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#Earthquake

    18-Jan-94 15:54:03
Sb: #77052-#Earthquake
Fm: CSA/CA 76077,2774
To: David Cohn, CADalyst 73417,167
Things aren't quite as rosy here as our little friends to the south may think. Sure, the San Fernando valley (maybe 20 miles North of me) suffered the worst, but I'm still cleaning up the office. I came in briefly Monday after power was restored, and it looks likes your typical hate crime, just no spray paint on the walls. Today, we're back in some form of operation, but it won't be totally OK until Thursday. A lot of damage in the Santa Monica area – lots of broken storefronts, residential chimneys have crumbled, brick facades and walls have collapsed, interiors in shambles, some corner buildings spilling across the sidewalks and taped off from the public. Lets not forget the freeway collapses on the Santa Monica freeway between our office and downtown. As if traffic wasn't bad enough – this should snarl things for the next 6 months to 2 years.