Yeah, I'd love to see an index per state/county/zip of the likelyhood of a natural disaster occuring to an individual home in any given year. This is essentially what actuaries do all day long for insurance companies. I wonder if any of that is published?
-Cameron > On 6/2/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yer absolutely right, and that's why I asked it as a question, and not a > statement. > > I think there is a difference though, and it has to do with likelihood and > extent. How reasonably likely is the event to occurr, and how catastrophic > would it be if it did? > > When I looked at New Orleans, long before Katrina, I saw the disaster as not > only extremely likely, but almost inevitable. I see the same thing when I > look at parts of California. I also think the potential for destruction is > incredibly high in both cases. When you weigh in the likelihood and extent > of the destruction, I just wonder if you have to question your decision to > reside in that place. > > I know that I reside in a place that is prone to tornados. But statistically > speaking, a tornado is highly UNLIKELY to hit my house. If it did, you know > what, i'd have to accept the fact that I risked this scenario, and lost. > > I dunno, maybe there's nothing too all this, but I'm not sure. > > On 6/2/06, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Do the residents of Seattle share culpability Mount Rainier inevitably > > erupts and destroys the city? Residents of California when "the big > > one" hits? New York when a hurricane finally makes a direct landing? > > Any coastal area during a tsunami? > > > > Yes, I have been watching Discovery channel. > > > > It would be an interesting statistic to find out how many Americans > > (or humans worldwide) live in an area with greater risk of a > > catastrophic event than New Orleans. I'd bet it's a surprisingly > > large number. > > > > -Cameron > > > > On 6/2/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > lemme ask a question that may get me yelled at...... > > > > > > Do the residents who chose New orleans as their home, knowing full well > > the > > > inevitability of this disaster scenario, share any culpability for their > > > situation? > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:208006 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
