"Matt Macchiarolo" > wrote in
:

> That didn't stop a
> whole bunch of folks in the area to panic, buy up earthquake
> insurance, and plan to leave town prior to that date. I was living in
> Nashville at the time and when traveling to Memphis I stopped at a
> restaurant and the whole family in the next booth was discussing where
> they were going to go for the earthquake.
>

Too bad more folks in NOLA didn't have the same atitude about hurricane
warnings