Do you believe that the area you live in is safe against natural disasters? Do you take any measures to check them?

[gayesblog]

Do you believe that the area you live in is safe against natural disasters?

[BeMuse]

The primary natural disaster in Florida is the hurricane. When homes are built well they tend to survive even the worst hurricanes. I was just over in Punta Gorda/Port Charlotte/North Port like a week ago and while roofers are doing a lot of business the place doesn’t look too bad minus some street signs that haven’t been repaired and they got the northern eye wall of hurricane Ian the 5th most power hurricane to ever hit the state just several months ago. The place is bustling with people and activity. Property is selling and new development can be see seen on just about every street. So hurricanes aren’t a big deal with Florida building codes so long as you don’t live right on the ocean. Aside from the occasional rouge tornado that spin off a hurricane, we have sink holes in certain areas of the state. Where I live they are of very little concern and the type that occur aren’t really anything to worry about. The geology is fine here. We have occasional forest fires and marsh fires but, often they are planned controlled burns to manage brush and they don’t typically get out of control or cause property damage. While a hurricane makes for good TV ratings, they aren’t that big of a deal when you live in a good home.

[abc3643]

Safety is a relative term.

For example, nowhere on Earth are we safe from a meteorite impact.

The safest place to be from natural disasters is probably in inland Antarctica near the South Pole.
No plate tectonics nearby for earthquakes or tsunamis to hit the shore.
No precipitation in the air to cause snow or rain, so
>> No flooding
>> No tornadoes
>> No hurricanes
>> No forests to burn and no lightning strikes to start fires.

As far as a natural disaster is concerned, you do have to worry about the strong katabatic wind, but the closer to the South Pole you go, the less likely you are to be impacted by them.

The real problem with living in Antarctica is that, if your heat or supplies run out, you will die of hypothermia or starvation.

And, if you stay long enough, you might get cancer because Earth's magnetic field doesn't protect against cosmic rays as well near the magnetic poles as it does elsewhere (this is why the aurorae happen at high latitudes near the poles).

[FictionalCharacter]

In my area there are high wind storms that cause power outages. During winter/spring months. All people can do is buy battery backups. Then there’s food drive or go to the fire department or high school gym/cafeteria for shelter.

It usually depends on the town area. Here in my area it lasts a whole day or two. In other towns, it lasts for a week. Sometimes some people drive out to the city to stay in a hotel.

[begum01]

Unfortunately I don't believe, but even though the region I live in is not very secure, I try to check whether the construction(looking at the reports) of the building I live is resistant to the earthquake

[OlderAndWiser]

I live in northeast Florida and we are relatively safe from natural disasters. We have no volcanos and every fifty years or so, we have a tremor so small and nobody feels it. Because of the shape of our coast, the path of the Gulf Stream, and its effect on hurricanes, we have not had a direct strike since 1964. At most, we get heavy rains and some local flooding when hurricanes pass by offshore. We very occasionally get a tornado but they don't last long and don't do much damage.

[matchrestore]

Its mostly safe- there's a chance of river flooding- and a chance of tornado/wind damage.

For the most part the flood risk is mitigated by permanent floodwalls and dikes, but should the one closest to me fail during a record flood, there is a small chance I could see water in my basement. I'm on a high spot though, and my basement floor is only 6" below the former record flood, and did not see water then.

As far as wind/tornado? The house is reinforced to hurricane standards as I renovated it, but that only serves to protect life safety- the house still would likely be damaged heavily in a direct hit. The basement has very little exposed glass, and the house is anchored to hurricane standards, so I would feel relatively safe in the basement during a direct tornado hit.

[Fromdusktilldawn]

This is my town just a year ago. Floodings like this happen every 3-5 years here. In July 2021 a new record was broken with a 100 year flood, some might have seen the damage on the news in Ahrtal Germany. Meteorologists say it may occur more often due to climate change.

