"That's what you get for living there"

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  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    North Central Texas: we get severe thunderstorms with hail, straight line winds, and the occasional tornado. Drought and fire weather in the summer... Ice storms that shut the region down for 3 days every other year or so. Perhaps the occasional earth quake, but those aren't too damaging yet.
  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    k8blujay2 wrote: »
    North Central Texas: we get severe thunderstorms with hail, straight line winds, and the occasional tornado. Drought and fire weather in the summer... Ice storms that shut the region down for 3 days every other year or so. Perhaps the occasional earth quake, but those aren't too damaging yet.

    Oh yeah the occasional straight line winds. They sure can wreak havoc.
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    Ontario

    we get severe snow storms & once in a while tornadoes , we get the typical severe thunderstorms too
  • ilfaith
    ilfaith Posts: 16,769 Member
    Florida...so we've got hurricanes. Although the last hurricane to make a direct hit on St. Augustine was Dora in 1964. So you might say we are due for a big storm. Currently in the "cone of uncertainty" for Erika. We shall see.

    I suppose if I had to choose my natural disaster, hurricane would be my pick, as there is plenty of advance warning.
  • kccurtis2
    kccurtis2 Posts: 582 Member
    GuitarJerry wrote: »
    So Cal: Earthquakes, and random bullets.

    Sounds about right... Throw in a few scattered fires.
  • hamptontom
    hamptontom Posts: 536 Member
    Nashville, Tennessee - dunno if "*kitten* driver epidemic" qualifies as a natural disaster, but it seems like the most prevalent irritant.
  • SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage
    SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage Posts: 2,668 Member
    Vancouver BC. Currently building my bunker in anticipation of "the big one". Kidding. Sort of.
    Oh, and not to mention the current drought and forest fire situation over here.
  • SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage
    SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage Posts: 2,668 Member
    jgnatca wrote: »
    Alberta, Canada. Tornadoes and wildfires in the summer, hypothermia in the winter. Traffic accident any time.
    Yup. I was just in Drumheller camping when one of those nasty storms came knocking during the night. We ran like terrified idiots from our tent to our car when the crazy wind picked up. All I could imagine was the Wizard of Oz. In the morning our tent was ankle deep in water. Isn't the saying "if you don't like the weather in Alberta, wait 5 minutes"?

  • PurringMyrrh
    PurringMyrrh Posts: 5,276 Member
    Rottified wrote: »
    Pnw. Massive earthquake that's supposed to take everything west of i5 under.
    At least I wont have to drive so far to get to the ocean.
  • mygnsac
    mygnsac Posts: 13,413 Member
    Not too much in my Northern CA town, except this ongoing drought! A low-level tornado now and then, very minor earthquakes once in a while (can barely feel them). One bad thing is during fire season (like right now) smoke from wildfires hundreds of miles outside of town tends to settle in the valley where I live. It's been pretty bad this year. CA is a tinderbox right now. Come on El Nino!
  • PurringMyrrh
    PurringMyrrh Posts: 5,276 Member
    Whereabouts in NorCal are you? Is the sac in your name for Sacramento? I'm up in the Nevada County foothills...

    And holy tinderbox is right!
  • mygnsac
    mygnsac Posts: 13,413 Member
    PurringMyrrh wrote: »
    Whereabouts in NorCal are you? Is the sac in your name for Sacramento? I'm up in the Nevada County foothills...

    And holy tinderbox is right!

    Yep, Sacramento. Seems like every time you blink there's a new fire popping up. The smoke tends to settle in here from about dusk to midnight and then blows out. Every now and then it sticks around for the whole day. I think yesterday was our first smoke-free day in a long time. Ugh.
  • MrsBooBear
    MrsBooBear Posts: 12,618 Member
    Pfft! Try living in London. Leaves on the train tracks, a little ice and a few snowflakes..... you guys have it easy! /sarcasm\
  • yusaku02
    yusaku02 Posts: 3,472 Member
    edited August 2015
    MrsBooBear wrote: »
    Pfft! Try living in London. Leaves on the train tracks, a little ice and a few snowflakes..... you guys have it easy! /sarcasm\
    lol, I remember my semester in London. The city SHUT DOWN for this! Barely a dusting! Good times! xD

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  • MrsBooBear
    MrsBooBear Posts: 12,618 Member
    Yup. Case in point!
  • mygnsac
    mygnsac Posts: 13,413 Member
    We get to embrace the "beautiful gold color" of dead grass!

