Where In The World?
We had a Red Cross presentation at my school last week, and among the materials provided to us was a hazard map produced by the US Geological Survey and the American Red Cross.
Unable to duplicate it, since I do not own a camera, I searched for the map for a couple of hours on the internet, before admitting defeat.
It was a map of all 50 states, showing where tsunamis, volcanos, earthquakes, wildfires, tornadoes, and hurricanes, and/or any combination of the above are most likely to occur.
(A really cool, if somewhat unsettling map!)
I am sad to report from studying that map that there is not one "safe" state in the US which has no threat from a natural disaster of one type or another.
Many states are at threat from multiple disasters!
Take my home state of Florida, for example. It made the list for both tornadoes and hurricanes.
Flooding, thunderstorms and lightning, and extreme winter storms were not even included!
Here's another hazard map, showing the multiple issues facing every state and region of the United States. (Apparently, the spread of infectious disease, and economic issues are potential problems everywhere, in today's world.)
This was an interesting map, showing the deadliest natural or man-made disasters in history, state-by-state.
My point here is that, as affiliate marketers, making our living on the internet, we can work anywhere we wish. We are not restricted to a specific geographical location.
But, after perusing these hazard maps...Where do we go??
We weren't even considering nuclear reactor sites, for goodness sakes! (Meltdown, anyone?)
And, of course, Heaven forbid, in the event of a zombie apocalypse...
At least part of our country would have a chance to survive the brain-eating living dead!
For the rest of us, the predictions are dire, indeed...
So, facing the difficult decision to have to relocate outside the US, my question to my friends here from around the globe is this:
Is there a place, anywhere on Earth, where we can go to live and work, and be free of threats from all natural disasters, potential meltdowns from nuclear reactors, and with a reasonable probability of survival if or when the zombie apocalypse finally hits?
I'm open to suggestions!
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OMG! I live in Zombieland!
Would you believe we actually had an earthquake 20 miles from my house in Virginia a few years back. First one I ever experienced.
I was in the living room and I started to feel a little shaking. I thought it was maybe a train going by which usually shakes the house a little but it got worse and worse and I heard loud crashes kitchen and it felt like the house was going to fall down.
I was so scared but it was over in a matter of minutes. I went into the kitchen to see what happened.
I was using some cool looking cast iron pans as sort of a decoration and for a place to store them on top of the cabinets.
A huge one fell off onto the stove hood wrecking that and cracking the linoleum as it hit the floor.
So happy I wasn't cooking at that time since if I didn't get out of the way in time I could have possibly been hit with a cast iron pan which would surely hurt.
Great work again Rick, very interesting post as usual.
Thank you,
Gina
I remember that one Gina. Mineral,Virginia. Felt it up in southern Maryland. Cans and bottles coming off supermarket shelves. My 4th. One in Oregon, one in Tokyo and one in California!
Something left out here in region 8: Yellowstone National Park sits on an incredible volcano! It could blow at any time, this is generally acknowledged. I and my husband have thought about this and figured the US would cease to exist if it blows! It's an interesting scenario that we all hope to never see, but it IS possible.
Maybe we here at WA need to set up a zombie apocalypse and natural disaster free zone...don't you think? LOL!
Sue
That's a great idea, Sue! Bring some wine, I'll bring my guitar...We'll surround ourselves with those grocery store plastic sticks from the checkout lines. Nobody crosses those-Not even Zombies! :)
Yup, I'll bring the wine and, heck, I'll bring my guitar too...the way I play, those zombies won't stand a chance.
Oh boy...I had forgotten about that Johnny Cash song! Got teased a lot about that song when I was young though.
Sue
Ha! I knew there was a purpose for that music! (No offense to anyone who likes punk and heavy metal.)
This is taking into account that zombies haven't already taken over parts of the country or world in fact!
I believe some zombies have already invaded So. California...they are mixing with the aliens that are here. ;)
Don't count on Siberian. There is a massive sink hole not far from gas fields. Or climate change may cause massive flooding. (Or Cosmi's zombies might attack!)
How come? I counted on it... That leaves Jakutia with -50Celcius temperatures...polar zones next to polar bears...:))
Yes. The meteors that have repeatedly hit Siberia have them all flying in the air from the impact and leaving a hole from which the rest can escape. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event
I posted that landscape 3 months ago Vera. You've stolen from me! I'm sending the WA internet police! Let Putin deal with them! LOL
I haven't.I just remembered where it was.Police can't punish people for good memory...lol...:))
What happened to that memory? I was not told it was taken down and deleted on censorship! LOL!
Now how could I know? Mine was occupied with remembering where those fascinating samples from the Mars were... :))
Did you know that scientists were smart enough to identify a meteor from Mars in Antarctica Vera? The zombies could be put on ice there!
Beautiful Vera, although if you like it cooler there are some great Taiga and ice islands in Lake Baykal!
Being in Tasmania, with nearby neighbour New Zealand, I believe I will rest in comfort in accordance with John Wyndham's Crysalid where the safest place is Sealand (New Zealand). Mind you John probably didn't know about the earthquakes!
Shows my age Helen. I can remember reading "On the Beach" back in the day. A gripping story! Hobart was about the last place to go! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053137/
No, they don't.They did it before, not now...And as for bad boys- you can meet them anywhere...on buses, too...:))
My goodness, Rick. And we complain about midgies here in Scotland.
Just now trying to visualise a zombie midgie.
Seriously, though. Not the best news to ponder on before a good night's sleep.
As my clan are all Florida bound this year, can you please send me any alerts between 25 June and 9 July.
Take care
Lynn
Oh so LOL Rick! This is all great fodder for an emergency preparedness prepper niche site. Zombie central is in New Orleans where the dead are washed out of their coffins by flooding and move about on the floodwaters! It looks like they don't like the Rocky Mountains on your map. That's quite a hike from the lowlands LOL
Mike, a small town near where I used to live had an old, established graveyard on a slope. As years went by they had to abandon it as every time they dug a grave on the downhill side (the only 'empty' areas) they found coffins. The whole lot of coffins were sliding downhill!
No, Cos...there is NOT...why...because nature is violent...we do not have any Pollyana universe...Nature does not sing Kum-Bah-Yah to us...sorry to be so blunt...but that's just the way it is...and the ONLY solution, as far as I can see, is to make the BEST of any situation we're in...you see, Zombies are EVERYWHERE!!...lol..
I'm in the hurricane Sandy region. i remember that clearly! my house got minimal damage but i was without power for 3 days.
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no Thailand Data
suggest that Peace land.
Thanks for the tip, Nattawut!
Great idea Nattawut! lol