Fema says the most likely/devestating are (http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=2727)
1) Terrorist attack on NYC 2) Hurricane hitting New ORleans 3) The Big One. Guess it's San Fran's turn. Inexcusable that FEMA itself names that as a top "most likely" and then claimed that they could not have fathomed the level of destruction and that there's no way they could have prepared better. -Cameron On 6/2/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not according to studies the US Gov has done. For 30 years, New > Orleans getting hit by a hurricane was the most likely and most > devistating natural disaster on their list. > > A tsumani and a hurricane are not even orders of magnitude similar in > likelyhood. Nor is a volcanic eruption in the continental US. Forest > fires in some places in the west, and hurricanes on the eastern > beaches are roughly similar, but even those events don't have the > scope or completeness of devestation. > > 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. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:208009 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
