Carol, > How unfortunate about the earthquake! Do you have many of these in the > Ortenau area? I believe I felt the latest last year. It's not seldom in Baden-Württemberg (half of the earthquakes in Germany): every month a local local earthquake of 3 on the Richter scale. every year one with 4 every 10 years one with 5 every 100/200 years one with 6 Wendelin