Um ... Katrina, Loma Prieta, Rita, Northridge, Andrew ....

If these don't ring a bell, then nevermind.

user wrote:
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:42:16 -0800, newsman wrote:

If you live in the country, ice belt, tornado belt, hurricane belt or
earthquake belt, it's probably worth it. It'll be cheaper to do it
during construction than later. Natural gas is probably the worst
choice for fuel. In a lot circumstances where electricity goes out, so
does natural gas (hurricanes and earthquates are examples).



This is a HUGE generalization. For a very large portion of the U.S., weather
and/or natural events that would knock out the natural gas delivery system
simply don't factor in as something to worry about. In all of the ice
storms/wind storms/blizzards/floods/etc I've been through, the one constant
has been that the natural gas flows when everything else has failed.

- Rich