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KIM :

I got home , let the dogs into the house and noticed some sounds above my head , as if someone were walking on the roof , or upstairs .

Then I noticed the car was bouncing up and down as if someone were jumping on it .

I realized what was happening and screamed into the house for the dogs .

Cupboard doors were flying , the trash can in the kitchen walked a few feet , the dogs came running , and I scooted them into the dog run and stood in the doorway myself , watching the outside trash cans dance across the concrete .

When I realized it was over , I went and stood out in front of the house , waiting and praying for Merrill to come home , shivering as if it were 20 below zero until he got there .

Never in my life have I been so frightened .

When I saw the pictures of 880 and the Bay Bridge , I began to cry .

5:09 a.m .

JROE :

It 's hard to accept that it 's over and only took 15 seconds .

I wonder when we 'll be able to relax .

9:53 a.m .

PANDA :

Flesh goes to total alert for flight or fight .

I wonder when we 'll be able to relax .

9:53 a.m .

PANDA :

Flesh goes to total alert for flight or fight .

Nausea seems a commonplace symptom .

PANDA :

Flesh goes to total alert for flight or fight .

Nausea seems a commonplace symptom .

Berkeley very quiet right now .

I walked along Shattuck between Delaware and Cedar at a few minutes before eight this morning .

The U.N.-sponsored climate conference -- characterized so far by unruly posturing and mutual recriminations -- gained renewed focus Friday with the release of a document outlining ambitious greenhouse-gas reductions over the next 40 years , with industrialized nations shouldering most of the burden in the near term .

The text , which could provide the basis for a final political deal to regulate greenhouse gases , highlighted the remaining obstacles as much as it illuminated a path forward .

But it was seen as an important advance in a negotiation that is running out of time , with more than 100 world leaders arriving in Copenhagen next week .

Forged by a U.N. ad-hoc working group , the text is silent on how much money rich countries would give poor ones to cope with global warming over the short and long term .

And it provides a range of options for the key questions , including how developed and major emerging economies would cut their carbon output , and what would be the upper limit of global temperature rise that policymakers would be willing to tolerate .

It gives a lot of flexibility to the process , said John Coequyt , senior Washington representative for the Sierra Club .

Michael Zammit Cutajar , who drafted the six-page document , boiled down a 180-page negotiation text to focus on what the U.N. 's top climate official , Yvo de Boer , described as “ the big picture . ”

It shows the outlines for a possible deal , in which industrial nations would collectively cut their emissions by 2020 by 25 to 45 percent compared with 1990 levels , while major developing countries would reduce theirs during the same period by 15 to 30 percent .

Together , the countries would cut emissions between 50 and 95 percent by 2050 .

The European Union gave the talks a boost as well on Friday by pledging to provide $ 3.6 billion a year over the next three years to help poorer countries adapt to the impact of climate change -- from coping with flood and drought to avoiding deforestation .

U.S. special climate envoy Todd Stern rejected language requiring binding cuts of greenhouse-gas emissions for industrialized countries compared with voluntary ones by major emerging economies if they were not funded by the developed world .

The move signaled that the Obama administration is taking a harder line with China than Bush administration officials did just two years ago .

The United States is not going to do a deal without the major developing countries stepping up and taking action , said Stern , who also complained that the text did not do enough to make sure the cuts could be verified by outside observers .

Stern made his comments an hour after Chinese vice foreign minister He Yafei said America 's top climate negotiator was either lacking “ common sense ” or being “ extremely irresponsible ” for saying earlier in the week that the United States would not help China financially to cope with global warming .

With the future economic trajectory of the world 's major powers at stake , fault lines have erupted both within the developing world and between the industrial world and emerging economies .

This is clearly a game where a new economic hegemony is being developed , said Ulate , who also serves as the regional Mexico and Central America climate change adviser for Conservation International .

Some of the countries most vulnerable to the impact of climate change indicated they would continue to push for a legally binding treaty in Copenhagen , although most of the major participants say the talks will produce a political deal at best .

The Alliance of Small Island States , which has 43 members , produced a 24-page draft treaty proposal early Friday morning .

Artur Runge-Metzger , who heads international climate negotiations on behalf of the European Commission , said the push by small island nations has “ put political pressure on the entire political process , ” in part because they are now unified and demanding action from emerging economies such as China and India .

The talks took on new urgency as delegates focused on the fact that they must resolve most of the outstanding issues before the heads of government arrive to strike a deal .

Some of the countries most vulnerable to the impact of climate change indicated they would continue to push for a legally binding treaty in Copenhagen , although most of the major participants say the talks will produce a political deal at best .

The Alliance of Small Island States , which has 43 members , produced a 24-page draft treaty proposal early Friday morning .

Artur Runge-Metzger , who heads international climate negotiations on behalf of the European Commission , said the push by small island nations has “ put political pressure on the entire political process , ” in part because they are now unified and demanding action from emerging economies such as China and India .

The talks took on new urgency as delegates focused on the fact that they must resolve most of the outstanding issues before the heads of government arrive to strike a deal .

High-level officials such as Indian environment minister Jairam Ramesh and the Chinese vice minister stepped off planes and raced through the Bella Center 's halls to closed-door meetings and news conferences so they could stake out claims that will be arbitrated over the next week .