    Just for the record...Jo Ann and her husband had just gotten on
    the freeway to go home when the earthquake hit.  She says that they
    thought they had a flat and pulled over to the emergency lane. 
    When the car continued to bounce around they thought maybe something
    serious was wrong and the car was going to blow up.  Then they spotted
    a motorcycle cop falling on the ground trying to get back to his
    bike and realized that we were having an earthquake.
    
    Me...I was under my desk at work in a building that was rolling
    worse than my cruise ship (on my vacation) during the 6-8 foot 
    swells on the last night out.
    
    Jan

    
    
    	Thanks God you ladies are ok!!  You were the first ones
    	I thought of when the broadcast came over the tube last
    	night!!
    
    	Big East Coast hugs to you and the scared critters!!
    
    	JJ 

    A big Thanks to the heavens from here in the North!  Very
    glad to hear all of you are OK!
    
    Keep us posted as best as you can.  I think there are a bunch
    of worried folk that wanna hear from you all.
    
    E.T.

    Thank goodness!  Please continue to let us know how you fare.
    
    Mary-Michael

    I hope Jill Grafton is okay.  Has anybody heard anything???  She
    and her family live in a suburb of Santa Cruz up in the mountains.
    
    Needless to say, I am very worried about my good friend, Jill!
    
    Here's hoping she'll log on soon!
    

    I'm here!!!  Ken and I had to make our way back up to the office
    to check on my area.  It is locked up tight when my boss or I aren't
    here, and the facilities people couldn't check it.  My boss was
    in St. Louis on a business trip, and luckily Jan was able to reach
    him for me and tell him what had happened.  He has a 6 year old
    daughter who was staying with a sitter, and was quite worried.
    
    The quake was centered 10 miles northeast of Santa Cruz, and 20
    miles south of San Jose.  That is very close to our home in Morgan
    Hill.  Unofficial richter scale readings put the quake at a 7.0
    magnitude!  We had just had a 6.2 in Morgan Hill a few years back,
    and so had taken some precautions in our house, and I thank God
    we did.  The damage inside wasn't that bad.  Most pictures stayed
    on the walls thanks to special hangers, the oak bookcase/entertainment
    center didn't fall down, and the 8 foot cat tree Ken built was still
    upright.  We were lucky.  Most of our damage came from broken glasses,
    and dishes, and the oil lamps that we loved so much.  (does anyone
    know how to get lamp oil out of off white carpeting?  I almost killed
    myself after accidently stepping in lamp oil, then stepping onto
    the tile entry in our front room!)
    
    Our neighbors were saints, they turned off our gas immediately,
    and checked to make sure that the cats couldn't escape the house
    through windows, or doors.  No windows broke.  The worst thing that
    happened was that our back fence was pulled away from our deck.
    We are above a retaining wall and you can see down to the field
    below through our planter boxes.
    
    Our phone service is back on (limited), our power is back on, and
    our gas is back on.  We are being asked not to make unnecessary
    phone calls, and to only use water for drinking.  They are having
    some problems with the water treatment plants.  
    
    I don't know how Jill Grafton or Karen Kolling are doing.  I am
    extremely worried about Marlene Balzer who lives in San Francisco
    by Golden Gate park.
    
    Don't know if we will be allowed back to work tomorrow or not. 
    Will be in touch when we can.
    
    Jo

    We four are okay. The worst thing that happened to us is that
    Sweetie hides behind the refrigerator when he's scared, and so that's
    what he did -- and the refrigerator moved about six inches closer to 
    the wall when he was behind it.  He doesn't seem to be physically hurt,
    but I'll have to think of something to do to keep this from
    happening next time, my hair turns gray just thinking about it.
    
    I was just turning into my driveway when the quake hit, and at first I 
    thought I had a flat tire, make that two flat times, make that the
    suspension falling out of the car ( or something ).  The inside of the
    house is a complete mess, books, plants, plant dirt, everything
    all over the place, but very luckily no serious damage.  Holly
    spent the evening under the bureau with her little pink tongue
    hanging out and wouldn't come out for anything.  Sweetie came
    out for tuna.  I kept Little Bit (my indoor-outdoor cat) indoors
    until this morning, and he wailed from 5 am on in protest.  We
    were without power and phones for about 4 hours.  Does anyone have any i
    ideas about the refrigerator?
    

    By the way, my impression is that almost all the fatalities were
    people caught in the two-level highway whose top level collapsed
    onto the bottom level, so the odds are that folks who
    haven't checked in yet are okay.
    

    I am so glad all of you are okay out there in CA.  I had called
    corporate security this a.m. and felt somewhat relieved when they
    told me they were going to try to reach all of you to see if you
    were okay.
    
