What sort of disaster could destroy YOUR home?

[XemaSab]

Poll question: What sort of disaster could destroy YOUR home?

:shrug:

[flvegan]

1. What no "Giant Monster Attack" option?

Godzilla will not tolerate this type of disrespect.

[XemaSab]

4. How many DU'ers are posting from Tokyo?

:shrug:

(And I absolutely REFUSE to put any WOT-related disasters on here. x( )

[charlie and algernon]

15. screw godzilla, the cloverfield monster would kick godzilla's ass

Godzilla was killed by FOUR missles, the Cloverfield monster took tank shells, bombs from a B-2 stealth bomber, and perhaps can survive nukes. beat that, lol.

[Rosemary2205]

23. No "crap falling from space" either.

astroid, skylab, a plane full of snakes and or drunken pilots, Saddam's nukes.

No tellin' what might fall out of the sky next and git us.

[AlCzervik]

24. if my home does get destroyed i hope that's how it happens.

[liberal N proud]

2. Man

Humans and their thirst for development causing the destruction of anything green

[Gormy Cuss]

3. Four more years of Bush/Cheney?

:shrug:

[ProdigalJunkMail]

5. hahahahaha

someone actually chose "i would not live in a dangerous area!!!"

what a hoot!

sP

[XemaSab]

14. I'm wondering who that was

(and realizing I forgot "volcanoes.") x(

[napi21]

6. Tornado threats are fairly common here during certain seasons.

We have the fire dept. alarm notifications, and several times already this year, I've had to take my 5 foster doggies into our small bathroom with me until the alarm quit. We don't have a basement and it's the only room without any windows. Sure is frightening at the time!

[GreenInNC]

7. Got hit by a hurricane

We got hit by Hurricane Hugo back in '89. What makes it so odd is that I live 200 miles inland, it was still a catagory one hurricane when it hit us.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

8. Tornado - Flood - Wildfire

In order of likelihood.

[JuniperLea]

9. Any of those could destroy anyone's home in any location

We just don't know. We can't judge by our own personal short histories. My friends in Cedar Rapids, IA never thought they would be flooded out of their homes.

I want to know where the outrage is... where is FEMA? People are homeless, businesses shut down. The Heartland is hurting, and Bush is taking a European holiday.

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. I live on the coast of Maine in a trailer, so we might be prone to several

types of disasters. Does sea level rise count as flooding? (I know that one is a ways off, but still)

[XemaSab]

17. You may choose whatever category you think appropriate

:)

[ingac70]

11. I had a close call with a tornado 2 years ago.

The house two doors down from me was destroyed, and the barn and woods 100 yards behind my house was leveled by an EF-3.

I only had a couple of small holes in my siding from debris and a big dent in my car.

[RebelOne]

12. Just about all of the above.

I live in a mobile home, so it wouldn't take too much to wipe me out.

[Mountainman]

13. Fire, very dry here.

[iamthebandfanman]

16. definitely two of them

around here...

itd either be a tornado or a flood.

more likely a tornado where i live. not very flood prone until you get away from the city.

[Warpy]

18. You forgot kudzu

Not a factor with my own house in the desert southwest, but certainly worth consideration in the southeast.

[Arugula Latte]

19. Volcanos. You forgot volcanos.

Those of us in the Northwest and Hawaii could be buried under ash. Or, if that Yellowstone super caldera blows, about half the country could be wiped out. :scared:

[XemaSab]

27. Yeah, I know I forgot

x(

Which is dumb, because I live within hollering distance of Shasta and Lassen. x(

[Ian David]

30. If you watch The Sci-Fi Channel original movies, all you need is a big enough nuclear weapon...

to stop any natural disaster in its tracks.

[Rosemary2205]

20. Tornado, fire, flood, hurricane, earthquake, sinkhole

Hurricane and earthquake would be a real stretch but a couple folks in the Atlanta area got MAJOR damage by falling trees when Opal came through with winds still upwards of 70mph. Earthquake big enough to take me out would be a freak but it's geologically possible. Sinkholes are about as common/rare as Tornados around here.

[datasuspect]

21. kosovar partisans

or bolsheviks

[DS1]

22. It's brick. So, not much.

[Rosemary2205]

25. Tornado

I can tell you from personal experience, a Tornado can and does blow apart a concrete and brick building on many occasion.

[mainegreen]

47. Tidal Wave!

Should the Canary Island mudslide disaster ever happen!

[DS1]

50. That's what I voted for

I can smell the sea in the morning.

[Hekate]

60. Earthquake disassembles brick quite handily, though lots of rebar helps.

Cheery thought!

