Comments on: It’s Over

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 16:07:21 +0000

Since Houston floods in tropical storms, it isn’t a long term choice. The mountains look better every year.

By: Anya

Anya — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 07:36:22 +0000

Steve, how about New Hampshire? We have earthquakes, hurricanes and tornadoes, but they’re rare, exotic events, and generally low on the destruction scale. Nor’easters and blizzards can be obnoxious, but are more inconvenient than life threatening if one uses some common sense.

As for sea level rise, well, Milford might become a seacoast town, or the Granitetown shoals at worst. Wanna buy a beach house now instead of waiting for the rush?

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 04:59:03 +0000

The only difference is that tornadoes are usually less of a wait – they jump up and then go by. When Ivan came ashore there were 7 tornadoes in 45 minutes in the same general area near Panama City, Florida, accounting for most of the deaths in the storm.

By: oldwhitelady

oldwhitelady — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 04:36:46 +0000

Whew! I guess that’s a relief. Since I haven’t had to go through storms such as that, I can only imagine (and of course see on news) the destruction that they can do. Of course, we get our share of tornadoes and they can do a damaging number on anything that’s in their path.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 22:30:41 +0000

North Dakota?

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:22:04 +0000

Whew! Thank Dog that season is past, without any real damage along our coast. I needed the break, and I know you did, too, Bryan.

This week I began drinking the bottled water from the 2005 season and merging the canned goods from that season into the household supply. For a few weeks, beans and canned fruit will be on the menu even more than usual.

All too soon it will be time to start stocking up for next season. Sigh. Is there someplace in the U.S. that has neither hurricanes nor earthquakes, and that will be above water when global warming raises the sea level?