It was just before 5pm on October 17, 1989 when a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the bay area and rumbled all the way into Merced County. Two year old Tommy froze in the living room as his mother grabbed him and headed under a table. In less than a minute the shaking stopped. Mother and son then headed outside to recover from the shock. Tommy began screaming “Fireplace Man”, “Fireplace Man”, “Fireplace Man”!

His mother and the neighbors looked at the chimneys on the surrounding homes, but nothing was wrong. Only the sounds of Sirens all over town could be heard. And then his mother figured it out. He was saying Fire and Policeman because he heard sirens and was saying it too fast to be understood. How sad it would be to have an emergency and hear nothing.

the best mayor we have ever had and all you people can do is slam him think about our last mayor