If it often said that people who live in *Constant Storm Zones* are crazy.

Hurricane's,Tornado's,& Earthquake's are the first things mentioned
about people and the twisted logic behind living there forever.

And we all know they are mainly attracted to *Mobile Home Parks*

Insurance companies must rake in millions from people who canactually buy insurance to cover *Act's Of Nature*.


So to the people who live in these" Zones of Carnage* what is it that keeps you there?

In Alberta we have had 2 Twister's that killed some people.
One in Edmonton Aug 1st 1987 & one at Pine Lake a couple of years ago

I shudder to thing about when I'll get hit,if I lived in an area where there are Hundreds of these things.



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Is there really an area that can be considered safe? No hurricans, twisters, floods, insects, hail, drought, drive by shootings, etc

 

I live in Alaska, which is on the Ring of Fire. Yes we do have earthquakes, but 99% of the time they do no damage. The last earthquake that killed someone here was the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake.

For me the benefits of living in Alaska outweigh the costs. I like being able to go almost anywhere and be the only person around. I am not one for crowds. I do live in Anchorage which has about 275,000 people, but a short drive out of town and you would swear that you are the only person for hundreds of miles. Plus it seems like we don't have to put up with all the crap that goes on in the Lower 48.

 

The
>last earthquake that killed someone here was the 1964 Good
>Friday Earthquake.
>


I was in Anchorage when that quake hit. I was in my mommy's tummy. I was born a couple of weeks after the big one, when they were still having aftershocks. My parents tell some pretty good stories about that one.

 

> The
>>last earthquake that killed someone here was the 1964 Good
>>Friday Earthquake.
>>
>
>
>I was in Anchorage when that quake hit. I was in my mommy's
>tummy. I was born a couple of weeks after the big one, when
>they were still having aftershocks. My parents tell some
>pretty good stories about that one.


My parents tell me some great stories too! My mom was in downtown Anchorage when the earthquake hit and she unfortunately got to watch a few people die when the outside of the JC Penny's store wall came crashing down.
My dad was near the Fairbanks area and he said that all the trees would bend over one way and touch the ground, then swing the other way and touch the ground. That is pretty remarkable considering how far Fairbanks is from where the earthquake was centered.

All I can say is thank God I wasn't born yet

 

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/

Our tax dollars at work. It's actually a pretty nice site, I wonder if they allow foreigners to use it.

Hey Dennis, check it out

 

>Is there really an area that can be considered safe? No
>hurricans, twisters, floods, insects, hail, drought, drive
>by shootings, etc

Please don't tell me that drive by shootings are an act of nature now.
:-X23

 

well in some cases maybe they should be

 

Surely we have some people on here to have lived in Twister & Hurricane Zones?
I'm waiting to hear real life experiences and why they still live there.


Like Chris in Alaska

Tennesse,Kansas,Florida,Georgia, N.Carolina,Louisiana,Texas.

All these places have Constant Twisters,Hurricanes.

Let's hear some stories from people who live in these places

The Most we get is Major Hail Storms but as a rule they don't kill ,or Throw your House or Truck into the next county.

This is about Disasters & the people who continually live there.


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Well, Dennis, it's home. And just like "life", it ain't perfect. The summer can go to 115 deg F and the winter can go to -25deg F here in the Kansas City area. Tornados have a season in the spring that can keep everybody on alert. As to any one individual, one is about as likely to get hit by a tornado as they are by an F250 Superduty. I guess this question could be most accurately fielded by an insurance person. Thanks for you service to FTE. Old Guy.

 

When the homes are re-built on these properties, wouldn't the logical thing be to build underground with just a portion of the home protruding? I would think that much safer.

 

I live in Kansas.

Twisters generally don't appear out of thin air. You usually have some warning, example: a real bad thunderstorm. You'll hear the twister coming (remember all those people interviewed on TV? "It sounded like a freight train before it hit."

On a yearly bases hail causes more damage I would think. Hail worries me more than a twister.

I have seen a few twisters in my time. Nothing closer than a mile or two. My brother and his wife (both are insurance agents) live on the east side of Wichita, only a couple of miles from Andover. Don't think about it much now.

I would add that I will not live in a house without a basement in it.

Now to live down in Florida with hurricanes? That would be insane! Or in California, waiting for the big one?

:-X23

 

I lived in FLA with all the Hurricane, Tornado, and thunderstorm glory. Mainly it has the best fishing, best weather, and is just a nice place to live. Hurricanes are announced with plenty of warning, and you are told when you should run. It's no big deal, I lived on a barrier Island named Merritt Island and the storms rarely do that much damage. I've stayed for a few and slept right through them. Tornados are usually small and easy to avoid (unless you're my dad who got caught in one while in a canoe fishing) but he landed on some government property that said no tresspassing and took cover. I guess you could say he and my unlce who was with him were lucky to be alive.

 

I live in the Texas panhandle and we have tornadoes. Once in a while they(tornadoes) will hit a house or other building. Mostly they aren't much of a problem. The news media makes a big fuss over them because the damage is photogenic and it makes a good lead for the local news. We just learn to pay attention to the weather, especially during tornado season. Our local tv stations give a more detalied weather forcast than most that I've seen run in bigger cities. If you are in the path of one, about all you can do is hit the basement and hope someone will come by afterwards and dig you out. I keep my car collection and farm equipment in more than one location in case of a twister. That will keep you from losing the whole thing.
NOW, that being said....WHY would anyone live next to a large river, or coast where EVERYONE in your immediate neighborhood gets hit by the same disaster. Hurricanes cover a large area and last for days. Floods wipe out everything and as soon as the water receeds, everybody goes in and cleans up the mess and rebuilds in the same spot so they can get wiped out again next spring. Oh yeah, thats right after they hit the Federal gov't for disaster aid. Our tax dollars at work. It's easy to rebuild if its OPM (other peoples money). I feel the same way about those California brush fires. If you build a house in the woods or brush and you don't cut a fire barrier around the house, you are asking for problems. Oh, the EVIROMENTALISTS won't let you trim up? Tell them to shove it, it's your property. And pay attention to whom you elect to office.