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Interesting perspective. As a native Californian I couldn't disagree more. In 33 years of living in California, the number of times I've actually spent any sign
by 0xffff2 6y ago
Interesting perspective. As a native Californian I couldn't disagree more. In 33 years of living in California, the number of times I've actually spent any significant time thinking about earthquakes is very close to 0. I lived in Southern California at the time of the 1994 Northridge earthquake and it wasn't even impactful enough for me to remember it.
The maximum downside of an earthquake is tremendous, but the odds of a catastrophic earthquake occurring in your lifetime are also tremendously low. Earthquakes also have the distinct advantage of not being impacted by climate change. (AFAIK?)
- ghaff 6y agoI'm not sure how to think about tornadoes, not living in a particularly tornado-prone area. But with respect to hurricanes, there are certainly areas of the country where you will periodically have significant hurricane-related drama. I'm not sure how that translates into death/destruction in the "equivalent" earthquake zone, but it's certainly much more of a given over time.
- AaronM 6y agoHaving lived in Oklahoma city for a large part of my life, you just become weather aware when the risk of large tornado's are the greatest. The prediction of conditions favorable for tornado's is pretty accurate these days, and make it easy to know when to pay attention to the weather. If you have a storm shelter the risk of death is extremely low. Even without a storm shelter all but the largest tornado's are survivable, even if your house takes a direct hit, by following the recommended precautions the weatherman will tell you about every time there is one.