"Eleven miles below the Santa Cruz Mountains; the earth erupted with the destructive force of a thermonuclear bomb."

-- San Jose Mercury News

"...these pieces of crust, called plates, restlessly roam about, driven by plumes of molten rock that roil up from the planet's superheated core."

-- TIME, Oct. 30, 1989

"San Francisco's East Bay Vivarium; (America's largest reptile shop) reports 800 escaped animals, including full-grown boa constrictors, pythons, etc., roaming their giant warehouse."

-- The San Francisco Chronicle