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Originally posted by dave_welch
Well, here in Oklahoma, we had a few tornadoes yesterday, everybody knows by now. A few threads have been posted about it. Where I live, we were lucky, Miami, didn't get hit, Wyandotte did, but I don't think anybody was hurt, just a few trees down and the power is out.
People keep posting things like "Why would you live there?" or "I have no pity on those who know this will happen and stay."
What is wrong with you people? Do you really think people have the means to just uproot? Natural disasters happen nearly everywhere in the world.
Did you say that when Katrina hit, or when Japan got hit by that Tsunami? If people relocated in the US because of natural disasters, we'd all be crammed into Alaska.
Have a heart, and use your brain, people!
Originally posted by Sandalphon
Originally posted by dave_welch
Well, here in Oklahoma, we had a few tornadoes yesterday, everybody knows by now. A few threads have been posted about it. Where I live, we were lucky, Miami, didn't get hit, Wyandotte did, but I don't think anybody was hurt, just a few trees down and the power is out.
People keep posting things like "Why would you live there?" or "I have no pity on those who know this will happen and stay."
What is wrong with you people? Do you really think people have the means to just uproot? Natural disasters happen nearly everywhere in the world.
Did you say that when Katrina hit, or when Japan got hit by that Tsunami? If people relocated in the US because of natural disasters, we'd all be crammed into Alaska.
Have a heart, and use your brain, people!
Alaska is really cold, people would die of ice storms. Get real. You were lucky in Miami. And now you're just gambling every time the weather alerts say tornado watch.
Like Floridians gamble with hurricanes, and Californians gamble with earthquakes, and people in Detroit gamble with criminals. Some people think long term investment with their houses, and it appears, as there is an actual tornado season in places like Oklahoma and Kansas, some people would be wiser investing elsewhere than literally having their money sucked out the window. When the big sky god pulls out the fat middle finger on your house, and reduces it to rubble, take a hint and think about where to live before you see your children drowning in the local school basement. I have sympathy for victims but the rebuilding attitude sounds kinda ignorant of the facts and statistics of the locality.
It's not a powerball where you might get hit, if you're in 'tornado alley', count on getting hit. Count on it and you'll never be surprised. It's like running around having unprotected sex hoping you won't get pregnant or an std. Bad winning at life strategy. When tornado season is Oklahoma's time to shine in the press, it's not good. So many the calloused thing could be said that the smart ones leave, the stupid ones rebuild, and maybe they're masochists.
Think positive about relocation if the local weather is too much.edit on 22-5-2013 by Sandalphon because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by TheLotLizard
Originally posted by DocHolidaze
reply to post by TheLotLizard
California has it share of volcanoes, and with it being a seismic area i will not be surprised if one of those volcanoes blow soon, As beautiful as Northern Cali is I would suggest moving if you live near any of the volcanoes. With the drought they have been having lately there also has been a lot of wildfires, which not only destroys life but damages health and well being. And now California has radiation floating over from japan. Ive noticed that cali has stayed relatively safe from disaster for a long time, as you previously mentioned, which means that something is coming sooner rather than later
You know what's funny I live in the mountains actually 5 miles from the closest volcano. Even with a drought its not affected us in the very least. Im guessing you dont know how much water the sierra Nevada has stored in its reservoirs. We supply all of the valley and san francisco. The wildfires have never been an issue since most of it burns up anyways. Also to burst your bubble the fires are beneficial to the health of californias ecosystem.
So thanks for being a stereotype just like everyone else to never study California.
Im happy where I am in Yosemite.
Originally posted by FraternitasSaturni
Yes I agree with you... but theres the other side of the coin also. Sometimes I look at all those people near Vesuvius for instance (and that probably extends to Naples) and think "well... you know... remember Pompeii? Do you really want to live near an active dormant volcano? And if it erupts could we call it a "disaster" or simply stupidity?
So... there are places and places. Some you shouldnt want to live in and some you shouldnt even be allowed to live near. But hey... I've been to Pompeii and it has one hell of a view, I give them that...
In your case I think people refer to the cycle of "tornado > rebuild > tornado > rebuild > tornado > rebuild > tornado > rebuild"... so, to be honest the first question that comes to mind is "why dont you... move?"
Its not that people dont have a heart, I think its a reasonable and legitimate question to be honest. I mean, you do know the cycle, the risks, and everything else... why stay on the path of a destructive unstoppable force of nature? Every year the ocean comes and sweeps my house... will I rebuild? No... I'll move.