At this time last year, April - 2008), Petaluma was riding high with its Sesquicentennial Celebration as a city. A special City Council presentation was made by "Mr. William Howard Pepper" and "Mr. Isaac Wickersham" that outlined various events that lead up to the Declaration of Petaluma as an incorporated City on April 12, 1858.

A few years ago, at this time, the mass media was alive with all sorts of photos, facts, data, and information pertaining to the centennial celebration of the great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Now, three years later, I have yet to see anything related to this year's anniversary on April 18^th. You ask, So what? What if it happens again? (And, it will!)

Eagle-Eyes woke Me, Myself, & I up the other morning at 4 a.m. and yelled, "Look at this headline in the P.D.!" - County vulnerable to telecom sabotage. "Oh, oh!" said Me. "Here we go again," I added. Myself entered the conversation with a new acronym - WOOO! Me asked, "What does WOOO stand for?"

One week from today, Saturday, April 18, 2009, will be the 103^rd Anniversary of the great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake (Mag. 7.8). Although Petaluma didn't experience widespread damage, communities all along the 300 miles of the San Andreas Fault felt the shaking and were severally damaged - like San Francisco and Santa Rosa.