Question of the Day...........January 21...

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Good morning my dear friends…

Today I have the privilege to post here your daily question for the Lounge…
I want to mention that all questions here are just for the unique porpoise of fun and of course, to stay in touch with all members, and to know what do you think about it…
of course sometimes some questions are a kind of silly but funniest in the bottom!..
… so lets begin…


So the question is:
Please would you tell us if you live in an area that could be in a natural danger by the Mother Nature? I mean for example: earthquake, tornado, flooding etc…..
…did you take some measures about it to keep your safety?









For me ( answering the question to myself,) I live in an area where is the path of Hurricanes when is season...
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and is a living terror about it when there are alert of menace....
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What about you my friends?
 

pami

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We have tornadoes here and remnants from hurricanes that come inland.
 

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We have Hurricanes down here in the panhandle of Florida.

We prepare our hurricane box every June. Fresh batteries, flash lights, radio, medical kit, can food, water, extra bags of food for the animals. Normally we fix the box and forget about it until it might be needed.
 

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Unfortunately, we have a tendency for tornadoes during certain seasons...
 

okiron

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I'm in earthquake country I guess...and I'm not really doing a whole lot of anything. Unless keeping things ground level so nothing falls very fall counts..but that's due to me being short more than prevention.
 

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The area I live in is in an area where flooding, blizzards, and tornadoes can occur. Luckily I am up on a hill so flooding is not a factor for me, tornadoes are rare because I'm not exposed on the flat plains, and when it blizzards I just stay indoors if I can (if the power goes out that is a different story). However, in a year when I graduate from school I plan on moving to an area that is warmer, so my answer will change.
 

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Hmmm......

Blizzard or drought perhaps.
I suppose there is some small risk of flash flooding (it is a desert afterall), but we don't really get much rain.
 

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Flooding is a big risk here, which is why we bought a house on a hill, we also have heavy snowfalls, that can sometimes leave us stranded and without electricity,
 

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Definitely earthquake zone. There are earthquakes all the time, just not "The Big One" yet -- though, that's only a matter of time. Preparedness? There's a lot more of that going on than there was only a few years ago, but we're very good at procrastinating...
 

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I never thought flooding was a big concern here, but it was in August when we lost everything due to flooding.

We also have big snow storms & sometimes a tornado watch/warning in the summer, but nothing massive usually.
 

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We get hurricanes here, but the few I've experienced have been just the arms and weaker ones. Since I do live on the coast, and a bay, flooding is probably possible. I have a lake, swamp, and river within a mile of my home. The lake and river are less than half that actually. I've not seen flooding beyond street flooding in the 13 years I've lived in this state though. I guess all the wetlands swallow it up. Also my home is about 6 miles from the coast too.

I know this area has gotten bad ice storms before and occasionally we'll get a snowstorm that dumps several feet of snow, but nothing like we got when I lived in Upstate NY. They are just better equipped to handle that up there than we are.

Oh! We also do get the occasional tornado watch. There have been 2 or 3 in the state in the past 10 years, one was near a friends home, but they were very minor. Mostly just flipped a car or 2 and took down a tree here and there.
 

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We are in an area that's prone to tornadoes. I've also heard that we're sitting near a major fault line and could expect an earthquake at any moment.
 

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Originally Posted by Rosiemac

Theres quite a bit flooding going on in the UK, but thankfully not where i live
yeh, there is lots of flooding in the UK lately, am lucky that i don't live near any of it. i feel for all the people that lose homes through this, must be torture. i mean having to re-build your lives over & over, not knowing when it'll happen again
 

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we have little tiny earthquakes around here, but not any where near large enough to cause damage and we do get tornadoes, but they usually aren't that big. We can and do get pretty bad snowstorms though!
 
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