March 19th, 2008...After all the leg & paper work, the landscape of 2324 Alameda begins to change. Over-X they call it. Digging out and then recompacting the earth so that in case of the "Big One" (earthquake), or sudden flood, the land is stable and won't shift beneath the foundation. The soil engineer plus the back hoe work means $10,000 and we still have a flat backyard, minus the grass. But in the event of a major earthquake, head to the back house if you can get there!