    Property damage we can live with right?  The main thing is that
    you are all okay and so are your feline friends.
    
    Keep in touch,
    
    Nancy (who_was_sick_with_worry_today_but_feeling_much_better_now)

    Can anyone make a call to Jill Grafton to see if they are okay?
    OR give us the number and see if we can get through? Knowing she
    lives up in the mountains in Santa Cruise makes me so quezzy in
    the stomach. I remember her telling stories of coming down those
    mountain roads when they had ice storms last year. I khow her husband
    Jim and she work in different facilities.
    
    So thankful the rest of you are all okay, and of course those
    fur faces too.
    
    Barbara, Mocha, and Ming and maybe 1 more...
    

    So glad to hear you folks are okay....it was my first thought last
    night, too, when we started watching the news reports.  
    
    I started saying to my hubby that I hoped that Jo and Jan and Karen and
    Jill and all the rest out there were okay...I had completely forgotten
    that his brother lives in San Francisco!!!  
    
    His concerns were elsewhere!!  Anyway, they were okay too.
    
    Hope to hear from Jill soon.
    
    cin
    

    I'll call Jill if someone will give me the number;  I assume
    Santa Cruz is (408) and (408) information is not functioning from
    here.  (I'll be in a meeting from 2pm Pacific time on for maybe
    an hour, so perhaps someone more available would call?)
    

    
    
    Great big sigh of relief from New Hampshire.  We are so glad that
    you are all fine.  The Big Guy in the Sky is getting lots of thanks
    today.  I continue to hope that all the folks that have not yet
    been able to check in are fine.  Again please don't be shy about
    letting us know what we can do to help in the relief efforts.  We
    care a lot about all of you.
    
    Feline very thankful,
    
    Sue & Panther & Spot
    

    Isn't it great how the FELINE file brings us close together?  I
    barely know the people in my office area, but you guys are like
    family and I've never met most of you.
    
    Wishing the CA feliners and felines well,
    
    Cathy (and Pumpkin and Ninja)           

    I'm on the phone to Jill Grafton right now and she and the family
    are fine.  The house is okay with damage limited glassware, etc.
    They are pretty shaken up but everyone, including cats, is fine.
    
    Jan

    We got an update on some CA dec workplaces -- in Palo Alto, both Lytton
    Avenue locations are open, Stanford Square is closed for a couple of
    days until a heavy air conditioning thing that might fall thru the
    roof is removed, Mountain View is a big mess -- extensive water
    damage, probably closed for 4 to 8 weeks, Santa Clara is closed for
    structural checks.
    

    I'm sooo relieved to hear that you guys are all okay - Jo, Jan,
    Karen, Jill, and all your cats. I've been really worried about you
    since we heard the news yesterday (about 1pm NZ time).
    
    Wishing you all the best with the hard work of clearing up.
    
    Shayne (from earthquake-prone New Zealand)

    I was thinking about all the Feliners and Felines in CA this morning.
    Glad to see that you've come through the experience o.k. One thing
    I was wondering though, do you think that many kitties were left
    without homes because of the quake? I think so. Although I don't
    think there's much we could do now, maybe we should donate the next
    Silver Lining Memorial Award to a San Fransciso area kitty shelter.
    What do you think?

    RE: .18
    
    You could try to put a couple of 2x4 behind it to brace it against
    the wall.
    
    Craig

    Boy, Jan and Jo's voices were the most welcome sounds ever!  I talked
    to both of them and also found out that Judy Morton, a quiet feliner
    is in Hawaii so she's ok.  I hope her kitties are fine too.
    
    re: SLM - Its a great idea, except that I just send out the Q1
    contributions and won't be making another one until January '91.
    However - if you folks want to make a special contribution I'm
    very happy to coordinate.  Send the money to the post office box
    and maybe one of the west coasters can suggest a recipient.
    I'm at your service - just tell me what you want to do.
      Nancy DC
    

    Somewhat related....I think it was discussed somewhere in here
    that animals are very sensitive to this kind of thing.  Did anyone
    notice their cats acting strange (ok, more strange than usual)
    before the quake hit?  
    
    
    
    Bob

    Nancy DC just forwarded most of the info about our fellow Feliners.
    Thanks Nance.
    
    I'm so scared for all of you guys.  I lived in So. California about
    20 years ago, and experienced a quake of about 3.5 or so  and I
    know how terrified I was.  I can't begin to conceive of what this
    has been like for all of you.  As I see the news broadcasts, and
    as I read what Nance has sent me, I can't help but sit here and
    cry.  I truly feel as if I am waiting for news of my family, and
    I already know how they are.  
    
