I have had people seriously wonder why I would live in California, with all the earthquakes. The same people live with stuff like this and this and this. And, of course, there's always this.
There are a lot of reasons to hate living in California, but earthquakes are not one of them.
Posted by Ken S at August 24, 2006 06:49 PM | TrackBack (0) |Yeah, we all have our share of nature to deal with don't we? Six inch pieces of ice falling from the sky are very rare here but tornadoes aren't(in the summer), and we had a few of those today too.
Pick 'em, I guess. Thanks for the link, Ken.
Posted by: Dave E. at August 24, 2006 07:43 PMAt least we get *advance notice* about tornadoes, hail, hurricanes, etc. You shake-n-bakers don't.
:-P
And the tornadoes, et al., come around every year, unlike earthquakes.
Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at August 24, 2006 08:09 PMTaxes are a reason to hate living in California. Never lived in CA, but I know enough to stay away. Give me hurricane-prone coastal cities any day.
(FYI, I lived on the Gulf Coast for the first 27 years of my life.)
Posted by: Alan K, Henderson, Parole Officer to the Stars at August 24, 2006 09:03 PMI've been in some of those tornado states: Subzeros winters, humid summers... no thanks. I'll take the Northwest and our rain, and our temperature that seldom goes below freezing or above 100, our lack of LA crowds, and no sales tax.
Posted by: Brian B at August 24, 2006 09:23 PMNo sales tax? Do you live in either Oregon or Idaho? Both of whom have income taxes, BTW. Exactly the opposite of Washington State, where I live.
But I'm with you on the other points. Aside from the occasional earthquake, and the fact that it goes above 100 on the east side of the Cascades, that is.
Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at August 24, 2006 10:43 PMDon't you guys up north have Mt. Saint Helen-Thomas about to blow-up again? :-) I wish Nevada had a nicer climate to go along with owning Class-III full-auto stuff. I just can't get into Reno or Vegas - maybe Carson City. But you google a map of Nevada and it shows a lake, there's not really a lake there... I've done the drive several timnes.
Posted by: DirtCrashr at August 25, 2006 10:07 AMThere is something comforting in being able to plan for a disaster, which is what a hurricane's all about. You see it born, you see it grow, you see it go over the top of you, you see it go away. I vastly prefer them to any other natural disaster. They are never, NEVER a surprise and I hate surprises.
Posted by: tree hugging sister at August 25, 2006 10:35 AMTo plan for the usual disaster we have a stock of water jugs and food on-hand, and for a Big Disaster (like a Zombiepocalypse) I have a bug-out-bin with camping gear and necessities ready to throw in the pickup-truck, and guns. I figure we'll go over Hwy-50 rather than getting caught in a bottle-neck and shelled on Interstate-80. If they're settign off bombs and stuff you don't want to be stuck in a narrow corridor taking all the shock. I can get to Winnemucca if both tanks are filled. ;-)
Posted by: DirtCrashr at August 25, 2006 12:03 PMDon't you guys up north have Mt. Saint Helen-Thomas about to blow-up again?
Yeah, what, 26 years or more after the last big one? And that killed what, 50-some people (and that in the day before we understood how to prepare for a volcano)? Hell, that's one Tornado and two trailer parks anywhere east of the rockies.
JeffS,
I'm in Oregon. ID has BOTH Sales and Income taxes, OR has income/no sales.
Posted by: Brian B at August 25, 2006 01:08 PM