I've lived in this part of the world for 29 years... There has, to date, never been a blizzard here that has caused any significant damage in that time. Now... That leaves 71 additional years in this century... So ask me in 2076 if I still feel safe. :) The worst thing that's happened... Is I've had to take a shovel and dig out the 3 feet of snow from behind my car that a front end loader dumped at the end of my driveway when clearing the streets! ARGH!
A quick mapquest search and it would appear that I live 1229 miles/1978 kilometres from Yellowstone... So I'm still feeling rather secure. -----Original Message----- From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 11:50 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: hurricanes suck It's funny... I guess I don't think of blizzards as being a big deal. They typically only last from a few hours to a day or so... And afterward the entire city is blanketed in pretty, clean, white snow... It's very peaceful. You are describing your average normal blizzards that happen every year. The one that does the damage is the once in a century blizzard that dumps so much snow that buildings may collapse and you may be trapped longer then the food supply in your house can last. But, not being close to water does make these rare. On another note, you may not be as safe from Volcanoes as you think. I watched a Discovery show about the volcanic activity that is Yellowstone National Park (US). It is a volcano that has erupted a few times in the past, and geologists feel it is just a matter of time before it does it again. When it does, it could produce so much ash that a 1000 mile radius around it could be covered with enough ash that buildings would collapse and humans without protective masks could breathe deadly quantities of ash into their lungs. Now this may happen in our life times or 1000 years or more from now, but when it happens it's going to be a dozy. -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning Confidentiality Notice: This message including any attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete any copies of this message. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:178608 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
