OT: Natural Disasters ** Was: Organic Gardening

[Guest guest]

Hey Butch

 

And see that's where familiarity, comfort zones and one's on sense of danger

tolerance comes in.

 

I don't like tornados. Well, I like to watch them (on TV!!!). Fascinating

critters. However, I don't want to live anywhere they are a common

occurrance (such as tornado alley). They're fast and they're dangerous and

they repeat. Every year in a lot of places.

 

Earthquakes, I've been in some bad ones, some small ones and slept through

middling size ones. They don't come everyday and most of the time they're

rather innocuous. Yes there are some super huge ones, but fortunately they

don't come along very often. While I've lived here, I've felt TWO. Just two.

The walls shook, a couple of things ended up on the floor and that was it.

In Washington State, they had a 5.10 while we were visiting. Kids were

watching telly, my folks and I watched Himself as he had never felt one

before. Kids noticed nothing and Himself watched us to see if it were time

to panic. It wasn't. We just sat at the table guessing the size of it (I

won. ;-) )

 

Now, the Philippines had to devestating quakes while I lived there. 7.8 and

7.0. of the two, the 7.0 was the worse as it was during the day and the

cheap substandard concrete for the office buildings just melted and a lot of

people were killed.

 

As for me personally, during the worst one, I woke up, walked (or tried) to

walk to the window... got there, all was quiet and went back to bed. The

second one, we lost a bottle of oyster sauce. It wasn't because we were too

far from the epicenter, it was because we lived in a house on stilts. Took

the movement of the quake very well.

 

I've only been near one Tornado. only one. That was enough to last me a life

time. It didn't hit us, didn't come that close to us but it was an

experience I wouldn't care to repeat. Ever.

 

Earthquakes... I can deal with that. It may never happen or it might happen

tonight. I'll choose that risk over the tornado risk. >shiver<

 

Speaking of tornados... how's the tornado cellar re-fit coming along?

 

K

 

 

 

 

On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Butch Owen <butchowen wrote:

 

> Hey Kathleen,

>

> >> " Kathleen says avoiding humidity, snakes, chiggers and such are

> >>other reasons, "

> >

> > Tornados, you forgot the dad burn Tornados. If it were JUST snakes,

> > those one can mostly avoid, but the humidity and tornados... can't

> > avoid those. ;-)

>

> Of all natural disasters, Tornados are the easiest to avoid .. build a

> storm shelter. Having lived in California (where you are) and Hawaii

> where we experienced a " Whole Lotta Shaking Going On " often .. and in

> Turkey where I worked a week in Search & Rescue following the August

> 1999 quake that killed over 22,000 folks, I can say that its quakes I

> fear most .. there is no warning and no time to prepare. Folks along

> the coast in the U.S. get tropical storms that destroy cities, etc.,

> and here we get a twister now and then but folks who are properly

> prepared lose only property .. not lives.

>

> > K

>

> So there! ;-)

>

> > Kathleen Petrides

> > Bead Hussy

> > http://www.BeadHussy.com <http://www.beadhussy.com/>

>

> Y'all keep smiling. :-)

>

> Butch .. http://www.AV-AT.com <http://www.av-at.com/>

>

>

>

 

 

 

--

Kathleen Petrides

Bead Hussy

http://www.BeadHussy.com

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

>SNORT< 5.10 What a chuckle head. I meant 5.9.

 

 

 

 

--

Kathleen Petrides

Bead Hussy

http://www.BeadHussy.com

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Isn't it funny how we get used to some disasters as a normal part of life, and

freak out at the thought of others?

 

I am rejoicing at the announcement of a few cool wet days to interrupt the

all-too-short beach season, because the moment it dried up too much the woods

seem to catch fire. We had a small accidental grass fire here on the land last

spring, and BIG scary forest fires a year ago and also in 2005. There is one

threatening the small town of Edgewood South of here even as I write, I can see

the haze to the South.

 

And of course, some of us have spent large parts of their lives below sea level

and never thought much about it.....

 

Ien in the Kootenays, well above sea level

http://freegreenliving.com (blog)

http://wildwholefoods.net (AFA algae)

 

 

[Guest guest]

Very true!

 

I'm STILL not used to being in hurricane country ..

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom - expecting to get wind and rain from Tropical Storm

Dolly tomorrow and Wednesday)

 

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

, " Ieneke van Houten "

<ienvan wrote:

>

> Isn't it funny how we get used to some disasters as a normal part of

life, and freak out at the thought of others?

>

> I am rejoicing at the announcement of a few cool wet days to

interrupt the all-too-short beach season, because the moment it dried

up too much the woods seem to catch fire. We had a small accidental

grass fire here on the land last spring, and BIG scary forest fires a

year ago and also in 2005. There is one threatening the small town of

Edgewood South of here even as I write, I can see the haze to the South.

>

> And of course, some of us have spent large parts of their lives

below sea level and never thought much about it.....

>

> Ien in the Kootenays, well above sea level

> http://freegreenliving.com (blog)

> http://wildwholefoods.net (AFA algae)

>

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