Earthquakes, lightning storms and a close call with the cross

CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO Last year’s wildfires were another reminder of the force of nature in our changing world.

Editor’s note: This is the second of two parts on Don Williams’ experience with earthquakes and other extreme-weather events.

In 1960, Jean and I were visiting her uncle, a retired journalist, who had spent his career in Minnesota, and now lived in Shoshone, Wyo. We were coming back home, and for the first time we visited the…