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Quixote1818 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 12:19 AM
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So New Orleans was # 3 on the list of potential disasters. What are
the other city's and what is being done to make sure they don't see the same fate as New Orleans?
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aikoaiko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 12:21 AM
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1. New York for terrorism, and SF for earthquake.

I don;t have much faith in FEMA anymore.
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Booster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 12:24 AM
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2. Me either. I'm in L.A. and getting my emergency supplies
stocked with a little bit of stuff for me and a whole lot of dog and cat food. If I get stuck for 7 days in this house with 3 hungry cats I will just go insane listening to them.
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aikoaiko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 12:29 AM
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4. I've been looking up prices on MRE and water packs.


Savannah, where i live could easily meet a similar fate to NOLA with a direct hit of of hurricane. But I'd like to think I'd get out before it hit.

Box 1: 10 days worth of water
Box 2: 10 days worth of food
Box 3: case of ammo and a .45

and a bag of clothes.
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 12:37 AM
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6. I believe LA, SF, Seattle all subject to the same earthquake risk.
Although Seattle is due for a 9+, from our subduction zone proximity.
And they say Mt. Rainier is due anytime as well. Sigh.
It is a beautiful area.
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DELUSIONAL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 01:34 AM
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12. We had Mt. St. Helens in 1980
and we have other volcanoes that could erupt. Then Oregon has volcanoes as does California.

Mr. Rainier's eruption could devastate the whole region.

And yes, the really big earthquake has been predicted to hit anytime.

Katrina was very big -- and we need to focus on what we can do to help -- including getting bush tossed into jail.

BUT let us not forget that we have got to demand that the Federal Government is prepared for the next big disaster -- even if it doesn't happen this year or the next -- or even for the next 10 years. . .

With Global warming I am afraid that the next really major disaster will be sooner than later.
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shireen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 01:25 AM
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11. good idea
and make it 14 days (just buy a little extra over the next few weeks) and get the pet carriers out of storage.

We now know we can't depend on the federal government for any help.
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Quixote1818 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 12:26 AM
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3. What city's are listed below New Orleans?
Is their a link that lists the city's on this list?
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longship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 12:36 AM
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5. I live in SoCal
The San Andreas is just on the other side of the mountain I see out my front window (Mt. San Antonia, 20 mi away). We get tremblers all the time here. Just sittin' around waiting for the big one. The last big one was a few years ago (7.2) and shook us a bit for almost half a minute. Scary.

My wife bought cases of bottled water yesterday. We are socking them away along with other provisions. With Chimpy in the White House, we aren't going to take any chances.
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wli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 01:05 AM
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7. I'm scared in Portland, OR, another blue city in a red state. n/t
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earth mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 01:18 AM
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9. Oregon is a blue state.
Edited on Tue Sep-06-05 01:19 AM by TheGoldenRule
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_state

But I do think the West Coast from L.A. to Seattle is a target.
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wli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 01:22 AM
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10. Minus Portland, it's red. n/t
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earth mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 06:22 AM
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14. Eugene is red? Doubtful.
There's a mix like most states...that's why they say most states are purple. But I would hardly say Portland is the only blue area of the state. You might need to get out more. :shrug:
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DemBones DemBones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 01:07 AM
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8. I thought NO was #2 on the list??? nt
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 03:57 AM
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13. New York was on the list for terrorist attack even before 9/11.
San Francisco. New Orleans.

All places god wants to kill because of gayness.
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