Then I offer my apologies to you as well.
I just wrote elsewhere that I will not view these quakes as omens, but rather as prophetic foreshadowings of great things to come. A God-instigated tectonic shift of sorts: in our culture and politics. Of course I still pray to be geologically spared regardless...even as I embrace the metaphorical nature of an earthquake.
It wasnt that long ago that CA recalled Democrat Governor Gray Davis and replaced him Arnold Schwarzenegger, who although disappointing, did identify as a Republican.
Our state may have an awakening and go Red soon! Hows that for earth-shattering?!