Just kidding. Anyway, just because you lived in a valley that is the lowest point around and would naturally flood doesn't mean California is a disaster zone. Oh, concerning Tornado Ally Gray, I thought it was only a few states long from what I understood. And I am basing my ideas from proof from what I have learned throughout my childhood (I had a very sad and deprived childhood, so I read books on these type of things)(just kidding about the childhood being deprived) and experience.

Well, I think your argument has merit Gray, but I still believe what I believe. And it is pretty funny to look back and see us going back and forth. Anywho, I really don't want to argue anymore so:

Earthquakes are more dangerous than tornados or hurricanes. Period. Maybe. No, they are. Wait, they aren't. No, no more arguing, they are. DANIEL, STOP POINTING THAT GUN AT ME!!! YOU ARE NOT TO ARGUE ANYMORE!!!

Sorry, at the risk of being shot, earthquakes are more dangerous. Oh, by the way, what is creep?

THEN in the spring when thaw comes, the frozen moisture returns to a liquid state, and the ground responds to gravity and is pulled "downward" -- ie, toward the center of the earth.

(Oh yeah, this is because water expands as it freezes, instead of contracting. Think of filling an ice cube tray too full before freezing.)

So over time, the soil "heaves upward," then "falls downward" and in the process inches bit by bit downhill, taking everything with it. And it doesn't need a steep slope, either; in fact, this process works better on a low slope, like a simple one someone might have in their backyard.

(Except for you guys who live in Colorado with a mountain in yours!)

You see signs of this everywhere if you know where to look: leaning fenceposts, cracked foundations, trees tipping downhill, and so on.

Seriously, while creep never killed anybody (at least not to my knowledge; someone might have been smushed by a telephone pole when it finally toppled...) it causes the most damage (billions of dollars) in the US -- and probably elsewhere, too. This is because it just keeps on happening, all the time, year after year, and affects practically everyone in some manner or another, and there isn't much you can do except keep building retaining walls and rip-rapping and moating off foundations and so on. Heh... and that costs money, too!

And now, about this whole "tornado-earthquake-hurricane" thing...

NO NO NO.

IT'S THE CRASHING FOOT OF THE JOLLY GREEN GIANT.

Yeah, that's the most dangerous... hehe.

HEY. We forgot about volcanoes!

But really, I agree with the overall statement: every place has its pros and cons, there is beauty everywhere if you look for it, that's what makes our country so great, we have all kinds of climates and topography from which to choose to live in.

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You agreed with me. It's in writing!!!

[ 10-20-2004 07:30 PM: Message edited 1 time, lastly by Graysith ]

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