    My and the 3 P's prayers are with you all.  Please let us know how
    you all are doing.  (Maybe when I get everything Nance sent me read,
    I will know more but right now I am just so sad.)
    
    God Bless you all and may your lives all come back together soon.
    
    Barbara and the 3 P's (Pookah, Pywacket and Pebbles)
    

    I just wanted to add a little story I heard yesterday.  In Santa Cruz 
    (which was hit very hard) they were going through the remains of a 
    shopping center that collapsed and were able to determine that some 
    kittens in a pet shop had survived the collapse.  They were not able 
    to get to them out at the time but hopefully they'll all be just fine.
    
    Jan

    My guess would be the San Francisco SPCA.  The hardest hit areas in 
    terms of collapsed houses were the Marina district of San Francisco,
    various parts of Oakland, and the Santa Cruz area.  I don't
    know about the organizations in Oakland and Santa Cruz, but I would 
    imagine that if you sent a check to the SF SPCA with a note about
    what you wanted done with it, they would see it got to the right
    place.  I'm not able to get thru on the phone to them to find out their
    address.
    

    Has anyone heard from Kim Apotica (sp?) yet???
    
    Holly (A very nervous feline friend)
    

    Ok guys - if you want to contribute send the money to:
    Nancy Diettrich-Cunniff
    Po Box 157
    Maynard, Ma  01754
    
    I'll try to contact the MSPCA and see if I can get an address
    for the San Francisco branch - or see if I can give the money
    to the ASPCA and have them deliver it to San Francisco.  Who knows
    when the post office will be back together.
      Nancy DC
    

    Well, The MSPCA was nice enough to give me the number of the
    head office of the HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES (HSUS).
    They said we can send money to their California office -
    
    California Earthquake Fund
    HSUS
    1713 J St Suite 211
    Sacramento California  95814
    
    She seemed very pleased that we would send help.
      Nancy DC
    

    Thank heavens Jo, Jan, Jill and Karen are alright!!!  My eyes
    were glued to the tube from one hour after the quake onward...
    I didn't even realize what happened to 880 until the next morning.
    The Goodyear blimp kept sending us pictures, but I don't think
    Dan Rather or Ted Kopell knew what to make of it.  They kept 
    talking about the Bay Bridge.
    
    I saw the saddest thing last night...I woman who lost everything, 
    including her pets, in the Marina Bay area.  I cried!  I could
    never imagine being in such a position.  Obviously people are most
    important to worry about.  But media never gives much mention to 
    the probably-many tiny creatures that must have been injured.  My
    heart bleeds.  Nancy, the check is in the mail.
    
    Love to all the CA Feliners, and all the FELINERS for that matter,
    
    Paula, Schnapps, Tequila and Rici

    I have put a note in both CANINE and SMALL_ANIMALS asking if
    anyone wants to contribute to this.  Guess I'll have to write
    another cover letter :-)
    
    I'm glad there's someone to think of the little creatures too.
      Nancy DC

    
    Hi,
    
    Just checking in to let everyone know Molly and Iago and I came
    through the Quake fine.  Jo, you wrote that you were concerned about
    Marlene up in SF -I spoke to her yesterday, and she's fine.  
    
    I was home when it happened, and watched chairs, lamps, pictures
    and plants fall to the floor.  VERY, VERY scary!!!  I immediately
    fled outside (in my slip!).  Then I realized my husband would be
    on BART (the subway system in SF) at that time, and so worried
    frantically for three hours until I finally got word from him. Anyway,
    all is well now.... Molly and Iago were absolutely fine, didn't
    even seem to be scared!
    
    A friend of mine has a cat who was sleeping on the top of the
    refrigerator at the time it hit.  The fridge jumped out from the
    wall, and the poor kitty slipped down behind and was pinned there
    for awhile!  Fortunately a neighbor helped her and they were able
    to get him out!
    
    Thanks for asking about us!
    
    Lynn
    

D, Hannah, Nicholas, Sam, and Tabby checking in:

San Jose proper was rattled real good and lots of stuff jumped out of
cabinets in our neighborhood (behind EASTRIDGE Mall in the foothills).
We suffered no structural damage.  Hannah is deeply embarassed about
the stream of pee she left across the bathroom floor - she was on
her favorite window sill when it struck and she peed all the way
across the bathroom when heading for safety under the middle bedroom
bed.  I told her is was totally understandable and totally forgiven.
Our four were trying to look like they had everything under control
by yesterday evening.....and, they did EXCEPT when we suffered another
aftershock.

