I've lived in San Diego since I was 7. Californians know earthquakes can happen, but they don't happen very often in any given area. Which tends to leave us complacent about quakes.

(In the 40-some years I've been here, I've experienced many of them, but only 2 or 3 significant ones, at most. And that includes last Sunday's. All the rest were nothing to even get upset over. )

Like anywhere else, most Californians don't even think about the possibility of something unpleasant happening to them. And of the few who actually do consider the possibility, most of them tend to feel they have plenty of time to protect themselves from an earthquake. "After all, it's not like there's going to be one tomorrow!"

Man, I would have loved to have had that conversation with one of them on Saturday.