You poor poor man! You suffer from a climatary version of the Stokholm Syndrome! The harsh weather has compromised your powers of reason. Come West young man! If you won't come at least send your wife, I'm sure SHE would appreciate the change.
Generally we think of bitter cold in winter, mud in spring, humidity in summer and 3 weeks of glorious colors in the fall. We also think of rust and decay. Apart from being glad we live here not there, that about covers it.
From your tone I'm guessing you don't have asteroid/tsunami insurance! You probably don't even have a tsunami evacuation plan. Who are you going to call when it hits, Tsunami Busters? If this is the prevailing attitude on the eastern seaboard I weep for the citizens of Rhode Island!
Some effects of the quake will be enduring but the clean up will take 2-3 years and the rebuild 5-7 years. About 10 years from now most issues will be resolved.
The car companies will recover in a few months, Nissan is part of multi-national Renault so they have resources to draw upon.
Well if the asteroid is big enough its the end of all of us just like the dinosaurs. I am thinking that it will take decades for Japan to recover.. I wonder what will happen to Nissan? Will they ever be able to make cars again? Same for Honda and Toyota..I bought my car at a new Nissan dealership and I wonder if they will be able to stay in business..
Yea, whenever a quake hits my first thought is "Is this the big one?". Getting worked up about it serves no purpose, but am I concerned? You bet I'm concerned. Water heaters are required to have approved seismic resistant strapping, building codes are updated to include seismic resistant features and we bolt large furniture items to the walls. But at some point it won't be enough and that's what insurance is for. If the epicenter is under your feet or if you are in an old structure or on unstable ground you're in for quite a ride. As for tsunamis, we should be OK unless it's caused by a planet killer asteroid which would generate a tsunami that would take out all of California, Oregon and Washington.
I'm beginning to think that you just don't feel my pain.
We're in foothills 840' above sea level perhaps 10-12 miles from the ocean, so we should be high enough and far enough inland that flooding shouldn't be an issue.
Earthquakes are another matter. Small faults are common and widespread but when I checked into it in 1991 no faults were immediately under or adjacent to our then-new home. The big faults are 50+ miles away. A 6.5 up close and personal is very intense but at 100+ miles it's usually not so bad. A 7.0+ is a real attention getter, fortunately I've never been close to one of those. An 8.0, well you don't want any part of one of those. The major considerations are the magnitude of the quake, the type of soil you are on (sedimentary soils, like much of greater LA/OC, are REALLY bad), the type of construction of your home and how close to fault you are. Supposedly were are good to very good on those issues. I hope we are never actually put to the test.
Out here we only have the boring summer for seven months and then we have the brutal 5 months of fall/spring with it's 20" of rain (total) and day after day of blue skys dappeled with clouds and freezing 40 degree lows and scorching 75 degree highs. Ok, once in a while it does get into the upper 80's but what are January and February for if not the occasional trip to the beach? It's such a chore, all that sun screen and short sleve shirts. I was in Temecula two weeks ago and it was so cold I had to wear a coat!
Sorry about the $800. How are Joe and Barry doing? From your picture it looks like you guys are buds, makes me feel left out as I don't have any friends in the political arena.
Ya well there are a lot of ignorant people in the world, that is for sure! Been enjoying some nice 40 degree weather here and driving the car.. absolutely love it.. now that its much more quiet.. lost my battle and had to pay that first place $800 for dynamatting the rear.. oh well...cant fret over that,,.the car is great and that is what counts!!
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