But else, storms are pretty rare, hurricanes dont form here, tornadoes are rare (once had a small one 3 years ago which destroyed a couple of roofs), wildfires happen rarely but experts say they are on the rise. Earthquakes are almost non existant here. For volcanoes, there is one close by in Germany, "Laacher See" which might still explode in the future but too far to make any damage here.

[Guy13]

I think a lot of people are spoiled in their experiences. Acts of God and natural disasters are fairly common yearly experience where I reside. Every year I expect one if not as many as 300 issues resulting from one "storm" event. There's not much anyone can do about it as I see it. Ride it out with the medical, health, and property losses while dealing with Insurance on all Losses.

[AviatorTom]

No area is 100% safe from natural disasters. The most likely kind of disaster that can hit your area depends on where you are... tornado, hurricane, blizzard, earthquake, floods, volcano.

We have an extra supply of non-perishable food to last at least a week if disaster strikes. So far, we've been lucky.

[exitseven]

We have had blizzards and hurricanes. There was a blizzard here 45 years ago where 99 people died. Electricity was out for a week in some areas. We had a hurricane in the 1990s where we lost power for a whole week. A lot of trees fell down but not much damage. We have had the occasional earthquake but they were so mild that it was more like a little shake. I have considered buying a generator but do not have one yet.

[LaFerrari]

I live where tornados are often but aren’t deadly, although about 20 minutes away was one of the worst in history of my state in 2011, all depends where you live though currently, I always get tornado alerts or flash flooding alerts but I’ve never been affected.

[Rangers]

It's as safe as any, it's been 112 years since an earthquake has occurred within 400 miles of my area and it was a magnitude 3.8, an obnoxious neighbor blasting their music would cause more damage than that did

Floods happen a good bit but I stay away from the coast where it happens occasionally. Tornadoes are super rare and weak when they happen and that's really it

[LiamJHayden]

Not remotely. My house is near the shore approximately twelve feet above sea level and in earthquake territory. Measures? Good insurance and sufficient resources. Worst case, I have a sleeper sofa in my office and my office restroom has a shower, so I could survive there unless a tsunami hit that was so large it flooded ten miles inland.

[msc545]

It is not safe at all - I live in an area prone to brush fires and flooding. So far, however, our really **great** firefighters have not let any of that happen.

Among other things, California has the absolute best firefighters in the world.

[purplepoppy]

Occasionally gets a bit windy but we don't really get proper natural disasters here. good job really because if we get a light dusting of snow the country grinds to a halt.

[KostasKouvalis]

You're lucky

[SecretsofKB]

Nope. Where I live we get very very cold temps during the winter, the river I live on could flood, tornadoes, etc. We even had a derecho come through almost 3 years ago that destroyed my area of the state.

[Kaneki05]

The only thing that can happen in England is flooding really but that hardly ever affects where I live so yeah I don't have to worry about such stuff. Though in 2050 with the current state of pollution I'm sure it will be another story.

[Kayla45]

Yes, absolutely. If need be my parents live in rural Canada, lives near nobody and mostly entirely nature all around them.

In the event of a natural disaster, my area may not be hit as bad as more populated locations.

[Agape93]

Nope. We get harsh blizzards every year, and we just got through an arctic blast that dropped the temperatures well into the negatives.

[Levin]

I'm lucky to live in England's green and pleasant land. Gentle rolling hills, populated by sheep.

The danger by far is at the hands of man's stupidity.

[Razp_Sorbet]

Nope absolutely not. Earthquake prone country and especially prone city. Those fuckers wake me up all the damn time. Plus being coastal earthquakes = tsunami risk.

[genericname85]

Yeah pretty much. Like the worst that could happen it's extreme winter with bunch of snow and ice. But i guess you get that everywhere up north on the globe. Everything else is extremely unlikely due to the geographic position.

[KostasKouvalis]

Absolutely not. The last few summers we've had to deal with severe wildfires and if it's not fires, it's flooding. We actually ended up changing our town motto to, "We will prevail, come hell or high water"

[aaron210419]

I live in a big city that is in a valley and so hurricanes that hit the coast do not make it here (other than the rain), and tornadoes usually can't make it in. Also, there are no fault lines close enough for us to get earthquakes.

