No kiddiing, I never thought of that... :)
Of course I just said it as a analogy, because, how many water pipes in the ground get damaged by quakes in the US every year? Well, in the US other than southern California, Hawaii and similar active areas? No that many, I would guess.

Well, the summer here has finally come to an end now. It all feels pretty weird - the sudden drop in temperatures, the changing of the clocks, and that its soon christmas season already. Reminds me a bit of my visit in Brasil, which was just after christmas. Thats the high summer time there, with temparatures way into the 90s every day. And in the shopping mall they had Santas sleigh with the rendeers and christmas trees with artificial snow as decorations. It seems somehow absurd, when you stand in front of it in shorts and flip-flops... :)