Do you live in an area constantly affected by hurricanes? If so, question for you:

[Ns1]

why the FUCK do you keep coming back?

Isn't it a pain to evacuate, rebuild, evacuate, rebuild, prepare, etc?

I'd go crazy if we had "earthquake season" and had to evacuate/prepare every couple of months.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Hurricanes are one of the better natural disaster as you have a pretty good idea of where it is going to hit in enough time to get out of the way. I have never experienced an earthquake or a blizzard, but I imagine those buggers are nasty as well. The blizzard is somewhat predictable, so I can see how one can dodge those.

When you find a place that lacks natural disasters, let me know...

To answer your question, I stayed for so long in a hurricane prone area because of friends, family and the fact that I grew up there.

 

[Ns1]

When you find a place that lacks natural disasters, let me know...

Not saying that an area w/o natural disasters can occur, but I prefer having 1 major earthquake every decade in an area that will statistically not effect me

 

[KeithTalent]

We don't have that many natural disasters here. I've felt a tremor here and there and of course there are forest fires nearby pretty muhc every summer, but aside from that, pretty clear.

I agree with the OP, I never understood why people stay there, same with tornado alley.

KT

 

[Jeeebus]

why the FUCK do you keep coming back?

Isn't it a pain to evacuate, rebuild, evacuate, rebuild, prepare, etc?

I'd go crazy if we had "earthquake season" and had to evacuate/prepare every couple of months.

You do realize that the vast majority of hurricanes are not like the big bad wolf coming to blow our houses down, right? Is it a pain to put shutters up? Sure. But we usually don't have to rebuild so much as clean up some palm tree leaves from the yard.

 

[zinfamous]

Hurricanes are awesome, and they happen in awesome places. This is why we constantly return.

The damage is also largely "controllable." The storm is highly predictable.

for that reason...fuck earthquakes.

 

[zinfamous]

We don't have that many natural disasters here. I've felt a tremor here and there and of course there are forest fires nearby pretty muhc every summer, but aside from that, pretty clear.

I agree with the OP, I never understood why people stay there, same with tornado alley.

KT

yeah, tornado Alley, i don't get. that area of the country is a vast wasteland of cultural irrelevance and supreme boredom. I'd gtfo regardless of tornados.

Hurricane land, well, these places tend to be kick-ass.

 

[Schadenfroh]

I prefer having 1 major earthquake every decade in an area that will statistically not effect me

Katrinas / Camilles happen about once every generation.

Unless you live very close to the beach and have to worry about storm surge, the majority of the "seasonal" hurricanes are mostly just annoying.

 

[Ns1]

Katrinas / Camilles happen about once every generation.

Unless you live very close to the beach and have to worry about storm surge, the majority of the "seasonal" hurricanes are mostly just annoying.

Costliest U.S. Atlantic hurricanes
Cost refers to total estimated property damage.
Rank Hurricane Season Damages 2010 USD
1 Katrina 2005 $81 billion $90.3 billion [30]
2 Andrew 1992 $26.5 billion $41.1 billion [30]
3 Ike 2008 $29.6 billion $29.9 billion [31]
4 Wilma 2005 $20.6 billion $23 billion [30]
5 Charley 2004 $18.6 billion $17.3 billion [30]
Main article: List of costliest Atlantic hurricanes

uhhhhhhhhhhhhh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_costliest_Atlantic_hurricanes

 

[Schadenfroh]

Costliest U.S. Atlantic hurricanes
Cost refers to total estimated property damage.
Rank Hurricane Season Damages 2010 USD
1 Katrina 2005 $81 billion $90.3 billion [30]
2 Andrew 1992 $26.5 billion $41.1 billion [30]
3 Ike 2008 $29.6 billion $29.9 billion [31]
4 Wilma 2005 $20.6 billion $23 billion [30]
5 Charley 2004 $18.6 billion $17.3 billion [30]
Main article: List of costliest Atlantic hurricanes

uhhhhhhhhhhhhh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_costliest_Atlantic_hurricanes

All of those did not strike the same county...

 

[Regs]

It's true what Schadenfroh, said. I would take a hurricane over Tornado, flash flood, mud slide, fire, or blizzard any day.

 

[TheVrolok]

When you find a place that lacks natural disasters, let me know...

The mid-Atlantic states are pretty benign.

 

[Newbian]

Blizzards are not that bad and would not really compare them with natural disasters that do actual damage every time like those listed.

A bit of snow is nothing compared to a tornado or earthquake.

 

[dud]

No one location is constantly afflicted with hurricanes. I live in Central Florida and there is better place to live (and sunbathe) in February.

 

[Eli]

I, too, would take a hurricane to just about any other natural disaster. I think a category 1 would be kinda cool, actually. The Pacific Northwest experiences windstorms that equal a strong tropical storm/weak category 1 hurricane nearly every winter. I'd probably give it a solid meh, but it would be pretty phenomenal to witness the tropical, ultra-organized nature of the beast.