The Santa Clara offices are opening this week.  The San Francisco office
is badly damaged and the building will be closed for an unknown period
of time.  Workers from that office will be moved to Oakland and Alameda
sites, but expect it to be a week or two before you hear from folks
in that area.  At this time, we have no reports of injury or death to
any DIGITAL employee or family and, as far as I know, we are all 
accounted for.

Many homes have been damaged, perhaps some destroyed, but we are all
alive.  We are lucky.

    To .36
    
    I heard from Kim Apodaca this afternoon.  She says she's okay, but her
    nerves got a good workout.  She had dropped the kits off with her mom
    in Oregon, so they're fine.
    
    So glad to hear that everyone is pulling through!
    
    Carol
    

    Well, things are starting to settle down around here.  My office
    in Santa Clara is open for business again, and people seem to be
    trying to get back to normal, despite all the horror around us.
    
    They have discovered that there was less loss of life on the I-880
    collapse than they first thought, thank God.  Normally at that time
    of day, that stretch of freeway would be bumper to bumper, but they
    suspect that most people left work early to get home in time to
    watch the World Series.
    
    The Santa Cruz area is very hard hit.  The quake was centered 10
    miles Northeast of Santa Cruz, and there are lots of homeless people
    there now.  They are trucking in bottled water, and supplies.  If
    anyone wants to donate to the Red Cross, they are in need of blankets
    (we have a cold front coming in and they are a sea side town), can
    openers, and canned goods.
    
    Our town is doing better.  Our water is on, but they are asking
    us to conserve by not using dishwashers, clothes washers, or watering
    of lawns.  We are also experiencing a gas shortage (gasoline) in
    our town.  Seems that some of the refinerys were damaged.  We were
    able to fill up both cars in San Jose, so that is okay now.
    
    Tonight we pick up our new puppy, Annie, a Bernese Mt. Dog, at the
    San Jose airport.  The cats were just getting back to normal after
    the quake...We got up this morning and barked at them, they were
    not amused! Might as well get all the stress over with in one week.
    
    I like the idea of helping out the SPCA in San Francisco.  They
    are a terrific organization.  They are already out picking up stray
    animals and taking them into the shelter.
    
    Jo

    Jo - if you would prefer the San Francisco SPCA to the Humane Society
    of the US please get me their address.
      Nancy DC
    

    I thought that they were the same, but I guess not.  I have followed
    some of the SF SPCA's other programs, and they seem to be very good.
    I have a good friend who volunteers there, I will ask her to find
    an address for us.
    
    Jo

    Thought you folks would find this amuzing..........
    
    
    ( distribution lists removed)

     Subj:	the vax is a tank...


     Today at approximately 15:00 one of the SCA CRR's received 
     a phone call from a customer in San Francisco.  

     The customer was SIGNETICS.  

     When the CRR picked up the call, the customer said, 
     "I've got one thing to  say about DEC.  You have GOOD hardware."  

     The CRR acknowledged his statement and while she was logging his information, 
     he went on to tell her his story.  

     He said, "My system fell through the floor.....some of the 
     boards fell out.  
    
    
    
    
    After I put the boards back in, the system rebooted."

               He was impressed.

    

    I heard a announcement on the radio yesterday that the Santa Clara
    Humane Society had been picking up animals since the quake.  The 
    announcer went on to say that the Humane society was warning everyone 
    that they only had 72 hours to claim their pets, we all know why...
    
    The SPCA didn't give any such warning when they appeared on the
    news.  I don't know that they won't, but they didn't make it sound
    like a threat.  
    
    Jo

    San Francisco SPCA
    2500 16th Street
    San Francisco, Calif. 94303
    
    Attn: Denise Foret
    

    Below is a message from soneone who I guess is a facilities person:
    
Path: [email protected]
From: [email protected] (NEW PHONE NUMBER: (415) 691-4540)
Newsgroups: src.src
Subject: Damage to DEC buildings from Tuesday's quake
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Date: 20 Oct 89 12:54:16 PDT
Sender: [email protected]
Distribution: src
Lines: 146
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected]

I thought that people might be interested in how our buildings fared during and
after Tuesday's earthquake.  

We have had structural engineers examine all of our buildings (UCD, UCO, UCP,
UCS and UCT).  The buildings sustained no structural damage whatsoever.  No
structural damage occurred at Digital buildings in Santa Clara or Cupertino,
either.  Damage at Santa Clara was very slight, and they were up and
operational by midmorning on Wednesday.  The FAB at Cupertino weathered the
quake very well.  Cupertino began testing line equipment yesterday, and hoped
to resume operations in the manufacturing areas today.  The office areas of the
Cupertino buildings suffered the worst damage of any DEC facility (with the
exception of Castro Street).  MVO was operational yesterday.

