I was in an office tower in Santa Clara, about half way up, on the sixth floor. The building swayed so much I thought it would pitch over and kill me. But the v

I was in an office tower in Santa Clara, about half way up, on the sixth floor. The building swayed so much I thought it would pitch over and kill me. But the valley had gotten off easy compared to the Santa Cruz Mountains. My brother's home looked like a giant toddler and played with it for half an hour before putting it down again. If we had gotten that kind of treatment in Santa Clara I wouldn't be able to write about it. That earthquake shook me deeply. It's not a coincidence that I now live on a whole different tectonic plate.