Dave wrote:

Anyway, I live in nice safe California now, only black widows, rattlesnakes
and a few bears to worry about here. (no earthquakes up here in the
mountains either)

They are trying to catch/caught a 7' alligator in L.A.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?fee...c-us-gator.xml

The Left Coast has sharks too, both land and water flavors...