DOH! you pre-empted my joke...

"the boats came through beautifully.
oh yeah, and the wife is fine too."

"wake-up call" is right... there's still chances for the happens-every-300-years Seattle Fault 7-point earthquake (ever hear of "Kobe"?), not to mention the happens-every-couple-thousand-years offshore 9-point earthquake.

: How you folks doing up Washington way? Quite a Shaker You had there. Little
: taste of California I'd say. Sorry to hear of all the damage, but, it
: seems you all faired very well considering. Hope all is well and clean up
: goes quickly.... After a few dozen of those, you kinda get used to them...
: but, never completely. " Kind of a Mother Nature's Wake-Up
: Call."

: We didn't lose any boats did we?

: Rehd