Word: seismophobia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Denying seismophobia is a matter of civic pride in San Benito County. Explains Edna Martin, manager of the Howard Manor apartments in Hollister: "You get used to the small ones. You feel the rumble, but that is about all. Five years ago, the water in the pool flowed back and forth, and we had to fill it. But I try not to panic my tenants. We have an ideal climate here. We are close to everything. You adapt." Adds David G. Edwards, director of mental-health services in the county: "I have not treated a single case of earthquake anxiety...
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