Here is a summary of the damage to the research and engineering facilities in
Palo Alto and Mountain View:

NOTE: almost all office areas were trashed by the motion of the quake. 
Typically, the amount of disruption increased on the upper floors.  Many
bookcases and file cabinets were overturned, and many books and binders ended
up on the floor.  Surprisingly, relatively few workstations and terminals
walked off of desks.  We were extremely fortunate in that no disk drives were
reported damaged.

UCT (SRC)
=========

SRC suffered minimal damage.  Some floor tile located on the connecting joint
between the two structures on the third floor (in the coffee room) buckled. 
Some readjustment of the ceiling grid will be necessary, but there were no
safety issues affecting reentry of the building.  SRC was opertional the day
following the quake.  [Karen:  not quite true -- there are cracks in the
    cement around the stairway between ground level and the upper level 
    parking facility, and some bracing gizmo in place.  It looks like the
    stairway and ground level went one way and the upper level went
    the other way.....]
    

UCP (181 Lytton)
================

Aside from some cracking of wallboard in one of the stairwells, UCP escaped
relatively unscathed (which is what you would expect of a two-story, woodframe
structure).  PacBell problems with DID lines made it impossible to phone into
UCP until Wednesday afternoon.  UCP was operational the day following the
quake.

UCO (Stanford Square)
=====================

Much cracking of wallboard in the stairwells and other areas.  A large air
conditioning unit slipped off its footings on the roof (although it did remain
on its concrete pad).  One stairwell frame was warped and will have to be
repaired, although it is safe to support foot traffic.  One window pane
shattered on the second floor atrium.  PacBell problems made incoming
communications with UCO sporadic until Wednesday afternoon.

Because of the widespread cracking and the chiller being shaken off its
footings, I decided to close UCO to the general employee population the day
following the quake.  This gave us time to doucument the damage, assess the
building more thoroughly for structural damage and effect any repairs necessary
to make the space safe for employee reentry.  

The building was cleared for employees to reenter on Thursday, with the
exception of the fourth floor.  We had planned on reseating the chiller unit
that morning, and requested that WRL employees not come in until noon.  The
contractor discovered that they could not seismically brace the installation
in time to bring the chiller up on Thursday, and we would not allow them to
install the unit without securing it.  The chiller is being mounted this
morning, and the building HVAC system should be fully operational by the end of
business today.  The building was evacuated for approximately one half hour
while the crane was relocating the unit.

UCS (Castro Street)
===================

Castro Street suffered the worst damage of any DEC building in Santa Clara
County (this is according to Property Development personnel who were on site
yesterday).  The building remains closed to the employee population today.  We
expect to reopen the building Monday at noon.  However, UCS residents should
check with their managers before showing up at the building on Monday.  We
briefed the building Cost Center managers yesterday and escorted them through
the space to inspect damage.  A hot line system has been set up to keep the
managers informed, and we will be briefing them again on Monday morning.

The quake sheared the heads off of five sprinkler heads on the third floor
elevator lobby and three heads on the fourth floor lobby.  Occupants of the
third floor reported smelling natural gas as they were evacuating the building.
Thirteen fan coil units (air conditioning units located in the interstitial
space) at various locations on the third and fourth floors had chilled water
supply lines sheared off and leaked onto carpets and cubicle areas.

Two very large cooling towers on the rooftop jumped off their seismic isolation
pads and fell to the roof.  Water supply lines in the boiler room sheared off
and inundated the room with six inches of water.  Two inches of water filled
the compressor room, which contained the main electrical distribution panels
for the HVAC system.  The PBX room contained an inch of water, and the punch
down blocks were inundated by water leaking from the boiler room immediately
above them.

The main electrical switch gear in the basement became quite wet by water
splashing onto it from water leaking from floors above.   The motor generator
supplying emergency lighting power failed.

The electrical lines supplying control voltage to the elevators were stretched 
and the wires inside snapped, disabling all three elevators.  The marble facia
on the first floor was pushed back into the outer elevator doors.

Numerous light fixtures were dislocated from the ceiling grid and left
suspended by wires from the slab above.  One light cover fell off a light unit
completely on the fourth floor.

After people were evacuated from the building, Facilities personnel shut off
the sprinkler system and drained the stand pipes to minimize water damage. 
Likewise, city water was shut off and the water inlet supply lines to the
rooftop HVAC equipment were turned off.

