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[platypus]

It just gets a tiny bit dull sometimes, you know?

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[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I miss thunderstorms too! Waaaaaa...

... sorry. I'm grown up again now. But yeah, I grew up in New England (spending a bunch of time in Ohio), so thunderstorms (and yeah, tornado warnings) are in my blood.

Someone asked a while back which "natural disaster" I would choose if I had to live through one. They listed blizzards! Yep! Anyone in a snug suburban house, with a little prep requiring only two brain cells to rub together, is okay in a blizzard. Those get DAYS of warning. An earthquake (big enough to matter) is an entirely different beast.

[platypus]

Blizzards -- the fun natural disaster! You get to stay home, snuggle under a pile of blankets, drink hot chocolate, maybe play in the snow... heck, I didn't even have to do serious shoveling in WI, since I was renting. Most blizzards cause almost no real damage on a personal level, if you have a place to stay and don't drive. By comparison, last fall's wildfires were terrifying -- my neighborhood wasn't in serious danger, but I spent three days stuck inside the apartment barely able to breathe because it hit at the very time I ran out of asthma medication. An earthquake could strike at any time, and I would not like to deal with a flood, both because I'm terrified of drowning and because everything would be ruined by disgusting dirty water... hmm, did I forget any? Swarms of locusts? Whoever listed blizzards as a disaster clearly lives below a certain arbitrary line of latitude :).