felt in boston and so forth, if it had been felt in california, it would not have been felt as great distances as it were in this case. thank you, doctor. i am joined now by dale brewer who is a councilwoman here in sorry, gail brewer. here in new york city. can you tell us where you were when this struck? sure. not very eventful and i live on the west side of manhattan and i was at home working on my computer and i was talking to a reporter at the time, a local city hall news reporter, and all of the sudden my share shook like crazy, and you know, you don t know what it is, and all of the sudden, she said to me on the other end of the phone, because i was on the phone, is your chair shaking, and i said, yes, it is an earthquake, having no idea if it is or is not, and