Fire sprinklers were brought back up Wednesday afternoon.  Normal building
power has been restored, although we are phasing this in order to inspect
lighting fixtures for damage that may affect building power if not detected
early.  The HVAC system supplying cool air to the computer rooms was brought up
Wednesday afternoon,  and the rooms were energized Thursday morning.  Caldec is
up and connected with zero disk damage.

After a thorough drying out, phone service is back to normal on the third
floor.  The rest of the space will be brought up over the weekend.  

Carpeted areas were wet-vac'd and shampooed.  Most carpeting appears to be
salvageable.  Crews are working today to repair items affecting employee
safety: ceiling grid, light fixtures, interior window glazing, etc.  

PG&E is testing the gas lines in the building today.  The gas was automatically
shut off by a seismic valve during the quake.

Field repairs are being effected on the HVAC system through the weekend, and 
the HVAC should be fully operational by Monday afternoon.  

Battery-powered emergency lighting is being installed over the weekend to
provide a fail-safe back-up to the back-up lighting.

I am sure that I have left some details out, but I trust that people get some
picture of the extent of the damage.  I would like to personally thank the
Facilities staff people who have worked so hard to bring all the buildings back
up.  Many of them have been putting in 12 to 16 hour days since the earthquake,
and those at Castro Street will probably work through most of the weekend.

Again, please be reassured that none of the buildings sustained any structural
damage.

    Hello. all!!
    
    Jim, the kids, and I are fine.  We had quite an exciting time on
    Tuesday!!  Jim and I were on the way home from work on Highway 17,
    right near the epicenter when it struck.  The truck was bounced
    around so badly (Jim, too, thought we had 4 flat tires and then
    reconsidered the odds when he saw the road bouncing) that we had
    to stop.  The trees waved as if in a hurricane with no wind.  The
    road jumped and flew from side to side.  We could see the dust from
    landslides up ahead and the effect was simply incredible (in the
    truest sense of the word!).  Once thw r---Damn!!! Another aftershock!!
    We all had to run outside.--- Once the road calmed down enough to
    continue, we drove on.  The road had fissures from one side to the
    other; boulders had come down in landslides, with one resting on
    the passenger's side of a station wagon that we passed; aftershocks
    continued to roll along for the next 4 miles or so.  The northbound
    lanes were stopped solid by debris from landslides.  The center
    cement barricade (you know the types--about 30 inches high) had
    been broken in a number of places and offset a number of inches.
     
    There were lifts and buckles in the road inches high.
    
    Once we got to Scotts Valley, we slowed for all of the stop lights
    that were out and all of the drivers were *extremely* courteous.
     Three miles later we started to see the real destruction of Felton.
    Bricks were down everywhere.  Windows in nearly every building were
    out.  Everyone was standing outside, staying close to each other.
    As we continued to the daycare, we were passed by a fire truck in
    full gear.  I was pretty nervous by then.
    
    The kids were fine--one girl had the foresight to pull Steven under
    a desk for protection, thank God.  Jennifer was at a girlfriend's
    and the other girl's mother grabbed both of them by the hair and
    hauled them to a safer place.
    
    When we got home, we saw the real damage.  We lost our picture window,
    our chimney is too damaged to use, and our full propane tank had
    been rolled by one of the two retaining walls that had broken. 
    Worse than that, though, we had lost all of our cats!!  (Or thought
    we had !)  The cats slowly came back and we had 4 of the 10 back
    before going to bed that night.  I was most worried about Gwen,
    though, the little Japanese Bobtail who had never been outside.
    That night was so horrible. We had aftershocks every few minutes,
    it seemed; we had no power, heat, or knowledge other than what was
    on the car radio; and we weren't sure if the propane tank was leaking
    or not.  As we stayed close to home and had our own version of a
    tailgate party, the cats started to return: Merlin, Gandalf, LandShark,
    and Blackie all came back that night.  I was never so glad to see
    them in my life.
    
    Once it got too dark and cold to stay outside, we went to a neighbor's
    house with our sleeping bags and stayed there that night.  The next
    morning the news said we had about 1100 aftershocks and I felt like
    I was awake for each one of them.  Gandalf followed us to the
    neighbor's house and insisted on coming with us despite 2 Rotweillers
    and Sam, the cat.  He did his best to make himself at home and crawled
    under the comforter to sleep with us.  He definitely did not want
    to be separated from his people.
                                   
    The next day (was it only Wednesday?) we went back to the house
    to inspect the damage more throughly.  That's when we discovered
    the extent of the damage to the chimney and the two retaining walls.
    Gwen finally came out from under the sofa at about noon that day,
    sniffing the air as she poked her head out.  I had looked everywhere and
    had called everywhere so I have no idea if she was hiding under
    there the entire time or not.  I was so glad to see her!!
    