It's just that I wouldn't ever want to live anywhere that could experience a hurricane. TX? LA? FL? No thanks. Maybe New England, but then the probability of a major hurricane hitting there is low(though certainly possible).

The Pacific Northwest does experience rather large earthquakes fairly regularly in the scheme of things. I dunno.

It just so happens that many desirable places to live also carry grave risks to one's life. Makes life interesting, I guess.

 

[bfdd]

Ns1 I always wonder the same shit.

 

[Dumac]

Hurricanes aren't that big of a deal. Rarely do they actually affect me.

This is when I lived in LA for 20 years.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Hurricanes are one of the better natural disaster as you have a pretty good idea of where it is going to hit in enough time to get out of the way. I have never experienced an earthquake or a blizzard, but I imagine those buggers are nasty as well. The blizzard is somewhat predictable, so I can see how one can dodge those.

When you find a place that lacks natural disasters, let me know...

To answer your question, I stayed for so long in a hurricane prone area because of friends, family and the fact that I grew up there.

Unless it is a really really big earthquake or you are right new the epicenter most earthquakes are just a little back and forth movement with no damage at all.

I've lived in SoCal for 20 years now and I'll take all the earthquakes I've experienced over a hurricane any day.

 

[xSauronx]

why the FUCK do you keep coming back?

Isn't it a pain to evacuate, rebuild, evacuate, rebuild, prepare, etc?

I'd go crazy if we had "earthquake season" and had to evacuate/prepare every couple of months.

hurricanes are easy. im in eastern nc and wont even think of going anywhere for something less than a category 3

i lived in kansas for a year...tornadoes can suck my balls. that shit is random and scary as fuck if you have to deal with it(fortunately i didnt). ill take a hurricane any day of the week.

also fuck earthquakes. i dont need that shit.

 

[Demo24]

It's true what Schadenfroh, said. I would take a hurricane over Tornado, flash flood, mud slide, fire, or blizzard any day.

Except hurricanes tend to spawn pretty much all of that besides a blizzard. Tornado's especially farther inland where the outer bands swing out, twirl some stuff around, bang..tornado.


The reality though is that unless you live on the coast, or in a rather low lying area, and a decently built house, then most hurricanes will basically just give you a fair amount of rain and some wind.

 

[CrackRabbit]

I, too, would take a hurricane to just about any other natural disaster. I think a category 1 would be kinda cool, actually. The Pacific Northwest experiences windstorms that equal a strong tropical storm/weak category 1 hurricane nearly every winter. I'd probably give it a solid meh, but it would be pretty phenomenal to witness the tropical, ultra-organized nature of the beast.

It's just that I wouldn't ever want to live anywhere that could experience a hurricane. TX? LA? FL? No thanks. Maybe New England, but then the probability of a major hurricane hitting there is low(though certainly possible).

The Pacific Northwest does experience rather large earthquakes fairly regularly in the scheme of things. I dunno.

It just so happens that many desirable places to live also carry grave risks to one's life. Makes life interesting, I guess.

Hurricanes are much easier to deal with than Volcanoes...

 

[destrekor]

When I was near Tacoma two years back for summer training, I kept staring at Mt Rainier whenever it was visible.
I would think, one of these years that bitch is going to blow. And it's going to suck if it's during the one month of my life that I'm stuck in this damn area.

Sure was an awesome looking mountain though. Beautiful to stare out at, and an amazing directional reference point.
One 2LT describing such: "If anything, that mountain is a good land navigation tool if you get lost out here. Just look around - flat, flat, flat, flat, epic fucking mountain, flat, flat, flat."
Got a good laugh.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Hurricanes are one of the better natural disaster as you have a pretty good idea of where it is going to hit in enough time to get out of the way. I have never experienced an earthquake or a blizzard, but I imagine those buggers are nasty as well. The blizzard is somewhat predictable, so I can see how one can dodge those.

I have lived in "earthquake prone" NZ for 25 years and have only just experienced my first major quake. People in hurricane areas get hit every year, and a "major" one every few years. It's hardly comparable.

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Hurricanes don't hit every year. I've lived in Florida for more than 35 years, both on the coast and in Orlando. I've ridden out @ 14 hurricanes. Only 1 of those was a direct hit where the eye passed over my house; hurricane Charley in 2003 where we had winds up to 115 mph.

With hurricanes you know they are coming and can plan accordingly. With earthquakes there is no warning so if a big one does hit and you're in the wrong place, you are fuuu'd.

 

[RavenSEAL]

No area in the world if free of natural disasters. That is the price we pay for living in this planet. Think about it:

West Coast- Hurricanes(Not very often), wildfires, quakes.
Rockies: Blizzards, quakes
Plains: Tornadoes!
North:Blizzards, terrorist.
South: Floods, hurricanes, sinkholes, heat
Southwest: HEAT, HEAT, HEAT, immigration
Northwest: Rain, snow and Canadians.