Quote Originally Posted by MontyAndMelissa View Post
I wasn't alive during Loma Prietta, but my mom was living in San Jose at the time with my infant older sister, (hence the "we"). You seem to be one of the people on this forum who tend to comment just to make yourself seem like the smarter person, and that's all fine and dandy. Common sense says that rain = softer ground = tectonic plates releasing built up tension = earthquake. I'm not a scientist, I never claimed to be. I was simply curious as to what I would need to do in the case of an earthquake in order to save my reptiles. I understand that you feel the need to show everyone up. I already admitted to the possibility of being wrong, so I don't understand why you continue to drag it out to make me look like a moron. Thanks for that, though.
I tried to make you feel better about the tree...and apologized for taking your thread off course. I'm really at a complete loss as to why this tension exists between us....and I again assumed you lived in Gilroy. Again, my bad. I thought you had direct experience with what happened during Loma Prieta. I've got no idea where I came up with that...just ignore my inaccurate, misleading and contradictory comments please.

More confusion on my part. You are now saying the rain causes earthquakes? I thought you said dry hot weather causes earthquakes. Again, my bad. I'm old and easily confused. I guess when I took the seismic portion of my PE I missed the part about rain lubing up the tectonic plates and the whole weather affecting seismic activity thingy. Good thing they didn't ask that on the test! Dodged a bullet on that one.

Tell you what, i won't comment on anymore of your threads. It really bothers me that you think I'm here to show people up and not to help and that you think I comment just to make myself seem like a smarter person...and since the last thing I want to do is to help make you look like a moron, I'll just be quiet while you get your questions answered. It's obvious my help is not needed.