[KittyKat90210]

I'm in NY and we're not safe from major flooding and hurricanes. I don't have a disaster plan but I really should

[Fireguy17]

other than an occasional tornado, blizzard, 20 or more below zero, ice storms we are just fine.
We have a good climate, lots of water, so life is good.

[OfMiceandMen]

Pretty safe, haven't had many natural disasters over the years in Ontario. One hurricane, the occasional twister. Some mild tremors.

[rachel776]

i literally live in the next Turkey, but i travel so much i might not be there when it happens

[TheVigilantFox]

Where I live is safe as houses, there’s never been any natural disaster here the only thing we had here was world war 2, nothing has happened since.

[ibodi]

everything is connected like Japanese are afraid of earthquake and run to Brazil then we're burn in the forest of Brazil

[ibodi]

* they were burnt*

[EmmaMary]

Yet again it will be a waste of my time adding my comments/opinions, as you will simply delete them as per normal.

[CateM]

Nope, we get floods all the damn time (albeit they're never dangerous) but we get hurricanes here

[KaiidiraX]

I live in California... we could all into the ocean at anytime so... no? 😆

[NathanDavis]

we rely on the odds and luck... for a major hurricane or blizzard, tornado to NOT show up

[FunkyMonkee]

Not all of them, of course. We had some pretty bad wind storms up here the past few months. They were almost like hurricanes!!

[SnowedIn]

There is not one place on the planet that can't have a natural disaster.

[melanieeeB]

I know that it is cause we learned geography in 7th or 8th grade lol

[Randalama]

Mostly safe. The danger is hail and freezing snow which causes power outages. My hard working Alberta boys always get those lines up and running again lickety two.

[HighValue]

No natural disasters in the area where I live in the last 37 years.

[Twalli]

As safe as we can be against tornadoes. We've had a few earthquakes, but I've slept through them all, or they've been so minor I didn't even know they were happening.

[Ms_Facesitter]

Nowhere is really safe and natural disasters come in many forms.

[Dargil]

I thought I did until we had two tornadoes 2 years apart. That really sucks.

[annabananna]

It’s an improvement from where I used to live but it’s still not safe.

[TacosRAwesome]

Absolutely not. It rained today and I had to pass through 3 rivers knees deep or more.

[TallAnon]

Where I am from the natural disaster to beware of is floodings. My sister works in the area and studied it in uni, so that's my assurance.

[TrillXHippy]

Yeah I believe it because the only one I’ve experienced since I’ve been born was an earthquake

[collie22]

California has wild fires all summer, it can get scary

[gorydetails]

No place is truly safe. I’m at risk for winds more than anything.

[Guardian45]

Comparatively safer than other places. We're due for a BIG quake in the next 300 years!

[Paul09]

The way we keep going, no place will be safe.

[legalboxers]

no area is safe.. flooding.. hurricanes.. tornadoes..

[robocop666]

Ireland had a tremor in the 80s. other than that we have British nuclear power plants and they just had a minor earthquake.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I am in Los Angeles. Nothing to worry about here.

[WanderingLoveWizard]

I hope not, I want to die

[UmbrusNightshade]

Not at all. I live in
Tornado Alley of Texas.

[Nikki1989]

No, we had an earthquake last year.

[call_me_scar]

Nope a tornado could rip apart my place at anytime

[Anonymous]

There are no safe areas

[Iron_Man]

I live in hurricane country Miami, Florida

[driven159]

No place is truly safe.

[PainusNdeeAnus]

No we get a lot of tornadoes

[jimmy2]

Mostly just tornado here

[Wise4myage]

No I sure don't.

[Wise4myage]

Last May, a tornado touched down less than five miles away. And we sometimes get 70mph Straight Line Winds, which tear trees apart.

[In_Trance]

Nobody is safe