Until Aug of 2011 I could say "at least we don't have earthquakes!"
Then we had one bigger than anything here since the 1890s, even if at 5.8 it
was "wimpy-by-Cal-standards" (which Calipeeps were happy to crow about) --
but felt as far away from the epicenter (mid-VA) as *Canada*. Knocked the
top of the Cathedral Tower askew & there's still a Gargoyle kinda hanging
there (not as big as that NYC crane, though).
Depending on just where you are, we have flooding & flash-floods; we have
lots of summer thunderstorms, regular "wintry mix" days in the winter with
some proper snowstorms (& occasional snowmageddon); an occasional tornado
somewhere in the general area but nothing ever close to me; sometimes a
hurricane but not usually right on top of us.
My neighborhood got off lightly from Sandy -- I didn't lose any utilities or
comforts, it was just spending a couple of wet days indoors. :-)
I'm on high ground so no worries about a river overflowing, etc. (if the
Potomac ever gets up here we're in *real* trouble!)
bj in DC
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 6:50 PM
To: iPad@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [iPad] OT Hurricane Sandy
I live in an earthquake area, 11000 aftershocks after a 7.1 2 yearsd ago,
and 4 over 6, many many over 5, and all local and shallow. In fact the 6.3
we has had one of the highest ground acceleration figures at 2.2g
Having seen floods in Australia and the US, let alone hurricane or super
storms, I'd live in a EQ area any day
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