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Private Custard

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IdealistCommi said:
anyways, I am on the East Coast US. I am not worried.

Ever heard of Cumbre Vieja, a volcano in the Canaries?

If the computer models are accurate, the Eastern Seaboard could be in a bit of bother when the entire side of the mountain falls into the ocean.

The world is constantly on the edge, nowhere is ever completely safe.
 

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Oh, to add to that list, there was an earthquake in Denmark the 19./20. february this year. Only 4,7 in magnitude or so, but still! We're doomed!
 

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Calatar said:
Earthquakes: avoid living on fault lines or near active volcanoes
Volcanoes: Avoid active volcanoes, as well as semi-active rare-erupters
Tornadoes: Avoid Midwest US
Hurricanes/Typhoons/Cyclones: Avoid near-tropical coastal regions
Tsunamis: Avoid all islands, stay at a high elevation
Floods: High elevation, avoid living too close to rivers and oceans.
Forest/Brush Fires: avoid living near large quantities of vegetation, or live in a cold/wet place.

So... the safest places to live are the Sahara Desert and mid-Canada. Right...
EDIT: Wikipedia informs me that a blizzard is a natural disaster.
Blizzards: avoid cold places.

So Canada's out. That leaves the Sahara.
What about sandstorms? Also im pretty sure you can get flash floods in the desert sometimes.
Anyway it's pretty safe here in the UK when it comes to natural disasters as long as you stay away from rivers.
 

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Joe Deadman said:
Calatar said:
Earthquakes: avoid living on fault lines or near active volcanoes
Volcanoes: Avoid active volcanoes, as well as semi-active rare-erupters
Tornadoes: Avoid Midwest US
Hurricanes/Typhoons/Cyclones: Avoid near-tropical coastal regions
Tsunamis: Avoid all islands, stay at a high elevation
Floods: High elevation, avoid living too close to rivers and oceans.
Forest/Brush Fires: avoid living near large quantities of vegetation, or live in a cold/wet place.

So... the safest places to live are the Sahara Desert and mid-Canada. Right...
EDIT: Wikipedia informs me that a blizzard is a natural disaster.
Blizzards: avoid cold places.

So Canada's out. That leaves the Sahara.
What about sandstorms? Also im pretty sure you can get flash floods in the desert sometimes.
Anyway it's pretty safe here in the UK when it comes to natural disasters as long as you stay away from rivers.
Flash floods in deserts: yes. Flash floods in the Sahara (THE desert)? No.
But sandstorms yes. Do they kill people? mmmaybe....
No place is safe now. Nature will find you and kill you, wherever you are.
 

Private Custard

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IdealistCommi said:
Private Custard said:
Ever heard of Cumbre Vieja, a volcano in the Canaries?

If the computer models are accurate, the Eastern Seaboard could be in a bit of bother when the entire side of the mountain falls into the ocean.

The world is constantly on the edge, nowhere is ever completely safe.
Actually, yes. I have read/watch things on it (History Channel for teh win).

I know no-where is safe, but that doesn't mean I have to always be worried about what will happen
Yep, no point worrying. Humans will always lose eventually!
 

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Y'know what else is weird? California still hasn't broke off with all this shifting.. If I was them I would be cautions
 

Uberjoe19

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My city is rather close to the New Madrid fault lines. Last time we had a major quake there, it caused a goodly bit of damage to Louisville back in 1812. Before that, Reelfoot Lake didn't even exist.
 

RanD00M

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My country has a crack in the middle of it.And yet there are hardly ever any earthquakes here.
 

Ham_authority95

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I'm not to worried about it.

mostly because I live in one the safest regions in the world (in terms of natural disasters)

Even if this is a sign of the end of the world, it isn't like we can do anything about it.
 

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i'm surprised japan wasn't hit,or china(well, that was sometime earlier).
these countries are ALWAYS in danger of earthquakes.
 

Satoshii

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faceless chick said:
i'm surprised japan wasn't hit,or china(well, that was sometime earlier).
these countries are ALWAYS in danger of earthquakes.
Well, we've had two earthquakes recently that were pretty big (nothing compared to Chile though). A 6.6 magnitude one yesterday. The Haiti one was just over 7, and the big Hanshin Earthquake that devastated Kobe in '95 was 6.8. No real damage here because they're occurring off the coast, but if one hits in the wrong place...
 

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Well being British, I can't say I'm worried in the slightest. The nearest weve ever come to an earthquake in living memory was a slight tremor that wobbled the shelves in my mum and dads house when they were younger. It dint even wake mum up.

I guess we could be at risk from Tsunamis or something thike that, but I live in the west of the UK, so Ireland would probably absorb the worst of it :p

It is sad about all the countries that are getting earthquakes at the moment though. Must be a horrible thing to live through.