On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 12:54:56 GMT, (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.


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.

I've been through a bunch of major quakes, one where the highway was
separated a solid blocks distance sideways. The last large one which
was the Northridge and Santa Monica one which were only a few sections
apart. The two earthquakes kept trades people of all types busy for
several years on things related to the earthquakes.

The big one is over 100 years overdue, and the pressure is increasing
and visible out in the desert and some other places, some there is
rising, rising and some widening., plus there is one slightly off the
coastline here. That is extensive. I can't remember all the details
since I don't worry about such things other than to have generators,
food and the ability to store water on short notice.

Bad thing about generators are having lights on when no one else does.
You stick out like a sore thumb. The majority of the solar systems
sold here are not to store power but feed excess into the electric
company to roll back your meter.

Whatever the happenstance, it is all bad for someone, or many. And in
today's world a riot can be just as destructive as anything nature
throws at us.