What is the worst disaster to ever strike where you live?
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The worst that happened in my town was the local chip shop burning down.. No-one was hurt, but that was a damn fine chippy.
Shrewsbury's not too far away, and they get flooded from time to time, but that's pretty much it. There's not many natural disasters here in the UK.
Shrewsbury's not too far away, and they get flooded from time to time, but that's pretty much it. There's not many natural disasters here in the UK.
There was a storm back in 1999 where I live, I think it killed 3 people. Pretty much the worst of what we had if we are talking natural disasters and not some random factory blowing up.
Sweden. The worst disasters we experience are bad storms, and even then they're nothing compared to tropical typhoons or American hurricanes.
It's pretty good livin'.
It's pretty good livin'.
Live in Jönköping, Sweden (also knows as the Dreamhack city).
Probably when after the city had a major fire like 400 years ago the king, in all his wisdom, decided to move the city slightly east to a more defensible position (since the Danes still had Skåne it was near the border).
The problem?
He moved it from stable, good and slightly elevated ground to basically a marsh. And since the town is right next to a big lake this caused all kinds of problems with floods and waves that were slightly higher than usual reaching the city itself, too.
Probably when after the city had a major fire like 400 years ago the king, in all his wisdom, decided to move the city slightly east to a more defensible position (since the Danes still had Skåne it was near the border).
The problem?
He moved it from stable, good and slightly elevated ground to basically a marsh. And since the town is right next to a big lake this caused all kinds of problems with floods and waves that were slightly higher than usual reaching the city itself, too.
I guess some minor flooding during heavy rains although several other parts of Britain get hit much worse.
There has been a couple of different murders in my town that made national news , one was when some teenage kids beat another kid to a pulp, set fire to him , pissed on him (piss is flammable despite the old saying) and then rolled him into the river a bit after that.
The other time was when a guy got sick of squatters who were apparently illegal foreign nationals in his property so he burnt his own house down. Trouble was it also killed said squatters.
The other time was when a guy got sick of squatters who were apparently illegal foreign nationals in his property so he burnt his own house down. Trouble was it also killed said squatters.
Nothing, really. I mean, we've had some fires, we had some break-ins, but that's to be expected in a region with ~70 000 citizens. In 2004 there was a large fire in the local theatre that leveled practically every building near it. The local gov seized this opportunity to redevelop the entire surrounding area.
North-Holland is a pretty safe place to be. Even though I live 8 meters below sealevel, we never had a flood in the town I live in. All that taxmoney put to good use
North-Holland is a pretty safe place to be. Even though I live 8 meters below sealevel, we never had a flood in the town I live in. All that taxmoney put to good use
Well in Auckland, New Zealand, we had a ship that sunk killing 189 people. The HMS Orpheus in 1863.
Not much after that apart from a small tornado that killed a couple of construction workers when a large concrete wall blew over.
Don't write us of just yet. We have HUGE potential to all be killed. Auckland was built on a massive dormant volcanic field of over fifty volcanos. Granted the last one to erupt, Rangitoto, hasn't erupted in 500 years. We could still all die.
Not much after that apart from a small tornado that killed a couple of construction workers when a large concrete wall blew over.
Don't write us of just yet. We have HUGE potential to all be killed. Auckland was built on a massive dormant volcanic field of over fifty volcanos. Granted the last one to erupt, Rangitoto, hasn't erupted in 500 years. We could still all die.
Map of volcanos
Satellite image showing urbanised areas
I moved to AZ in 2006 so i missed thw eorst of that, but i tell you if the 03 blackout had happened after the big economic depression it might had turned out less than peaceful.TehCookie said:I think the economy is the worst disaster to strike Detroit.Darks63 said:
I still say people are the worst disaster in my city.Flint is so terrible, the lack of murders is front page news.
Man made? English Civil war probably.
Nastural distaster? Some pretty shitty floods a few years a go, few people died. I however live far above the vallery below so I was unaffected.
Otherwise, not much happens in the UK.
Nastural distaster? Some pretty shitty floods a few years a go, few people died. I however live far above the vallery below so I was unaffected.
Otherwise, not much happens in the UK.
Never had quakes, floods, storms, hurricanes, tornados, tsunamis, wildfires here. We have a bigger disaster which visits upon us daily.
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But, could this also count a zombie apocalypse? Judging by the way some of them talk.......yes.
But, could this also count a zombie apocalypse? Judging by the way some of them talk.......yes.
The Black Death probably here in Oxford. The Seige of Oxford, the Black Assizes and the First World War are runners up...
There was a bad train crash once, killed about 12 people. There was also a bad mining disaster in the past (just over 100 years ago), a boiler for a steam engine caught fire which spread and trapped a bunch of men and blocked the ventilation. Coal dust then built up and exploded. Nine men where killed in the mine, they where trapped but before they wrote them off as lost and where forced to block the shaft to stop a disastrous coal seam fire they tried to rescue them. 23 of the rescuers died in the frantic and uncoordinated attempts to save the trapped miners, they fell down shafts and got suffocated by poisonous fumes.
A long time ago but these things stay in the community.
A long time ago but these things stay in the community.
I live just outside of London, so I imagine the worst disaster my village ever faced (in modern times) would be a few wayward bombs during the blitz.
Before that... I'm not sure. I don't really know the history of my village very well. The Romans perhaps. The village is a pre-roman settlement after all and they weren't all that nice to the... I hesitate to say natives, as, well, Great Britain doesn't exactly have a native population. We're all descendants of invaders, immigrants, slaves or settlers.
Before that... I'm not sure. I don't really know the history of my village very well. The Romans perhaps. The village is a pre-roman settlement after all and they weren't all that nice to the... I hesitate to say natives, as, well, Great Britain doesn't exactly have a native population. We're all descendants of invaders, immigrants, slaves or settlers.
Tornado carved a nice trench through town when I was younger. In fact the goddamn things just keep following me. Every time I've moved i've been followed by ANOTHER GODDAMN TORNADO!
I've been in so amny now i've developed an irrational fear of high wind and thunderstorms. Otehr than that...well there was that major ice storm back in the nineties that kicked the shit out of ontario and quebec...that's about it.
I've been in so amny now i've developed an irrational fear of high wind and thunderstorms. Otehr than that...well there was that major ice storm back in the nineties that kicked the shit out of ontario and quebec...that's about it.