[Sam Cree]

I wanted to name my first born "Fletcher Xiphias," but my wife managed to prevent that. Just as well, on afterthought.

[osagebowman]

SC: Actually sounds kind of cool; is there a story to go with the name?

Regarding natural disasters, think about what would happened if the New Madrid Earthquake had occured in 1912 instead of 1812. 100 years is a blink in geologic time, soo, we midwesterners dodged the bullet that time.