Hekate

[Blue Diadem]

26. flood, wildfire, ice storm/blizzard, tornado,

Not sure about an earthquake.

[Ian David]

28. Tsunami, blizzard, nuclear plant meltdown, explosion at national guard armory, earthquake, meteorite

... possibilities are endless.

[ccinamon]

29. Tornado and flood

I live just a few miles from the Trinity River (in Euless (DFW)) and several blocks from several creeks/low areas. If we had rain like the mid-west the past two weeks, we could be in danger of flood.

We are in the 250yr flood plain, and we have flood insurance.

[fed-up]

31. street I lived on was evacuated/closed last Wed due to 23K acre "Humboldt" wildfire

open today with police escort for residents-reports from former neighbors that no houses lost on my former street as Forest Service set back fires
fire is now 80% contained-74 homes lost-36 square miles burned

report from friend of a smoke jumper is that Cal Fire initially turned down help from outside agencies-it used to be that they would hit any and all fires with everything they had-I guess budget worries made them make the now $8.5 million dollar decision to delay getting help

http://news.google.com/news?client=safari&rls=en&q=humboldt%20fire&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wn


also live in earthquake country

house is out of flood plain on flood plain maps, but would probably be affected 500 year flood

tornadoes have occured in the central valley

Mt. Lassen/Mt. Shasta are just up the road



you forgot former meth labs-rendering home worthless or possibly toxic...

edited to add windstorm-just had one Jan 4th

thankfully neighbor just cut down their 60' Silver maple planted right between our homes-after large branch broke and fell on my roof-no damage thankfully-silver maples are notorious for branch breakage-it was rotten to the core-two days later had wind gusts 30-40MPH and again a few weeks later more gusty days

[XemaSab]

36. Ooooh.... glad you made it out okay

Is the fire almost out?

I was in Chico last week, and DAMN.... that was a big one. :(

[SteelPenguin]

32. Meteor Strike

We get earthquakes in Pittsburgh but none that anyone can ever feel.

Tornadoes have been known to skip off hilltops once every few years, and they're about as week as can be, and rarely destroy even the houses they hit. Since we live on the leeward side of a hill, the chances of one hitting us are probably less than a meteor strike.

Hurricanes are just heavy rains by the time they get here. We don't live in flood plain so neither would cause an issue. We live on the side of a hill, but it's not steep enough or high enough for landslides, mudslides, or avalanches.

We get snow, but nothing outrageous.

Honestly it would pretty much take a meteor strike to have my home destroyed by a natural disaster.

[shanti]

33. a flood

if the folsom dam broke.

[IcyPeas]

34. In L.A. - Earthquakes are always just around the corner....

[libnnc]

35. Since we live on a hill

we wouldn't get flooded but strong winds or a tornado would get us

[dixiegrrrrl]

37. we can 't afford another disatrous Republican Administration.

I can deal with hurricanes
and the odd tornado
No flood issues here.
gotta be able to pay the mortgage tho, and we are on Soc. Security.

[logosoco]

38. If my house gets flooded it will be flooding in end of the world proportions!

But on the next street over from me part of a brick apartment building was blown up from a meth lab...does that count as potential disaster?

[LWolf]

39. More than one:

fire: I live next to dry, forested public land.

volcano eruption: while unlikely, it's possible in this area along the pacific rim of fire. In fact, I've got 6 acres of sand and volcanic rock now. We've got a view of a whole string of composite volcanoes.

earthquake: while we don't get the shakes like CA does, if a volcano wakes up and gets active, the earth will shake.

[LeftyMom]

40. I live in the country's second most vulnerable flood plain.

But the upside is it's also the only part of California with no significant seismic activity.

[laylah]

41. Tornado and/or flooding,

which the flooding has already done quite a bit of damage. However, because I did not have "failure of sewers and drains" coverage (never even HEARD of that one before now), the ever empathetic Farmers Insurance will not pay for the damage.

[Sheets of Easter]

42. Blizzard and tornado apply the most.

No plague of locusts?

[Eurobabe]

43. Nothing, I live in a bunker.

Seriously. My walls, floors and ceilings are 10-12" thick concrete and terracotta block.

And we don't get earthquakes here.

[kineneb]

44. northern California...guess!

wildfire
flood
earthquake
volcano
mudslide (not my house, but others nearby)

but I don't have to shovel snow, and the humidity stays around 30% or less in the summer...

