'...one may find it handy to already be in their pajamas when needing to leave the house in a matter of seconds.'

That's what I've always thought!

I just have this awful feeling that if my area were hit with a major earthquake, it would happen at night, in winter, while I was in the shower with shampoo in my hair and eyes, and it will be raining or snowing outside!

I was still living in SoCal when the Sylmar quake hit about 6 a.m. I was sound asleep when it started, but before it was over, I was out of bed, had opened the door, and was standing in the doorway when I woke up. I guess that's what you might call 'conditioning'.

<img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />Sue