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raccoon
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Fri Oct-26-07 09:50 AM Original message |
There must be some areas of the US not subject to natural disasters. |
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Fri Oct-26-07 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. Minnesota's pretty good. We used to have blizzards, of course, but that was before |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Fri Oct-26-07 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. "There is no safety in the cosmos." Alan Watts |
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SteppingRazor
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Fri Oct-26-07 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. In fairness, I will say that hurricanes here in Florida are far more damaging... |
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tom_paine
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Fri Oct-26-07 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
4. In an environment between equilibrium states, I think nowhere is fully safe |
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TwilightZone
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Fri Oct-26-07 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
5. Slate did an article on it a couple years ago. |
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raccoon
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Fri Oct-26-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. THanks for the link. nt |
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CT_Progressive
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Fri Oct-26-07 10:02 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Told ya it was Connecticut ! :) |
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Turbineguy
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Fri Oct-26-07 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
6. The Oval Office |
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NMDemDist2
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Fri Oct-26-07 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
7. snow storms, ice storms, avalanches rule out the mountains and Northern Tier |
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CT_Progressive
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Fri Oct-26-07 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
8. Connecticut. |
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murray hill farm
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Fri Oct-26-07 10:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. How is the long term water supply |
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CT_Progressive
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Fri Oct-26-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #21 |
33. I don't have those answers, but I can give some anecdotes. |
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NutmegYankee
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Fri Oct-26-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
56. The water table? |
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SteelPenguin
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Fri Oct-26-07 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
9. Pittsburgh |
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distantearlywarning
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Fri Oct-26-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
43. Yeah, but what about mine subsidence? |
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FSogol
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Fri Oct-26-07 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
11. Virginia is pretty safe |
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debbierlus
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Fri Oct-26-07 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
12. New England interior is nice |
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Breeze54
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Fri Oct-26-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
49. The Berkshires have tornados! ~ MA has had it's share of disasters! ('06-'07) |
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ginnyinWI
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Fri Oct-26-07 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
13. Wisconsin |
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eppur_se_muova
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Fri Oct-26-07 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
14. Low ground tends to flood. High ground draws lightning. |
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Warren Stupidity
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Fri Oct-26-07 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
16. New England is pretty safe. |
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Breeze54
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Fri Oct-26-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
50. baloney.... |
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Warren Stupidity
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Fri Oct-26-07 05:46 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Severe flooding? Tofurkey! |
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Breeze54
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Fri Oct-26-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I didn't say tsunamis! LOL! ~ But we've had severe floods, etc.! See up thread--- |
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Warren Stupidity
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Fri Oct-26-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. whatever. |
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Lasher
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Fri Oct-26-07 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
17. Forbes has compiled a list |
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Stuckinthebush
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Fri Oct-26-07 10:29 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Honolulu? |
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Lasher
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Fri Oct-26-07 10:49 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Yeah, I thought that was wierd too. |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Fri Oct-26-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #24 |
39. Very low actually and it is in the duldrums |
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KamaAina
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Fri Oct-26-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. Where in Honolulu are they talking about? |
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Hekate
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Fri Oct-26-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
47. Way too many people for available resources, utterly dependent on shipping... |
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tabasco
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Fri Oct-26-07 11:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
36. NO! West Virginia is VERY dangerous!! |
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Neshanic
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Fri Oct-26-07 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
18. NPR did an report/interview about this a while back, Arizona was one |
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cali
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Fri Oct-26-07 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
19. Vermont |
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woodsprite
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Fri Oct-26-07 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
20. Actually, northern Delaware seems pretty well protected (so far) |
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porphyrian
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Fri Oct-26-07 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
22. There isn't. We live on the crust of a molten bubble spinning in a vacuum. |
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Stuckinthebush
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Fri Oct-26-07 10:31 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Well thank you Mr. Fun and Sunshine |
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Lasher
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Fri Oct-26-07 11:07 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Asteroids and Comets |
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Stuckinthebush
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Fri Oct-26-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Come on! Cut it out, now! |
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porphyrian
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Fri Oct-26-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. Heh, heh. -n/t |
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Zywiec
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Fri Oct-26-07 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
23. Maryland: We got it all!! |
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renie408
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Fri Oct-26-07 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
25. I live in upstate SC, north of Columbia and south of Charlotte, NC. |
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Stuckinthebush
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Fri Oct-26-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. My inlaws are in Lancaster, SC |
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renie408
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Fri Oct-26-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I live about ten minutes north of Lancaster. We haven't had an |
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Stinky The Clown
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Fri Oct-26-07 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
28. MD/PA/VA |
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Spazito
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Fri Oct-26-07 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
29. You left out ice storms.... |
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Tesha
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Fri Oct-26-07 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
31. New England, in general, is pretty safe. |
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Breeze54
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Fri Oct-26-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
51. New England has a lot more that that! Tornado's, hurricanes, floods... |
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Tesha
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Fri Oct-26-07 06:38 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Tornadoes are thankfully rare. Floods are confined. Hurricanes? |
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Basileus Basileon
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Fri Oct-26-07 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
34. Chicago, I'd say. |
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HughBeaumont
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Fri Oct-26-07 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
35. NE Ohio. |
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hedgehog
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Fri Oct-26-07 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
40. It's not the place, it's the buildings! There is no one master |
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Blue_In_AK
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Fri Oct-26-07 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
41. We're prone to earthquakes |
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librechik
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Fri Oct-26-07 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
44. you mean the ones within 50 miles of a nuclear reactor? |
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Hekate
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Fri Oct-26-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Ours is built on a fault. Yeesh. nt |
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NMMNG
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Fri Oct-26-07 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
46. There must be |
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MasonJar
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Fri Oct-26-07 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
55. Kentucky has serious tornados on occasion. This year a serious drought has been added. |
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