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Patricia Kennedy
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John, um, there is no such thing as a disaster-free zone.  It's just the kind of disaster.  I grew up in tornado alley, and now live downtown DC.  We haven't had a lot of disasters here, but we could.

Jan 19, 2015 11:19 AM
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John DL Arendsen
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Gabe Sanders Spot on! 

Jan 19, 2015 10:50 AM
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Evelyn Johnston
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Nope, I don't believe there is such a zone.  Everywhere has something that happens.

Jan 19, 2015 09:16 AM
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Gabe Sanders
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John, I'm pretty sure there are some areas that have never had disasters, or at the least not had any for a long, long time.  But, there are no guarantees that a disaster won't happen tomorrow.

Jan 19, 2015 08:34 AM
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Scott Godzyk
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That is a good condition. I think there are different levels of disaster and risk. I would much rather go through a blizzard than a tornado. You can run from a hurricane but a massive earthquake could just happen. I guess you pick your poison. 

Jan 19, 2015 07:10 AM
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Ron Marshall
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That is definitely a trick question.  There is no such thing....natural disasters can happen anywhere.  As a husband of a former actuary for an insurance company, that is the answer.

Jan 19, 2015 07:03 AM
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
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John,

That is a good question, and I don't know if there is such a thing as  disaster free zone...someone I don' t think it would be fun to live there!  How is that defined?

Jan 19, 2015 06:27 AM
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Bob Crane
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Living in fear of a disaster is no way to live.

The best disaster free zone is living in faith that God will take care of us.

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I believe most parts of the country have their issues. It is hard to escape weather.

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John DL Arendsen
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Patricia Kennedy Couldn't agree more. Unfortunately and sadly DC is ripe for a terrorist event at some point.

Jan 19, 2015 11:26 PM
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John DL Arendsen
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Evelyn Johnston "Everywhere has something that happens." That's a slogan answer. You win the award. Could be the poster child one liner of the day.

Jan 19, 2015 10:53 AM
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Scott Godzyk Pick your poison is right. I received some pretty interesting comments from some folks who felt pretty comfortable in their own skin about being out of the reach of disasters until I did a little research about where they lived and found that they to weren't entirely risk free.

Jan 19, 2015 07:15 AM
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John DL Arendsen
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Ron Marshall Didn't intend for it to be a "trick question". I've been writing a series of posts on disaster preparedness and was wondering if there was such a thing. But thanks for your comment none the less.

 

http://activerain.com/blogsview/4579241/earthquake--you-ve-just-been--red-tagged--and---displaced---now-what-

Jan 19, 2015 07:09 AM
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Ron & Alexandra Seigel It's beginning to look that way. I've been writing a series of posts on disaster preparedness, specifically earthquakes since I'm in SoCal as are you, but I'm beginning to realize from some of my comments that there's no such thing as "disaster free"

http://activerain.com/blogsview/4579241/earthquake--you-ve-just-been--red-tagged--and---displaced---now-what-

Jan 19, 2015 07:07 AM