Hurricane Katrina
Bane~Child:
Quote from: Renatus on 2005 September 06, 13:51:35
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.
Just curious, but what do the Mormons have to do with natural disasters? Just thought it looked amusing that they were notated.
There is a little white triangle in North Texas that seems to be exclusive - this is clearly not the case. If anything the entire region of North Texas from New Mexico to Ark-La-Tex should be in an overlapped area of colors Also, there is a fault line running down through the big middle of it, too.
Despite this, there is nowhere that is truly safe except maybe Burlington, Vermont, but you have to like lots of snow.
witch:
Natural hazards - yes New Zealand straddles a nice volcanic fault line almost the length of the country. Is there anywhere on the planet that is NOT risky?
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: Renatus on 2005 September 06, 13:51:35
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 -
Blizzards aren't a disaster, blizzards are just routine weather. Up here, we get those every winter, doesn't bother me at all. So what if everything is buried in 3 feet of snow? It doesn't stop the Russians, and it doesn't stop me. Tornadoes are merely a minor nuisance. If I had a tornado here, I would have nothing to fear from it, either. Tornadoes can't touch you when you're over 800 feet underground beneath solid rock. You just have to pick the local problems you can manage.
And do you know why I don't have to worry about this? BECAUSE I PLANNED AHEAD. I saw these things happen to OTHER PEOPLE and made sure to take precautions to MAKE SURE IT DOES NOT HAPPEN TO ME.
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and it's unknown if our technology level is good enough to make a pressure dome that could resist an ice age.
An ice age isn't a problem. It'll just get cold. Ever been to Siberia? That's cold. People live there just fine.
Renatus:
BaneChild, it's this little thing called a joke. ;) Tongue in cheek, wot? Although Utah does have a number of active fault lines...
Witch, no! Price we pay for being alive is the constant risk of death, I guess.
JM, Siberia of now is rather balmy compared to an ice age. Never mind the other problems one encounters when the entire planet is encased in a ball of ice, like food. But you don't have to eat - right?
witch:
Quote from: Renatus on 2005 September 07, 09:24:19
Witch, no! Price we pay for being alive is the constant risk of death, I guess.
Life is a sexually transmitted disease with 100% mortality rate. ;D
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