Asteroids, tsunami's and Naomi
I had a dream last night that I was apartment shopping. I was looking at this crazy tripped out house in south county. It was way out of my price range but it was full of cool gadgets and had a real modern stream lined look. It was like extreme home make over theme park. Anyway after looking at the apartment/condo/palace, my family and I were getting out of our car in our driveway when my cell phone rang. It was Naomi. We started chatting and since it was night and I was still outside I began looking at the stars. They looked really pretty and then all of a sudden I saw a shooting star. Then another and another. Soon there were bunches of them. Still on the phone, I asked if Naomi could see them too. She said she could, which was really cool since she was in Napa and I was in Westminster. It reminded me of that song in An American Tale where the two mice are thinking of each other under the same big sky. But then one of the shooting stars kept getting bigger and bigger. Then we realized it was and asteroid. Even though I'm 15-20 minutes inland I could see it impact the ocean. We could tell it was serious so we hung up, but when I went to tell my family they didn't think it was a big deal. I wanted to grab some emergency supplies and get to higher ground but my family just kept standing in the front yard discussing the shooting stars. I remember being filled with anxiety waiting to see if something was going to happen. I figured we still had a chance to leave since we were further from the coast, but my family didn't care. Then I woke up. All I wanted to do when I woke up was call Naomi and see if she was okay.
So, Are you?

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No, I was swallowed by the resulting swell. I am home now, and happy to have spent my last moments watching shooting stars 'beneath the pale moonlight' with Mary.
no liz, the volcano is in anaheim at rainforest cafe
the only volcano in santa ana that i could find online was actually in El Salvador. http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/south_america/el_salvador/santa_ana.html
I found a news article on cnn.com dated january 2001 about the most recent erruption. http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/01/17/quake.01/index.html
Geez. don't you think that if one of my neighboring cities was on the brink of disaster i'd know about it? I actually don't know of any active volcanos in california, but we do border the ring of fire. fortunatley we only have to worry about earth quakes!
hey guess what? there's a city named volcano! it is actually only 2 1/2 hours away from napa!
i did some more investigating... there are volcanoes in california, however most of them are not active. the most recent erutptions i've noted were around the turn or the century. here's a map of where they are: http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/WesternUSA/Maps/map_west_coast_volcanoes.html
most of them are at national parks and people hike and ski there. maybe you should visit them sometime.
did you know that california has fourteeners too? We actually have taller ones! Our Mount Whitney is 14,491 vs Colorado's Mount Elbert at 14,433. However, colorado has us beat in numbers: 54 to 15!
http://www.peakware.com/encyclopedia/highest.htm#california
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