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  • kccurtis2
    kccurtis2 Posts: 582 Member
    Yes... I'm seeing a lot of dead grass these days..
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    I live on earth and we've got plate tectonics still moving around, so all of the above including comet and asteroid strikes
  • sw33tp3a11
    sw33tp3a11 Posts: 4,646 Member
    I'm in St. Louis, Mo. We get tornadoes and severe thunderstorms.
  • flinx1241
    flinx1241 Posts: 2,168 Member
    jgnatca wrote: »
    flinx1241 wrote: »
    Austria. No tornadoes. No hurricanes. No earthquakes. Heck, even the thunderstorms are pretty weak. So, pretty much just nazis...

    What about biting, stinging things? Like jellyfish, vipers, spiders. You know. Scary stuff.

    Do mosquitoes count?

    No, not many scary things. Couple of spiders and snakes that are mildly venomous, but nothing worth getting worked up about.
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  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    sw33tp3a11 wrote: »
    I'm in St. Louis, Mo. We get tornadoes and severe thunderstorms.

    aren't y'all due for another major quake in the New Madrid fault zone as well? Seems like there and L.A. are oft discussed as being "over" due.

    My family owns a lake house in TN on a lake that was formed during the early 1800's series of quakes.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    If mosquitoes are the worst you've got, Alberta's got you beat. Home of the monster mosquito.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    .....and to scare you further,
    Yellowstone_SuperVolcano.jpg
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    jgnatca wrote: »
    .....and to scare you further,
    Yellowstone_SuperVolcano.jpg

    also, people in AZ need to be aware of the active volcanoes in that state as well.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    flood
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  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    edited August 2015
    I remember seeing this a while ago which shows that the west coast is actually a good place to live to be the least affected by natural disasters in the US...

    http://apt46.net/2011/05/03/map-showing-likelihood-of-natural-disaster/
  • sw33tp3a11
    sw33tp3a11 Posts: 4,646 Member
    _John_ wrote: »
    sw33tp3a11 wrote: »
    I'm in St. Louis, Mo. We get tornadoes and severe thunderstorms.

    aren't y'all due for another major quake in the New Madrid fault zone as well? Seems like there and L.A. are oft discussed as being "over" due.

    My family owns a lake house in TN on a lake that was formed during the early 1800's series of quakes.

    Eekk thanks for reminding me of that. There was an earthquake in Tennessee the other day along that fault line. Pretty scary to think about.
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    edited August 2015
    sw33tp3a11 wrote: »
    _John_ wrote: »
    sw33tp3a11 wrote: »
    I'm in St. Louis, Mo. We get tornadoes and severe thunderstorms.

    aren't y'all due for another major quake in the New Madrid fault zone as well? Seems like there and L.A. are oft discussed as being "over" due.

    My family owns a lake house in TN on a lake that was formed during the early 1800's series of quakes.

    Eekk thanks for reminding me of that. There was an earthquake in Tennessee the other day along that fault line. Pretty scary to think about.

    Just think how bad it could be if the Ohio, Missouri, and or Mississippi rivers where in flood stage and a quake (likely a series) compromised the levee systems...you could get a permanent relocation of a river channel...
  • sw33tp3a11
    sw33tp3a11 Posts: 4,646 Member
    _John_ wrote: »
    sw33tp3a11 wrote: »
    _John_ wrote: »
    sw33tp3a11 wrote: »
    I'm in St. Louis, Mo. We get tornadoes and severe thunderstorms.

    aren't y'all due for another major quake in the New Madrid fault zone as well? Seems like there and L.A. are oft discussed as being "over" due.

    My family owns a lake house in TN on a lake that was formed during the early 1800's series of quakes.

    Eekk thanks for reminding me of that. There was an earthquake in Tennessee the other day along that fault line. Pretty scary to think about.

    Just think how bad it could be if the Ohio, Missouri, and or Mississippi rivers where in flood stage and a quake (likely a series) compromised the levee systems...you could get a permanent relocation of a river channel...

    Are you trying to sell me a house in another state? 'Cause all these foreseeable disasters is making me wanna move now lol

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