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jrjo
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 Posted: 09/01/05 - 12:03 Post subject: Natural disasters where you live
I suppose everyone around the watercooler sits back after disasters elsewhere and says "dang glad that won't happen here".
I certainly feel secure about being out any hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanoes, mudslides, avalanches, floods, tornadoes, wildfires, drought, cockroaches or most every other nasty thing out there.
I'll take 100" of snow each winter, thankyouverymuch.
How 'bout you?
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runaroundsue
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 12:17 Post subject:
tornado. I feel secure with a basement. Heard we're going to have ALOT of snow this year with warmer temps......woowee!!!!
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HYPERASHEL
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 12:24 Post subject:
i am certain we won't have any 100" snowfalls this winter  blizzards not a concern here and i prefer that. I had enough of that in NJ, Ks, and the DC area.
what we do get Tornadoes, flash floods and lots of thunder storms. I live on a hill but not the top so the last two don't scare me much
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purple hayes
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 12:35 Post subject:
Atlanta has earthquakes! 
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TimRuns
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 12:36 Post subject:
We are supposed to be due for a major earthquake (magnitude 8 or so) anytime soon... 
Our summers have been pretty dry lately so there are almost always forest fires, though more so in the Interior than on the coast, where I live.
The mountain pine beetle, however is more worrisome since it has destroyed huge areas of forests inland and is spreading fast given the trend of warmer drier summers and milder winters.
Other than that I don't think there's anything else to worry about...
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runswithscissors
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 12:36 Post subject:
Tornadoes here, too. One went through our area back in my high school days and went right through my best friend's neighborhood. I freaked out because I knew he was home. They only let me into the subdivision because I said I was his brother.
He luckily heard it coming (the sirens never went off, and there's one just up the hill) and made it out of his bed and down to the basement. Took the roof off their house and completely destroyed his room.
No one was hurt, but it was only the second time I ever felt that hopeless, helplessness...
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cdnhollywood
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 12:37 Post subject:
The worst we get is a bad thunderstorm or the (very) odd tornado in the summer. Winters here tend to be average, with the worst thing being freezing rain and flash freezing.
Last year at Christmas, we got an inch of rain. Then, within 45 minutes, we went from 50F to 20F. Ripping your tires out of deep ice is NOT a comforting sound.
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coachmarkos
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 12:38 Post subject:
well, we have lotsa tornadoes (although not this year), and I suppose since we live near the MO river, flooding is a possibility. (I live less than 6 blocks from the river itself) But, it is so dammed up and regulated, that is doubtful to happen.
it's mostly safe here. just live in a decent size town and the tornadoes will miss you too!
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Ms. Jenn
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 12:56 Post subject:
Oklahoma: Tornados, flooding, earthquakes.
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rolling rock
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 13:01 Post subject:
we have a tornado warning every now and again. i experienced an earthquake in cleveland, so anything's possible.
all in all, i'd say PA is a very weather-disaster friendly place to live IF you stay away from the rivers. flooding can really be bad.
i'm getting hives.
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Kimba90
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 13:36 Post subject:
| rolling rock wrote: | we have a tornado warning every now and again. i experienced an earthquake in cleveland, so anything's possible.
all in all, i'd say PA is a very weather-disaster friendly place to live IF you stay away from the rivers. flooding can really be bad.
i'm getting hives. |
Don't you all get ticks there?
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copteacher
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 13:44 Post subject:
Since I have been in the PO PO business I have personally been involved in my fair share of blizzards, severe t storms and two major hurricanes. I have put many long hours in putting in long days while in the back of my mind wondering if my family is okay.
that is often what I am concerned about. There are a lot of emergency workers putting in monster hours out of dedication and their familes are often left to fend for themselves.
Thankfully we have plans here in place here and Robin can get all the help she would need should I be away for an extended period of time.
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TOsteve
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 13:51 Post subject:
In the winter of 1998 Eastern Ontario/Western Quebec was hit with a major ice storm. My then girlfriend and now wife was going to Queen's University in Kingston Ontario and after almost 3 days without power they evacuated the University. Almost every powerline and tree branch in the city had been taken down from the weight of the ice. The pictures were pretty amazing. It took more than 2 weeks to have power restored to everyone in the area and the city of Montreal was a complete mess - I think they estimated $5 billion in damage. It was weird in the summer seeing 95% of the trees in Kingston with almost no branches on them, many had to be cut down and new ones planted.
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cdnhollywood
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 13:57 Post subject:
| TOsteve wrote: | | In the winter of 1998 Eastern Ontario/Western Quebec was hit with a major ice storm. My then girlfriend and now wife was going to Queen's University in Kingston Ontario and after almost 3 days without power they evacuated the University. Almost every powerline and tree branch in the city had been taken down from the weight of the ice. The pictures were pretty amazing. It took more than 2 weeks to have power restored to everyone in the area and the city of Montreal was a complete mess - I think they estimated $5 billion in damage. It was weird in the summer seeing 95% of the trees in Kingston with almost no branches on them, many had to be cut down and new ones planted. |
I was in Ottawa for that -- it was absolutely amazing and eerie at the same time. There was a good inch of ice on everything. I remember helping other people in my apartment building trying to get their cars unstuck from the ice with salt, axes (NOT safe!) and chisels. Didn't get too far....
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DCRunningDiva
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 14:24 Post subject:
We get a blizzard from time to time, a tornado pretty regularly these days, and we are near an earthquake fault line although it isn't a very active one.
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