Comments by "christine paris" (@christineparis5607) on "The \"Hard Shock:\" The New Madrid Earthquakes." video.
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I grew up in the San Francisco Bay area and heard since birth (1961) that any SECOND, San Francisco was going to have a repeat of 1906 and would fall into the Pacific...
There have been some nasty quakes over the years, but not the end of the world kind. A lot of people moved away, thinking it would save their lives, others just got into "prepping", and most just enjoyed living in a beautiful city. I was afraid of quakes, but learned over the years that it's more likely to get nailed by a LOT of other things. I've been in car accidents,had cancer, went through the LA riots, big fires, a tornado (in Texas), the 70s gas shortage, Y2K and was once faced by a crazy guy waving a gun around in a drunken rage. I hadn't worried about ANY of those things. My feeling since (especially since I lived through cancer, by far the worst and most likely to happen to the average person besides a heart attack) has been to just develop a resilience of character to deal with whatever comes your way and keep a sense of humor, it's more protective than thousands of packages of top ramen and stored weapons! Don't ruin your life adventure by dying a thousand imaginary deaths, it's a waste of time. Enjoy whatever you have as much as you can, and try to help others along the way...
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@anncarlin8767
WOW, you are seriously making my day! I am going to break the Amazon guys back with all the cartons of books he's going to be bringing to my door! I've always felt that I wouldn't have survived these last lockdown years without being able to lose myself in so many incredible memoirs and biographies, they really put things in perspective. I'm very excited that you are related to Daniel Boone, as well, because he was a big hero to my husband and I as kids, back in the 60s when the show introduced everyone to the coonskin cap and fantasy life of Disney's Fess Parker! I'm aware that it had nothing to do with real life, but really sparked an early interest in history. We are in San Antonio, and my husbands mom had a relative who died at the battle of the Alamo, like so many descendants here, and they were very big on history too. Have you considered writing about him? It would be so cool to have someone bring him into this era by comparingwhy it's still so important that we have keep heroes and ideals. You write so well, and you probably have some wonderful bits passed down through the family. I recently read a book called "Captive", about two young boys who were abducted by indians in the late 1800s in Fredricksburg, Texas, living as Indians for over 10 years, then were found and, unfortunately, sent back to their German relatives. Unfortunate, because, by then they identified completely as indian, and had nothing in common anymore with the values and beliefs of their original family. I was talking to my brother in law about it because all his relatives settled in the same area, and we found out they were related!! He had never heard of it! His mother is in her 90s, still sharp, and suddenly started telling us all these old events, it was thrilling! They were embarrassed by the boys after they returned, because of the "savage" reputation of the tribes, etc., so no one ever talked about it, trying to hide it away. I was so amazed. So much changed so fast in the 1900s, the war had thrown us into the industrial age so fast, and people who had never been to a town 20 miles away were suddenly in cars, going across country. Anyway, I love all that, I could never be bored by history! Thanks again, you changed a monotonous day for me, and this is so much to look forward to. Think about the writing, I'm sure I'm not the only person who has told you that, and perhaps you already are...let me know!
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