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joncrane 8y ago
Got a higher res version?
- 0wnt_U_B 8y ago
  Move to Utah. All there is to learn.
pdelbarba 8y ago
That's possibly the dumbest chart I've ever seen. Since when are nuclear plants disaster locations? Might as well label the entire US at risk of "falling airplanes" or every city as "ICBM target". In going to assume this just an ad for the labeled data center which is right in the middle of a drought prone area. Can't run a data center when there are no employees and no water but I see that droughts and wild fires are conveniently omitted...
- framebit 8y ago
  Not to mention that 100mi inland doesn't have nearly the same risk for dangerous hurricane effects as 1 - 10mi inland, and what about forest fires, and what about icy roads, etc, etc.
  - maxerickson 8y ago
    In places where winter weather is normally cold and snowy, big storms aren't really disasters. It's necessary to plan for them but it's very unusual where just being in a location during one exposes people to a lot of danger.
    - jonhendry18 8y ago
      One risk in that case is if there's a heavy, early snow before the leaves are off the trees. That's really hard on trees, which is really hard on the power grid. That happened in Connecticut in 2011. Heavy wet snow the Saturday before Halloween. We were without power for a week.
- soared 8y ago
  + earthquakes in the rocky mountains?!
  - irrational 8y ago
    One example: https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2016/3019/fs20163019.pdf https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2016/3019/fs20163019.pdf
    - soared 8y ago
      That is amazing, thank you for that link! Sent to a few friends in slc.
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vpribish 8y ago
for the misled: this was a joke reply that is not helping the conversation at all. lamename should feel bad.
lamename 8y ago
It's a simplified "risk map" that appears to be made by [1], who (vaguely) cites where they pulled the information for earthquakes [2], tornados [3, 4], hurricanes [5], and nuclear facilities [6]. The map is not meant to imply that "nuclear = bad". I'm more of a fan of the version without nuclear facilities. After a little digging, the original intent of the map's creator appears to be to emphasize nuclear facilities' relationship with earthquake risk to sell a product, which is somewhat disingenuous given the statement here [6]. I'm not affiliated with this group, and could have been more careful selecting a source. I posted the map as an attempt to summarize information related to the posted article, because the information is generally consistent with the more refined maps the article displays (although does not speak to financial impact). [1] http://alertsystemsgroup.com/earthquake-early-warning/informative-maps/ http://alertsystemsgroup.com/earthquake-early-warning/inform... [2] https://earthquake.usgs.gov/hazards/learn/ https://earthquake.usgs.gov/hazards/learn/ [3] http://www.spc.noaa.gov/new/SVRclimo/climo.php?parm=allTorn http://www.spc.noaa.gov/new/SVRclimo/climo.php?parm=allTorn [4] https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/climate-information/extreme-events/us-tornado-climatology/tornado-alley https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/climate-information/extreme-events... [5] http://maps.redcross.org/website/Maps/Images/NationalLevel/hurricane.gif http://maps.redcross.org/website/Maps/Images/NationalLevel/h... [6] https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/fs-seismic-issues.html https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/f...

Summarized in 1 map: https://www.datafoundry.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/disaster_map_blog-592x304.png https://www.datafoundry.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/disas...

joncrane 8y ago

Got a higher res version?

0wnt_U_B 8y ago
Move to Utah. All there is to learn.

pdelbarba 8y ago

That's possibly the dumbest chart I've ever seen. Since when are nuclear plants disaster locations? Might as well label the entire US at risk of "falling airplanes" or every city as "ICBM target". In going to assume this just an ad for the labeled data center which is right in the middle of a drought prone area. Can't run a data center when there are no employees and no water but I see that droughts and wild fires are conveniently omitted...

framebit 8y ago
Not to mention that 100mi inland doesn't have nearly the same risk for dangerous hurricane effects as 1 - 10mi inland, and what about forest fires, and what about icy roads, etc, etc.
- maxerickson 8y ago
  In places where winter weather is normally cold and snowy, big storms aren't really disasters. It's necessary to plan for them but it's very unusual where just being in a location during one exposes people to a lot of danger.
  - jonhendry18 8y ago
    One risk in that case is if there's a heavy, early snow before the leaves are off the trees. That's really hard on trees, which is really hard on the power grid. That happened in Connecticut in 2011. Heavy wet snow the Saturday before Halloween. We were without power for a week.
soared 8y ago
+ earthquakes in the rocky mountains?!
- irrational 8y ago
  One example: https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2016/3019/fs20163019.pdf https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2016/3019/fs20163019.pdf
  - soared 8y ago
    That is amazing, thank you for that link! Sent to a few friends in slc.

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vpribish 8y ago

for the misled: this was a joke reply that is not helping the conversation at all. lamename should feel bad.

lamename 8y ago

It's a simplified "risk map" that appears to be made by [1], who (vaguely) cites where they pulled the information for earthquakes [2], tornados [3, 4], hurricanes [5], and nuclear facilities [6]. The map is not meant to imply that "nuclear = bad". I'm more of a fan of the version without nuclear facilities. After a little digging, the original intent of the map's creator appears to be to emphasize nuclear facilities' relationship with earthquake risk to sell a product, which is somewhat disingenuous given the statement here [6]. I'm not affiliated with this group, and could have been more careful selecting a source. I posted the map as an attempt to summarize information related to the posted article, because the information is generally consistent with the more refined maps the article displays (although does not speak to financial impact). [1] http://alertsystemsgroup.com/earthquake-early-warning/informative-maps/ http://alertsystemsgroup.com/earthquake-early-warning/inform... [2] https://earthquake.usgs.gov/hazards/learn/ https://earthquake.usgs.gov/hazards/learn/ [3] http://www.spc.noaa.gov/new/SVRclimo/climo.php?parm=allTorn http://www.spc.noaa.gov/new/SVRclimo/climo.php?parm=allTorn [4] https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/climate-information/extreme-events/us-tornado-climatology/tornado-alley https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/climate-information/extreme-events... [5] http://maps.redcross.org/website/Maps/Images/NationalLevel/hurricane.gif http://maps.redcross.org/website/Maps/Images/NationalLevel/h... [6] https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/fs-seismic-issues.html https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/f...