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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (12273)	9/1/1998 10:11:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Alex, Being an east coast boy, I never felt a quake until moving to the Philippines. I was drunk on coconut wine and sitting on the white throne at the time, and it was a most interesting feeling. I remember being very relieved that it wasn't the alcohol. We had a big one, 7.2 Richter, back in '90. Nothing near us fell down, but there was a whole lot of shakin' going on. I remember hearing it, very distinctly, before it hit, first side to side and then up and down (maybe the other way around, I don't really remember). Always an interesting experience. The real show, though, was when Pinatubo blew. For years the US Air Force had been saying that it would take years to phase out Clark Air Base, which was close by. When the mountain started rumbling they brought in a team of geologists to check it out. I don't know what they reported, but 3 days later the entire show was packed up and gone. For some reason volcanos draw lightning, but not any lightning like you'd see in a thunderstorm, even in the tropics. It doesn't flash, it stays there. Sometimes half a dozen bolts coming together in a huge flare. For a macho fighter pilot with illusions of ruling the skies I imagine it must have been quite a humbling sight. Steve