    Things have progressed well since then.  The rest of the cats returned
    --Hurray!!! (Sammie, Sage, Basrah, and Sasha) with the exception
    of Rocky who returned over 25 hours after the earthquake hit.  Since
    then, they have been as close as possible with at least 5 cats sleeping
    with us each night--(and one for each of the kids) a new record.
     Needless to say, we're doting on them as much as they're doting
    on us.
    
    We ordered our window today, have spoken to FEMA (emergency funds)
    people, and are planning our reconstruction.  We'll take one step
    at a time and I know we'll be okay.  Thanks for thinking of us and
    I want you to know I was thinking of all of the FELINErs, too,
    especially when the cats were still unaccounted for.  Thanks for
    your prayers and thoughts, and I'll keep you posted on our progress.
    It's so good to be in touch with everyone again!!!! :-)   :-)
    
    Jill
    
    P.S.  Jan,  was I in a coma on Wednesday night?  For the life of
    me, I don't remember talking to you.  What did I say?  Both Jim
    and I are at a loss.  Most of all, I wonder who you did speak to!!
    This one has really got me going!  Talk to you later,
    
    Jill
    

    Jill and I have talked about this by mail and it seems I got the
    home of some other Jill Grafton that lived up in the hills.  She
    was fine (which is nice) but apparently didn't have a clue who
    she was talking to even though I mentioned Digital and Feline.
    I guess she was just not functioning well at the time and I 
    didn't realize that I wasn't talking to the person I thought I 
    was talking to either.
    
    Jan

    I have received three contributions for the human society in
    California so far.  Jack will continue to check the PO box.
    
    Also, while I'm here, I just want to let the folks who sent
    me coupons know that I received two packs of coupons and have
    forwarded them along to Elaine Bosler at Bosler Humane.
      Many thanks
       Nancy DC
    

    I heard a plea from the San Francisco SPCA that they are in desperate
    need of foster homes for some of the displaced cats that they have.
    Many of the people living in the Marina district have had their
    homes condemed, and have to find new places to live.  While they
    are looking, they need places to board their cats.
    
    How much longer will you be accepting checks for the SPCA?
    
    Jo

    re: -1   I'll continue accepting as long as I get an indication
    that there is more money on the way.  
      Nancy

    In any event, checks can be sent directly to the SF SPCA (address is a
    few replies back);  don't forget to include a DEC matching gift
    form, so they get double the amount.
    

    For information about the Employee Earthquake Assistance Directory,
    which includes information about Crisis Counseling, Donation Locations,
    Financial Assistance, Home Inspections, Transportation, and other
    things, a notesfile has been added.  See USWRSL::EARTHQUAKE.
    
    Regards,
    
    Sabonn

    There was an article in this morning's NY Times, about the animals
    at the SF zoo.  Apparently after every earthquake, the zoo checks
    its logs to see if the animals exhibited any unusual pre-quake
    behavior, to check out the theory of animals sensing quakes in
    advance.  The only animal to do this this time was a tabby cat who
    lives in the elephant house;  she refused to go indoors (where her
    food dishes are) both the day of the quake and the day afterwards. 
    Since then, she's been back to normal.  The article was titled 
    something like "What did the cat know?"

Re: .58
    
    "The Cat Knows A Lot"
    
    I live in San Francisco and my three sure knew something was up.
    
    Read note 2990 - it's an introduction of me and my three, Pippin
    Gino and Stitch and some of their behavior during the quake.
    
    
    
    Giudi in S.F. (Pippin, Gino & Stitch Too)
                                             

    The following information was passed out at the cat show this weekend
    in Hayward, and I thought I would share it with you.
    
    
                THE CFA EARTHQUAKE ANIMAL RELIEF FUND
    
    The CFA Earthquake Animal Relief Fund has been established to
    contribute to the mounting costs of relief efforts being provided
    by humane organizations in the San Fransisco Bay area and Santa
    Cruz County, California.
    
    The Cat Fanciers' Association, Inc., is administering this fund
    without cost so that 100% of your donation will go directly to relief
    efforts.
    
    Checks made payable to "CFA Earthquake Animal Relief Fund" may be
    given to the show announcer or mailed directly to:
    
    		CFA Earthquake Animal Relief Fund
    		The Cat Fanciers' Association, Inc.
    		1309 Allaire Avenue
    		Ocean, NJ 07712
    
    	YOUR TAX-DEDUCTIBLE CONTRIBUTION IS SINCERELY APPRECIATED!
    
