BZ, I know what you mean. It's not just the suddeness for me. It's the fact that each shake is different and so fleeting. It always felt surreal -- except for the damage left over.

Here I go talking in the past tense for me when Vacaville to Winters has had some huge ones.

Brandi, the SFO area just gets more media coverage. I can remember hearing about the devastation in Santa Cruz/Aptos/Capitol during the Loma Prieta, I think that was it, but it was long after the fact and got very little coverage.