Rodney writes, “As a retirement activity (beats bridge and train-spotting, I imagine) I recently enrolled with one of Vancouver’s top talent, commercials and voice-overs agents – light-hearted acting, keeping the synapses firing. A few months ago I was contacted by a retired Boeing Company engineer keen to see my 2002, 290-page earthquake preparedness guide (the City of Vancouver bought a thousand copies) updated and republished at his expense, so we are working on that together. The Pacific Northwest of North America is due any time for a truly gigantic megathrust earthquake.”