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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 abo
by 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 agoIn 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 agoOne 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.