From:	Matt Hufstetler <gt2778a@*****.GATECH.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Tectonic plates...
Date:	Sun, 9 Oct 1994 00:42:43 -0400

> > And as far as the raise in background count, I'm not sure it would be
> > anyhting more then the count at concentration camps. Sure, lots of
> > people will die (hundreds of thousands in a 8 or higher in a urban
> > sprawl), but I personally believe that it would not compare to the horros
> > of Auschwitz. I mean, I've lived through earthquakes, and it isn't that
> > bad people.
>
> Hiroshima - and it has a background count of what, 3 or 4?), and the despair,
> and sorrow, and anguish following it would generate a pretty nasty backgound

All types of places will have a background count if they are exposed to
the right stimuli. But most background counts will fade quickly. Places
freqented by magicians/have more than three magicians casting lots of
spells will have a BC of one. It will fade over time. A murder only
lasts about an hour.
But an earthquake, of that magnitude, to me counts as a scene of
sudden mass death. Sure, since it's a natural occurance it will fade much
faster than say the count at the Chicago Shattergraves(which is a level
4). Instead of taking scores of years, it'll only take decades(IMHO).

If you would, go and read in the Grimoire II, page 89, under level
four.