Think I'll Go and Top Off My Tank . . .

Scientists are watching closely to see if small faults crossing under the Salton Sea are transferring energy to the larger, more dangerous San Andreas fault after a series of small quake swarms in the area.

Scientists are particularly interested in the area because an earthquake that starts in Bombay Beach and ripples northwest along the San Andreas fault could be the Big One that devastates Los Angeles, said Graham Kent, a research geophysicist at UC San Diego.

Better safe than sorry. This also includes doing little things, like keeping an extra pair of sneakers in your car in case you find yourself having to walk home.

In the great blackout of 1965, my father had to hoof it all the way from 125th Street in Harlem to the northern point of the Bronx. Ya just never know . . .