[hedgehog]

45. We do get blizzards and ice storms, but this house was built to take on a sturdy snow load.

We could drain the pipes if the power went out a long time. The other disasters are extremely unlikely, although I do carry earthquake coverage as a special rider. I suppose a tornado or windstorm is possible.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

46. A few places in Rio are flood-prone. Not where I live, though. -nt

[Blaze Diem]

48. Tornado or wildfire here in NDallas.. Flooding happens but more

likely would be the other two.

[lpbk2713]

49. Three hurricanes passed over me in six weeks time in 2004.

I made out a lot better than many. Only significant problem I had to face was the power being out for three days. Doesn't mean I'll always be that lucky either. Every now and then a tornado comes through here too.

[Oeditpus Rex]

51. Same-sex marriage

I don't really need to use the "sarcasm" smilie, do I?

[XemaSab]

53. Go back to FR, asshole

:eyes:

[Solon]

52. Tornado or wildfire, just a comment, but the people who voted "none of these" are lying...

or they really don't know what dangers happen in this country. Let's give an example of one danger, wildfires. All that's needed for wildfires are some dry conditions, and a spark in a forest or grassland. Unless you live in a desolate wasteland and live in a cave, deep in the ground, to protect you from other disasters, then you can answer that question truthfully. For some reason I doubt that any of them are truly living in an area that's "not dangerous". There is no such thing.

[Oak2004]

54. Whoever said "none" -- you're wrong

Every part of this planet is exposed to hazard.

In particular, more people are vulnerable to flooding than *think* they are vulnerable. Fire is a threat everywhere, either in the form of wildfire or in the form of urban fires. Technological hazards are nearly ubiquitous as well. Almost every one of us lives downwind of a road along which may travel tanker trucks, or downwind of a railroad line, and either can overturn and release its contents. Earthquake hazards are rarer, but quite real, across much of the country away from the west coast. And tornados, though more common in certain parts of the country, can occur *anywhere*.

If you honestly think you're in a "safe" part of the country, I'd suggest you get hazard maps for your area. Take a look. You're at risk. We all are.

[pt22]

61. True but the question was "...destroy your home." Lots of things can kill you but not damage

the house. ;-)

[KamaAina]

55. Hurricane, most likely

they say the October '06 quake is about as big a quake as the geology out here will support (not a fault but the sheer weight of all that relatively new rock pressing down). Also, the building is several blocks outside the tsunami inundation zone (published in the phone book). So that leaves hurricane at the No. 1 risk.

Ice storm or blizzard? :rofl:

[chknltl]

56. bush supporters

They gather on full moons with torches and pitchforks. So far my Cross and my Obama stickers have warded them off. Their anger has been increasing though... I may need to resort to using my holy water sprinkler...well it ain't exactly holy but it worked pretty well last Holloween, kept them lil devels and zombies at bay just fine so I figured it might be worth another shot.

(ps: don't for even a second think that I would be so mean to kids...the entire neighborhood knows that my house is THE PLACE TO GO on holloween!)

[snailly]

57. I want to know where the "None of these" live

I'm moving there tomorrow when I find out.

[pt22]

63. If you were homeless, nothing could destroy your home.

:evilgrin:

[begin_within]

58. Fire is the #1 risk here in San Diego - earthquake a distant second. Termites 3rd

[pt22]

59. Almost every location on earth is vulnerable to at least 2 of those.

:shrug:

[Hekate]

62. Earthquakes and wildfires are the most likely. Mudslides less so, as we live away from the hills.

Our area did have a tsunami once, but not in my lifetime.

Yay, California! Diversity in everything!

No place on the planet is completely safe.

Hekate

[stillcool]

64. We lost everything in one of those..

100 year floods a couple of years ago in Mass. It was the freakiest thing I've ever been through. Went to bed and it was raining..no biggie..Woke up, opened the basement door and the water was all the way up to the first floor. The stairs had broken loose. We got the bare essentials (just in case) and drove down to the police station because of the electricity, gas, and oil connections that we couldn't get to, and by the time we got back the roads were closed and there was a freaking river running through the property. The police, fire department, and the EPA looked like they were having a convention. The house is gone now, and they built a bank on the property.

[donco6]

65. Angry FOF supporters with torches and pitchforks.

They'd have to drive up from Colo Spgs, but I can't think of anything else on the list that might be a threat.

[Pavulon]

66. Cats

they destroy my home from the inside. Carpet, furniture, doors.

And they eat my plants...

[cemaphonic]

67. Earthquake

I live on a hillside in Seattle. Flooding and fire are unlikely, and it's far enough away from the likely lahar paths, should Ranier decide to erupt. The house and foundation are earthquake-proofed, but a big enough one could destabilize the hillside enough to compromise the foundation.