    
                
    Jo

    I think that our donation should go directly to this fund.
    If anyone has reservations about this please let me know.  I'm
    waiting on one more donation and then I'll be sending the money
    off.
      Nancy DC
    

    Just a little footnote.  I took Holly into the vet because she
    has a small cut or somesuch under her chin.  It isn't serious,
    but I wanted to be sure it wouldn't abscess.  I noticed it over the
    weekend. The vet says it is unlikely to date back as far as the earthquake.
    I never thought to check the
    cats very thoroughly all over their bodies after the quake -- I assumed
    that because they were walking around with no sign of trouble, everything 
    was (physically) okay.  So, I just thought I'd enter this note to remind
    others in similar situations that a thorough checkover is a good thing
    to do.
    

    After consideration, I decided that I'd better send our
    contributions to the SPCA rather than CFA.  I want to be sure
    that there's not problems with the matching gift form.
    
    BTW- a total contribution of $70.00 was sent.  Thanks to all.
    

    Good thinking Nancy!  I hadn't even considered that.
    
    Jo

    This is both Christmas related and Earthquake related so I didn't
    know exactly where to put it.  I thought these poems were really
    good and wanted to share them with you all.
    
    The following is borrowed (without permission) from Leigh Weimers 
    column in the San Jose Mercury News (12-25-89).
                
                                    
    
    CHRISTMAS IS THE TIME TO SAY IT WITH A RHYME
    
    WHAT'S SHAKING--On past Christmases I've made various stabs at poetry--
    all right, at doggerel--to express the sentiments of the season,
    but this year is different.  Something about having the earth move
    under our feet also seems to move the creative juices, and others
    have put pen to verse better than I.  For instance Faye Isaak's
    reworking of "Jingle Bells."  Her refrain:
    
            Jiggle bells, Jiggle bells, fis-
         sures in the clay.
            Falling rocks and aftershocks 
         that jolt and jerk and sway.
            Jiggle bells, Jiggle bells, fis-
         sures in the clay.
            Oh what a ride on our moun-
         tainside when Mother Earth gave way.
    
    And a sample verse:
    
            Nothin's in the cupboard,
         nothin's in the drawer,
            Shelves and all their contents
         are shattered on the floor.
            There stands Ethel's vase, as
         ugly as before,
            But my Lalique is in the creek
         along with my armoire.
    
    Good writing.  Everybody sing!
    
    A COUPLE OF CARDS--Chuck and Mary Stelecky of Boulder Creek, meanwhile,
    are regaling those on their Chrismas card list with this very
    California version of "The Night Before Christmas":
                                               
            'Twas the 17th of October and
         all through the state,
            Not a glass was unbroken, not
         even a plate.
            Chuck in his office and I in
         my car
            Had just finished work when
         Little Big One jarred.
            With our hearts in our throats
         we said 'bye to our bosses
            And raced through the red-
         woods to size up our losses.
            The house was still standing;
         the chimney had fallen.
            My antiques lay in pieces; for
         the cats we kept callin'.
            In the kitchen I paused and
         took a deep breath;
            All my dishes and glassware
         had marched to their death.
    
            The water heater danced,
         books and shelves took a dive;
            In a closet four eyes shined--
         the cats were alive!
            No chance to settle in for a
         long winter's nap;
            The quakes kept on rolling.
         We really felt trapped.
            Chuck rigged up a radio and
         we huddled around
            To listen with fear as reports
         trickled down.
            The Bay Bridge was flat-
         tened.  The Nimitz pancaked.
            The city was burning like the
         '06 quake.
            So many were homeless or in-
         jured or dead
            We felt lucky to have a roof
         over our head.
            Then suddenly, GOOD NEWS!
         Chuck let out a wail:
            "Our troubles are over!
         They're sending Dan Quayle!"
            On Brokaw!  On, Rather!  They
         all came around.
            We got sick of their choppers
         buzzing low over town.
            The roads jammed with gap-
         pers; our path was impeded
            As we tried to go buy the
         supplies that we needed.
            One Santa Cruz man
         summed it up in a trice:
            "TOURISTS GO HOME!  Or
         bring beer and ice."
            It's been two months now
         since our nerves were first jan-
         gled.
            We've spackled and swept,
         but our lives are still tangled.
            So Santa, if you've got no
         chimney to vault
            Don't blame us poor humans
         --it's San Andreas's Fault!
    
    FINALLEIGH--To sum up, if the message of Christmas is love and helping
    one another through good times and bad then our Christmas arrive
    a couple of months early this year and the spirit continues even
    to today.  May your Christmas be merry.  It could be verse.

    Ooops, forgot to sign 2955.65....
    
    Twas entered by me...
    
    Jan