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UdoKier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 12:58 PM
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Poll question: What kind of DISASTERS occur in your area?
Edited on Wed Apr-06-05 12:59 PM by UdoKier
What kind of DISASTERS occur in your area?
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Demit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:00 PM
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1. Our sports teams.
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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:02 PM
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4. You live in D.C.!
n/t
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4_Legs_Good Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:01 PM
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2. Earthquakes, though I'm not far from lethal mudslides either
/shudder

One person died in an earthquake 1 hour north about a year ago. I don't remember how many died in the La Conchita mudslide.

Where I actually live, the biggest threat is the stupid air force base, oh an pesticides

david
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catzies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:40 PM
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18. IIRC. 10 people died at La Conchita. It's 5 minutes away from me.
:hi: david!
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4_Legs_Good Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 03:06 PM
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45. hi!
:hi:

david
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:01 PM
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3. Tornadoes, floods, and blizzards.
Oh my.
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:02 PM
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5. Just tornadoes. And hail, but that's not on the list.
But those big effing hailstorms can REALLY do some damage.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:03 PM
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6. hurricanes mostly.
We are inland enough to not get the full force, but sometimes they still get in here and fuck with us.
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DinahMoeHum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:04 PM
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7. Here in the Northeast, floods, mostly. . .
though we occasionally get a hurricane or blizzard.

:bounce:
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:04 PM
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8. Terrorist attacks.
That's about as bad as it gets 'round these here parts, I reckon.
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:05 PM
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9. Snow, snow, snow in Boston...
Not life-threatening, but definitely sanity-threatening...
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:08 PM
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10. Worst disaster in my area is Republican voters.
The place is lousy with 'em.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:09 PM
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11. So far we've been lucky
We're expecting 'the big one' (earthquake) anytime now. The coast got hit by a Tsunami back in 1964.

We've been hit by vulcanic fall-out, but it was only a dusting.

There's a big river through town, but I don't remember it ever flooding.
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boneygrey Donating Member (651 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:12 PM
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12. Here in Central NC
we get Tornados and Hurricanes.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:13 PM
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13. I'm on the coast of Maine, so it's reasonably safe here. Except in winter
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Dookus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:13 PM
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14. well
Edited on Wed Apr-06-05 01:14 PM by Dookus
I'm in Santa Cruz. So we get earthquakes, floods, mudslides,and forest fires.

Last week we also had funnel clouds in the bay (i.e., tornados) and once we had a tsunami.

But blizzards are a rarity.
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luvLLB Donating Member (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:19 PM
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15. Here in San Antonio, the heat of August is a disaster.
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ceile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:57 PM
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25. No S***
Austin's not much better. But we don't get the severe flooding that y'all do.
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 02:45 PM
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40. Houston has the heat PLUS the humidity.
Tropical weather brings floods & the occasional hurricane. Tornadoes, too--but Tornado Alley farther north has the really big ones. (The Galveston Flood of 1900 killed more people than any natural disaster in US history.)

And we get unnatural disasters, too. In 1947, a couple of fertilizer-laden ships exloded in Texas City--the worst industrial accident in US history. And petrochemical plants blow up all the time.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:21 PM
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16. Big Digs
:D
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phusion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:55 PM
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23. LOL...
Is that thing still leaking?
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:38 PM
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17. Northwest NJ -- not really a disaster-prone area.
We get the occasional flood, yes. I'm generally well above and away from the flood-prone areas; doens't mean I don't sometimes get water in my basement, but nothing to cry over.

We sometimes hear about a tornado touching down somewhere in the state, but those are rare.

It's unusual to have a hurricane make it quite this far up, but it's happened.

What we're prone to mostly, is blizzards and nor'easters. They can be vicious, but rarely disastrous.

Hmmmmmm...
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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:41 PM
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19. riots, soccer fan riots, Bush visits,
national church gatherings, Neo-Nazi marches, subway fires. I believe that's it.

