text:  Well, the reports from the wives of the workers, the word gets out in their coffee clutches and so forth. But a lot of times, you know, where I've had these reports, they have just been rumors. And that's one of the worst things to deal with, the rumors. I had two little old ladies call me separately after Loma Prieta. They had heard that the 7 was a 4-shock to a 9.