Hurricane Katrina
laeshanin:
I have pondered on the wisdom of building great blocks of concrete, glass and metal in any area that's known for natural disasters, as it seems to me to be a little counterproductive and a tad blinkered. San Fransisco built on a major fault which WILL blow, it's just a matter of when, for example. You have a house in the middle of hurricane country and you've got to be aware of the hazards. Surely? It's like building on flood plain...Don't!
Oh, and who says there no evidence for global warming?
ZephyrZodiac:
The wonderful president who has refused to sign up to a worldwide treaty!
laeshanin:
Ah, Mr. "I-have-no-relevant-thoughts-of-my-own" Bush, mayhap? *Ducks in readiness for flaming*
ZephyrZodiac:
Well, he's the only president you've got at the moment, I believe! Comes of voting in a son of an already discredited father! Like father, like son I say, and if father is a twit, then is it likely the son won't be?
Renatus:
Quote from: laeshanin on 2005 September 06, 12:39:40
You have a house in the middle of hurricane country and you've got to be aware of the hazards. Surely? It's like building on flood plain...Don't!
There's a problem with the whole "Don't build in an area that can have natural disasters" line of thought - it pretty much excludes most of the planet.
Taking the USA alone - in the Pacific Northwest there is more than one active volcano - St. Helens is obviously active, Rainier is due to blow, as is Hood... the coastline of the area is also at risk for tsunamis. Hawaii pretty much is volcanos. There's also a caldera sitting just a bit to the side of the midwest due to go 'splody. We all know that California is rife with fault lines, but don't think you're safe if you're on the other side of the country - the New Madrid fault is due for a nasty quake. Tornadoes go all through the middle of the country, go north and you get blizzards, the east coast - well, if the ice caps go, there it goes -
I could go on, but instead, have a map. Of course we're all screwed if a meteor hits, as one does every so often (more often than we'd like to think, really). Even pressure domes won't save you if the ground blows up underneath you, and it's unknown if our technology level is good enough to make a pressure dome that could resist an ice age. Build under the sea - more volcanoes and fault lines.
Doesn't geology just fill you with hope? :D It does me!
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