Oh: and freak database deletions, but that may be a one-time thing. :grr:
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:43 PM
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20. Hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquake and flood
all in the same (I think) year. Next up...four horsemen of the Apocalypse or a plague of locusts.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:49 PM
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21. Poll should be enabled for multiple selections --
Edited on Wed Apr-06-05 01:49 PM by Radio_Lady
Oregon has volcanoes (albeit extinct and dormant ones) and earthquakes (last one was before we arrived here).

Washington has an active volcano -- Mt. St. Helens -- still smokin', I understand.
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ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:54 PM
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22. Around here it's hailstorms
This is the world's best (or worst) area for hail. They've caused hundreds of millions in damages when they come through the city and dent everyone's cars. The worst I've seen was twenty minutes of glof ball size, my beautiful garden was flattened and the yard smelled like a salad bar.

Maybe this isn't really a disaster, just a really big annoyance.

We get the occasional tornado here, mostly little ones, but sometimes big & ugly, like Edmonton in 1989 and the Pine Lake campground one in 2000.
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phusion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:56 PM
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24. Nothing really...
Maybe a tornado in the general area, but those are extremely rare.

Albuquerque is pretty lucky in that regard. :)
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 02:13 PM
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26. Tornadoes and floods
I live on high ground and would only see a flood if it were a major event. Tornadoes are the luck of the draw, so far I've been lucky.
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Lindsey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 02:17 PM
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30. Earthquakes and lately, floods
here in Southern CA. I love it here so much though that if I die in an earthquake it will be worth it 'cause I've never been happier livin' any where else! :-)
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RagingInMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 02:14 PM
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27. Hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires and Republican voter fraud
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 02:15 PM
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28. My governor (Jeb) is my biggest area disaster. He/it happens every
damn day, non-friggin-stop.
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 02:26 PM
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34. And when you throw Katherine Harris into the mix......
the three hurricanes that went right over me were no sweat by comparison.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 02:54 PM
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44. Don't forget sweet Martinez, too. There's the trifecta.
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Jokerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 02:16 PM
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29. Republicans n/t
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 02:17 PM
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31. Joel Hefley, Doug Bruce, James Dobson, Ed Bircham.....
Southern Colorado is loaded with walking disasters - all Republican.
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 02:18 PM
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32. Earthquakes and volcanoes here. n/t
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Lady Effingbroke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 02:23 PM
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33. Hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, heat, mosquitoes, fire ants, Tom DeLay.
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Allenberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 02:27 PM
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35. Here in northern Japan
We get hit with floods, mudslides, earthquakes, typhoons, blizzards, some volcanic activity.
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cmf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 02:38 PM
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36. Earthquakes and volcano eruptions.
Both fortunately rare.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 02:41 PM
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37. You forgot tsunami
The last major one here struck Hilo and elsewhere in 1960. I have seen trees growing by the shore that were bent sideways, like walking sticks, then continued growing upward.

Mainlanders, no lulling yourselves into a sense of false security: Crescent City, Cal. got nailed after the Alaskan quake in '64.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 02:42 PM
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38. Hasn't happened yet, but there is the potential
meltdown at the nearby nuclear power plant. Who put this in an area prone to earthquakes and sitting on an extinct volcano? It still produces hot sulfur springs though making it possibly not as inactive as we would like.
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 02:45 PM
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39. Tornadoes, floods and blizzards are frequent here in Wisconsin.
Tornadoes are the worst of the lot.
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 02:46 PM
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41. Floods, tornadoes, and the Texas Legislature
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WilmywoodNCparalegal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 02:47 PM
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42. Stadiums no one wants, rising subway fares,
Mayor Bloomberg and slow ass tourists

:D
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 02:48 PM
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43. EARTHQUAKES, BABY, California is earthquake country!
Not much else right here in my neighborhood...No mudslides or flooding here.

:bounce:
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dean_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 03:06 PM
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46. Hurricanes, the occasional tornado,
Edited on Wed Apr-06-05 03:06 PM by dean_dem
and anti-gay marriage legislation. The friggin' trifecta.
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