What are the Natural Disaster Risks where You Live?

[lawrocket 3]

Here in the Central Valley, we have a risk of earthquakes, though not as bad as near the coast. We also have a slight risk from a volcano in the Sierras, and a slight risk of flood. Mainly, a pretty bad drought for a few years can hurt us pretty badly, and we get pretty hot here in the summer.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[davedlg 0]

We're relatively safe here in Colorado.

If you are in the mountains you have to deal with wildfires and avalanches/mudslides. Here in the front range we've only got the ocassional tornado and I live far enough west that it isn't a major concern. We have had a few drought issues from time to time, but there is generally pleanty of water for us.

[flyangel2 2]

My son and I were just talking about that today.

I'm close enough to the mnts that we don't have to worry about a tornado.

Yes, we get snow, but in a few days it has melted. I guess I'm just lucky were I live, since I can't really think about any Natural Disaster that would shut us down like what happened in NO.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

[flyangel2 2]

Damn you're fast.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

[ACMESkydiver 0]

Volcano (seen it) flood (seen it) earthquake (the last one was still fairly mild) and fire on the other side o' the mountains (worked it w/FEMA).

Tsunami evac. routes are located all along the coast. -Never seen it, don't want to see it, I think I would have a heart attack from fear before I drowned...

Thank God we have no tornados. I'd be moving out.

Seattle area.

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[BillyVance 34]

About the only threat I have in my area in central Alabama would be tornadoes. I'm far enough north that no hurricane would cause catastrophic damage, but could still knock down trees and power lines.

There's been a few droughts and heat waves but nothing severe. Also, living on a lake can be interesting when it rains really hard for a long time and all the run-off raises Logan Martin Lake 7 feet above normal and puts most of my back yard under water! Thankfully, the house sits above the flood level due to the dam...

So... tornadoes are the only real threat I have around here.

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[davedlg 0]

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Damn you're fast.

And we said the exact same thing too.
Gotta love it here

[PhreeZone 15]

Ohio sits on a secondary faultline (hell the mississippi river does too and at one point in the last few hundred years ran NORTH for a few days due to the shaking), The DZ is situated in Tornado alley for the state and all the rivers around here love to flood/flash flood.

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And tomorrow is a mystery

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[wmw999 2,132]

I'm in Houston, just down the Gulf from New Orleans. Only I'm at an impressive 25 or so feet above sea level
Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[flyangel2 2]

Shhhh, don't tell eveyone that. Next thing you know they'll all want to move here.


Don't move here, the winters suck with tons and tons of snow, and we are below freezing from Nov. till mid March.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

[ChasingBlueSky 0]

Chicago:

Immediate threat:
Blizzard/ice storms, heat waves, tornado and related winds/storms, flooding, drought. (most we are ready to deal with - 28 inches of snow is cleared from streets within in 12 hours of snowfall, etc.)

Not so immediate:
Earthquake
(this would mess us up the most, we are not ready for this here)

Well, maybe:
If the caldera volcano went off we would all have issues. The rare tropical storm that makes it's way to the Midwest.

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I WILL fly again.....

[indyz 1]

The occasional twister, and a minor possibility of earthquake if the New Madrid fault really lets on go. Plenty of people around here live in floodplains, but I'm on a hill so, unless things get biblical, no worries.

[ChasingBlueSky 0]

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The occasional twister,

You need to hang out on the SW side more if you think they are occasional!

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you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me....
I WILL fly again.....

[WrongWay 0]

Tornadoes.

God hates trailer parks, and it seems my area is great target practice.

Wrong Way
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[swedishcelt 0]

In PA where I am now tornadoes and blizzards and ice storms. In CT where I normally live we get just blizzards and ice storms. A shell of ice 2-3 inches thick will sometimes coat everything and you have to chisel into your car. Branches get heavy and break easy. Roofs get a lot of damage. Before a blizzard the grocery stores are insane with crowds.

[CSpenceFLY 1]

Tornadoes right after hurricanes hit the coast I guess

[Amazon 7]

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Volcano (seen it) flood (seen it) earthquake (the last one was still fairly mild) and fire on the other side o' the mountains (worked it w/FEMA).

Tsunami evac. routes are located all along the coast. -Never seen it, don't want to see it, I think I would have a heart attack from fear before I drowned...

Thank God we have no tornados. I'd be moving out.

Seattle area.

Ditto

Volcano.. Walked IN it (ON the Dome) Flood.. Bought my house hundreds of feet above a floodplain.. I KNOW how much the valleys here flood
EQ. I live far anough north of the Seattle Fault it should not be horrible. and I am on flat land so no worrys about stuff rolling downhill. WHEN the Cascadia Fault goes though it will be OVER a 9.0 and will devastate the whole area severely.

ForestFires. I do live out in the boonies and that could be an issue but luckily I have few combustibles around the house so MIGHT manage to survive that if one came thru.

Tsunami.. my boat is at the coast so its in a marina that has a bit of protection but not much. and being a few hundred feet above sea level helps.

Extra Tropical storms.. you forgot those. We have them every year but some are far worse than most hurricanes they have in the SE like the Columbus Day Storm.http://oregonstate.edu/~readw/October1962.html

[Mike111 0]

None. im lucky.

The Worst thing is our street is on a hill so we are more exposed to wind.

but nothing serious whatsoever.

Im very lucky.

[mailin 0]

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Don't move here, the winters suck with tons and tons of snow, and we are below freezing from Nov. till mid March.

Oh wait, for a second I thought you were talking about New England, thats my advice...


Jen

Arianna Frances

[flyangel2 2]

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Don't move here, the winters suck with tons and tons of snow, and we are below freezing from Nov. till mid March.

Oh wait, for a second I thought you were talking about New England, thats my advice...


Jen

Jen, you know you can move here...........but no one else. Stay where you are!

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

[mailin 0]

Nah, I heard the jumping there sucks


Jen

Arianna Frances

[flyangel2 2]

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Nah, I heard the jumping there sucks


Jen

Well then you would have to travel with me to "events" once a month

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

[mikkimouse 0]

My roomies and I were talking about this yesterday. Living in the Los Angeles area, the main thing is earthquakes. Or maybe the periodic forest fires, they got pretty close last time.

But then the question was, say there's a huge earthquake, which is gonna happen eventually. Say something happened, or is going to happen, and you have to leave, now. Evacuate. And it's going to be awhile before you can go home. Where do you go?

We're all in school, with family on the east coast and up and down the west coast but pretty much no one in between.. So - get in the car and drive back cross country? Hope whatever the disaster is is localized enough that family in San Luis Obispo is far enough away? Just go to whatever shelters they have set up? Grab a tent and go camping for awhile (not gonna work for long)? -- I think we decided that we hope nothing happens, at least while we're here. Oh, and that we need to set up an emergency-preparedness-type kit.

[mailin 0]

ooh - then I could be an event jump too?

CO here I come!



Jen

Arianna Frances

[billvon 2,408]

> Living in the Los Angeles area, the main thing is earthquakes.

Yep. Everyone is calling the New Orleans people stupid for living in a below sea level area frequented by hurricanes. But you can see them coming. Earthquakes arrive without warning.

During the brush fires (which came within 2 miles of us) we loaded up the car with the irreplaceables - the rigs, pictures, the computers, the important documents. And some water, gas and clothing. We were ready to go on a moment's notice. Didn't have to, fortunately.

>Where do you go?

Not too much of a problem for us. We know people from San Diego to Maine who would take us in for a few days, and have family in San Francisco and NY. And we're just two people; it's a lot easier to take us in than a family of 6.