On 4/21/2017 7:54 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
OFWW writes:
On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 15:31:06 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:

On 4/20/2017 3:03 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:


Personally, I'll risk the earthquake over living in tornado alley.


A tornado is very selective and does not typically do damage over
thousands of square miles. Repairs can usually begin immediate.

No, but they happen _every_ year, and in volume during the summer.

Earthquakes are quite infrequent.

I am sure your reasoning is quite valid and I would not want to steer
you away from you your way of thinking. Have you lived through a major
quake, like IIRC the one in the late 80's early 90's that hit California?
The big events are what have changed my mind. For the first 14 years of
my life I lived 3 miles from water, gulf coast. During that period of
time I lived through 3 hurricanes. Oddly the first two were not direct
hits but the rain and flooding lasted 2~3 days, both happened after the
new school year began and we missed school. It was fun! LOL
The third hurricane hit directly in early August and IIRC lasted 5 hours
with little to no before or after rain. Wind gusts were often 160+ mph.
Anyway I helped with cleanup for three weeks before starting school.
We had no water for a week, and no electricity for several weeks. I n a
majority of the city grocery stores were closed for weeks, we stood in
food lines to get food and water off of trailers. THAT is what I fear
about any large event.

Anyway I can appreciate your thoughts on the matter.









Major earth quakes and hurricanes typically deliver damage with a broad
stroke, tornados, not so much.


I agree. But I prefer getting it over quick, like in an earthquake.

I've experienced two major earthquakes (Wittier Narrows, Loma Prieta)
and a few minors (Napa a few years ago). For the most part, the damage
is localized (similar to a tornado, more localized than a hurricane). For
Wittier narrows, I was living about 7 miles from the epicenter and it
did no damage to my home, and very little at my office. With the Loma
Prieta the total damage ($5billion) was less than katrina ($108 billion)
even when adjusted for inflation.

I'll take the earthquake anyday. The risk of an 8+ is much lower than the
risk of a F5 tornado or a cat IV hurricane.


Well that sounds like sound reasoning. With news reports we "out
siders" often see repeated broadcasts of the same areas and do not
always realize the repeat scenes. We tend to think that California is
hanging on by a thread. LOL

I was under the impression that big quakes were as devastating as a
direct hit Cat 3 or larger hurricane.