The Real Bev wrote:
dkhedmo wrote:

Gil Faver wrote:
"Jonathan Grobe" wrote:
We just had a ice storm and I had no electricity for 22 hours. I
was mostly unprepared and didn't like the experience at all.

What are you doing to prepare for this?

I prepared for this by living in California.
Right, because California is the least likely state to have a
natural disaster.

We rarely have lethal weather,
Five months of non-stop rain = mudslides blocking roads for weeks at a
time (ever been to Big Sur?) and houses slipping off hillsides yearly.
I'm sure plenty of people experience flooding, as well. The city of Napa
comes to mind.

Five months of non-stop rain + seven months of hot, dry summers =
wildfires/firestorms, which threaten/damaging multitudes of homes
yearly. The firestorm in the East bay was deadly, and the hillsides are
still scarred with areas that haven't yet been rebuilt.

I'm sure the people in the Sierras have few tales to tell about massive
snowfall and its effects.

Just to name a few.

Karen