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I would caution these people who are rushing to move to the Northeast without knowing what they signed up for. I was born in the Northeast, and I don't mind the

I would caution these people who are rushing to move to the Northeast without knowing what they signed up for. I was born in the Northeast, and I don't mind the high heat temperatures of the desert compared to the very real dangers of freezing to death during a blizzard or snowstorm. These people are in for a rude awakening. They've never experienced what it's like when a massive blizzard buries all the roads in snow, and you cannot drive any further. Or the experience of walking 2 miles in the snow, abandoning your car during said blizzards. And hurricanes WILL knock out your power, sometimes trapping you indoors when trees are uprooted or worse completely flooding your house/apartment.

themitigating 5y ago
This sounds more like rural areas of the northeast and not cities or suburbs which may have large snowfall but fare better after a few days.
lambdasquirrel 5y ago
I lived in the mountains of California once. We have similar things like that happen too. The thing is, you can plan for snow, and you can plan for the power being out. It happened to me a few times. In the coastal mountains, you can even plan for flooding events near rivers, as long as you aren't in a floodplain or literally next to the river. Fire and water shortage, that's practically impossible to plan for. The former will wipe you out. The latter requires coordination at a state level – don't get started on water politics.
- rnk 5y ago
  There are fireproof structures, people in eastern Washington are starting to build them in small numbers. Concrete building material, don't build it surrounded by trees and bushes. Fireproof window stuff.
alar44 5y ago
Lived in Wisconsin for 38 years. I don't think I even know anyone who's had to abandon their car in a blizzard. I've heard of this happening in places that normally don't have snow, but never here. How does that even happen? Blizzards don't just show up out of nowhere. Usually the news is talking about it 24 hours before it hits.

themitigating 5y ago

This sounds more like rural areas of the northeast and not cities or suburbs which may have large snowfall but fare better after a few days.

lambdasquirrel 5y ago

I lived in the mountains of California once. We have similar things like that happen too. The thing is, you can plan for snow, and you can plan for the power being out. It happened to me a few times. In the coastal mountains, you can even plan for flooding events near rivers, as long as you aren't in a floodplain or literally next to the river. Fire and water shortage, that's practically impossible to plan for. The former will wipe you out. The latter requires coordination at a state level – don't get started on water politics.

rnk 5y ago
There are fireproof structures, people in eastern Washington are starting to build them in small numbers. Concrete building material, don't build it surrounded by trees and bushes. Fireproof window stuff.

alar44 5y ago

Lived in Wisconsin for 38 years. I don't think I even know anyone who's had to abandon their car in a blizzard. I've heard of this happening in places that normally don't have snow, but never here. How does that even happen? Blizzards don't just show up out of nowhere. Usually the news is talking about it 24 hours before it hits.