Time to change the shorts!

[Romulus111VADT]

Well, since we are on the subject, I've got a question. Every year I read about a lot of houses being destroyed and people killed by tornadoes and floodings. I also notice it happens in a certain area of the U.S. So why don't you get out of the way and move to an area where this doesn't happen? I know I wouldn't build my house in an area likely to be destroyed a few times a year.

Crash

No matter where you live, a natural disaster can get you.

Earthquakes
Floods
Hurricanes
Snow/blizzards
Tornadoes
Thunderstorms/wind damage/hail damage/lightening damage
Tsunamis
Wildfires

I'm sure I left off other types of natural disasters. Then there's the man made disasters.

[Fozzer]

Well, since we are on the subject, I've got a question. Every year I read about a lot of houses being destroyed and people killed by tornadoes and floodings. I also notice it happens in a certain area of the U.S. So why don't you get out of the way and move to an area where this doesn't happen? I know I wouldn't build my house in an area likely to be destroyed a few times a year.

Crash

No matter where you live, a natural disaster can get you.

Earthquakes
Floods
Hurricanes
Snow/blizzards
Tornadoes
Thunderstorms/wind damage/hail damage/lightening damage
Tsunamis
Wildfires

I'm sure I left off other types of natural disasters. Then there's the man made disasters.

The funny thing is....I suppose where Crash lives in Holland, and like me in England, we don't seem to suffer the various, frequent, natural disasters which seem to afflict most of the United States.

Whenever I trawl daily through the news from various States, there is always some terrible natural disaster going on, causing great pain, discomfort, and expense to the inhabitants!...
...and like Crash, I think surely there must be somewhere to live in the U.S. where this is unlikely to occur so frequently ...!

My biggest worry is if I leave my Motor Bike outside, it may possibly rain, and get a bit wet... ...!

Crash's biggest worry is that a Dike may burst and get his Motor Bike wet....
.....(and possibly bury the rest of Holland under water)... ...!

Paul....Mmmmm....I spot a little Cloud, overhead!... ...!

[H]

If I had my camera instead of worrying about the tornadoes, I could have taken some excellent action shots.

Tumbling after my cameras to get some "inside" shots wasn't on my mind, either.

8-)

[Romulus111VADT]

The US is a bit larger than the UK and Holland, so we're bound to have more natural disasters. God knows we have more than our fair share of man made disasters, most of these are caused by politicians....lmao

Per- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/us.html
Area: total: 9,826,630 sq km
land: 9,161,923 sq km
water: 664,707 sq km

note: includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia  

Area - comparative: about half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa; about half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly larger than China; more than twice the size of the European Union  

Land boundaries: total: 12,034 km
border countries: Canada 8,893 km (including 2,477 km with Alaska), Mexico 3,141 km

Coastline: 19,924 km  
Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: not specified  

Population: 303,824,646 (July 2008 est.)  

[H]

Per- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/us.html

Assuming they'll trust the information isn't just a CIA plot...

8-)

[Fozzer]

Per- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/us.html

Assuming they'll trust the information isn't just a CIA plot...

8-)

https://www.cia.gov/library/publication ... nt/us.html

Fascinating bit of information.....!

Quote:
Natural hazards:
     tsunamis, volcanoes, and earthquake activity around Pacific Basin; hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts; tornadoes in the midwest and southeast; mud slides in California; forest fires in the west; flooding; (permafrost in northern Alaska, a major impediment to development)
End quote.

Although Great Britain is about the same size as California they have the lot! , Fortunately, we don't seem to suffer theses Natural Hazards as Californians do, in such frequency and severity...!

Quote:
Ethnic groups:
     white 81.7%, black 12.9%, Asian 4.2%......
End Quote.

As I pop across the San Francisco Bay to Oakland and Richmond, observing the Live Kron4 Video News when there's the usual, good-old shooting going on,  I could be forgiven for thinking that they have got their ratios a little bit out of kilter!......!
(Los Angeles is another story!)

Quote:
Literacy:
     definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)
End quote.

....Lets hope the remaining 1% aren't Sim V Members... ...!

Paul.... ... ... ...!

[Romulus111VADT]

Per- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/us.html

Assuming they'll trust the information isn't just a CIA plot...

8-)

Yea, especially when you consider they might try to make Florida look bigger than it is because of it's resemblance to a .....lmao

Whoa, just realized, if Florida is the US's.....lmao.....I guess that California would it's......

[Fozzer]

Per- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/us.html

Assuming they'll trust the information isn't just a CIA plot...

8-)

Yea, especially when you consider they might try to make Florida look bigger than it is because of it's resemblance to a .....lmao

Whoa, just realized, if Florida is the US's.....lmao.....I guess that California would it's......  ....lmao

From my observations, there does appear to be a considerable quantity of effluent in the Los Angeles area of the anatomy.....

Paul... ...!

[commoner]

...mmm.....Rom.......Sorry to seem such a pedantic old twit but I just had to query your quote from The Immortal Bard...Bill Shakespeare. Just happened to notice it....shouldn't it be ".....We few, we happy few, we  band of brothers....."?..........can't stand by and see the great man misquoted now can I

commoner ....

[Sir_Crashalot]

Crash's biggest worry is that a Dike may burst and get his Motor Bike wet....
.....(and possibly bury the rest of Holland under water)... ...!

Paul....Mmmmm....I spot a little Cloud, overhead!... ...!

In which case my house will be flooded by 2 metres of water. And the rest of Holland? We'll make a big swimming pool out of it and ask entrance fees instead of visas.....

Crash (wrapping the Honda in floating bubblewrap, just in case....)

[Romulus111VADT]

[quote]...mmm.....Rom.......Sorry to seem such a pedantic old twit but I just had to query your quote from The Immortal Bard...Bill Shakespeare. Just happened to notice it....shouldn't it be ".....We few, we happy few, we

[commoner]

LOL...well done Rom.......I was a Shakespeare nerd in my younger days...no TV or computers........just learnin' and stuff........oh! and GIRLS o'course.........commoner