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Old 07-04-2013, 06:56 AM
 
Location: Connecticut
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Hurricanes can affect anywhere in the entire east and Gulf coasts of the US- that's a large chunk of the US. Tornado Alley is comprised of a large swath of land in the nation's midsection. Tsunamis can affect every Pacific coast state. Wildfires= dry western states- CA, AZ, NM, CO, ID, NV, UT, etc. Blizzards/ice = northern half of the country, plus mountainous areas. I'll give you volcano eruptions as being somewhat easy to avoid.

Where exactly is this geographic region we all should live that is far away from these "limited" areas that are prone to natural disasters?
"Disasters" that affect New England are far less costly than disasters that affect most other areas of the country. We're really fortunate that we're spared the brunt of serious disasters for the most part. Plus, other areas of the country have larger issues with poverty to contend with, making disaster recovery harder.

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Old 07-04-2013, 07:25 AM
 
Location: A safe distance from San Francisco
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Drought is easy to avoid, as are hurricanes, wildfire, earthquake, tornado, tsunamis, floods, and volcano eruptions.

Now you wish to throw in normal winter too. Well you got me there, good for you. Winter happens.





Winter is a lot easier to deal with, than summer.
And yet the masses dutifully adhere to their programming to hate winter like a tidal wave. Good to hear from another Maverick.
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Old 07-04-2013, 07:30 AM
 
Location: Forests of Maine
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Ignorant comment. "Disasters" that affect New England are far less costly than disasters that affect most other areas of the country. We're really fortunate that we're spared the brunt of serious disasters for the most part. Plus, other areas of the country have larger issues with poverty to contend with, making disaster recovery harder.


I am from California, though after I retired I have settled in Maine. Here we 'get' every hurricane. However one must keep in mind that by the time they finally get to us 95% of their energy has been expended. So what we get is a little rain and wind, just the tail end of them. In terms of damage, hurricanes do less damage here than do normal storms.

What we do not get are droughts, wildfires, earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunamis, volcano eruptions. I grew up in a region of; drought, wildfires, and earthquakes. I prefer to avoid droughts, wildfires, and earthquakes. I see no benefit from any of those, nor is there any benefit from tornadoes.

Winter is winter, summer is summer. They both happen. People can die from either of them. It is far easier to stay warm, than it is to get cool. A real winter allows for dog-sledding and maple tapping.

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