During the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in the SF Bay Area I was wallking
around San Francisco killing time since I couldn't get home and didn't have
anything else to do.  I was stuck in the Mission which ended up a good
choice since power came back on there around 8:00pm or so.  While walking
around saw some people camped out in their Westfalia Vanagon with an
electric cord running from a nearby house.  I would have camped out in mine
too except I took public transit to San Francisco so my Wolfsburg was
sitting in the driveway over in the East Bay.

Donna, 1987 Syncro

On 10/23/07, BA <oddstray@oddstray.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:19:54 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >A vanagon sure is a great choice for an evacuation vehicle. You can fit
> >lots of stuff inside, and you can sleep comfortably for a few days if
> need
> >be. Ours has been loaded and ready to go for 2 days while we sit and wait
> >for the reverse 911 call. Luckily, none has come. Lots of smoke and ash
> >raining down. We're OK in San Diego, but not too sure about our weekend
> >retreat outside Julian. That one burned 4 years ago so this all is a bit
> >of Deja Vu.
> >
> >Walter
> >85 Vanagon
> >San Diego
>
>
> Esme is our friend!!!
>
> We're not quite in the evacuation area.  But we're close enough that I
> would *not* have slept last night at home.
>
> We also have a human-type friend who lives closer to the coast in San
> Diego.  So that's where we slept last night.  And since his other
> potential refugees did not show up, we luxuriated in his guest room.
> (Our original plan was to park in his driveway and run an electric
> cord out to Esme.)
>
> We're back home now.  And Esme has proved her worth as a survival pod.
> Not to forget all the lovely trips around the southwest US and into
> Baja California that she has allowed us to take!!!
>
>
> B&S
> '87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
> SoCal
>