ChrisW
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| quote: | Originally posted by lborgia88
Though you probably have earthquakes to worry about. And on the east coast, there are hurricanes. It seems that no part of North America is safe from a natural disaster of some sort. |
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I grew up in FL. Hurricanes are a huge pain in the butt. And while you see them coming, you never know exactly where they're going to hit, so there's all this panic and freaking out and then nothing ... or everything ... That makes them somewhat similar to tornados since they don't follow a predictable path either, but the wait to see what's going to happen is longer as you have more warning.
Fortunately I've never been present for a tornado. I have for hurricanes. When they start blowing down palm trees, which evolved for tropical storms, that's my rule for when I get nervous. 
Where I live we've felt the occasional earthquake, but just barely. We've felt ones from Alaska or Seattle but don't seem to get them with an epicentre around here. I love the moderate climate here and that goes for storms too. Supposedly my area is also protected from tsunami because of the massive mountains to the west of Vancouver Island. They'd block the wall of water. I try not to get too over-confident, though.
Plus, I live very near a (long since) dormant volcano! Woo! And BC is rainforest, which means that it builds up lots and lots of tinder, and has cycles where eventually we get a hot, dry summer and then burn baby burn! Clears out the forest floor. And towns.
I'm not sure there's a truly safe place in the world. All areas are subject to numerous types of natural disasters. It's amazing, some of the areas of North America you don't even realize are on fault lines. Nature is both beautiful and terrible, truly awesome in the original sense of the word (to be viewed with awe).
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17-03-2012 23:52
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