Where to move to avoid all natural disasters?

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know why DC refuses to do anything about the mosquitos? We could adopt a Brazil-style genetic eradication plan, but no one seems to be talking about this. Or are they doing something and it's just not publicized?

[Anonymous]

Maybe Cleveland, especially as winters get warmer. There were some small tornadoes there this summer, but they are far rarer than most of the Midwest and South.

Like others said, DC is fairly safe weatherwise. I did consider leaving after 9/11 but of course terrorism isn’t what you’re asking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know why DC refuses to do anything about the mosquitos? We could adopt a Brazil-style genetic eradication plan, but no one seems to be talking about this. Or are they doing something and it's just not publicized?

I don't know. But maybe we should talk to the NPS about it? I feel like the DC government isn't forward thinking enough but it's just up the park service's alley.

[Anonymous]

Minneapolis is a good one for this! Of course It’s typically very cold and snowy the winter but not typically getting blizzards/catastrophic snow and even if we do get tons of snow there’s plenty of warning and time to prepare and the city is well equipped to deal w it. I had to fly into MSP last winter on a day where Minneapolis got 8 inches of snow and my flight was not even delayed. They just know how to handle the weather.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Michigan is acknowledged as one of the least natural disaster-prone areas in the US.

That said, the PPs are right that the DC area is in pretty good shape. Our worst severe weather is likely to be the 2012 Derecho-level and the worst Hurricane impacts are from 1954's Hazel (Isabel 2003 as a more recent example).

Everyone forgets Agnes in '72

[Anonymous]

I don't think DC is that great if you look at flood map projections. Large swaths of the area will be inundated in a few decades as sea levels rise. Large chunks of GW Pkwy, Old Town, the Tidal Basin, Foggy Bottom, SE DC and more.

https://dcist.com/story/21/10/21/climate-change-dc-will-look-like-under-current-emissions-trajectory/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like DC has it pretty good. We don’t have earthquakes or wildfires like the west, tornadoes like the Midwest, hurricanes like the south, or blizzards like the north. We just kinda get wimpy (in a good way!) versions of everything.

This is funny because I lived in DC during an earthquake, tornado, blizzard and hurricane. 2003-2016. I got low cost earthquake insurance after learning about the fault line from 2011.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The NYT wrote a piece about this 5 or so years ago—apparently Duluth is the answer.

Found the article: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/climate/climate-migration-duluth.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QU4.j1LT.PKQu0Nkw5EDw&smid=url-share

Don't these areas have a lot of ticks?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Right where we are in the DMV.

Are pretentious a-holes considered natural disasters?

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Anonymous wrote:I've never lived anywhere else where the electricity has gone out as much and as often as in Northern Virginia due to hurricanes, derechos, microbursts and squirrels.

And yet it never goes out in DC with similar weather. Gotta put those lines underground.

See the 2012 Derecho for instance. DC was completely immune due to DC's thoughtful planning and oversight. /s

I didn't lose power. I'm in DC.

Me either. If you were in a suburban part of DC, likely you did, but in more densely populated areas, with power lines buried, we were fine.

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Anonymous wrote:I've never lived anywhere else where the electricity has gone out as much and as often as in Northern Virginia due to hurricanes, derechos, microbursts and squirrels.

And yet it never goes out in DC with similar weather. Gotta put those lines underground.

See the 2012 Derecho for instance. DC was completely immune due to DC's thoughtful planning and oversight. /s

I didn't lose power. I'm in DC.

Me either. If you were in a suburban part of DC, likely you did, but in more densely populated areas, with power lines buried, we were fine.

Nope. All the lines in DC are buried because DC is a modern city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The NYT wrote a piece about this 5 or so years ago—apparently Duluth is the answer.

Found the article: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/climate/climate-migration-duluth.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QU4.j1LT.PKQu0Nkw5EDw&smid=url-share

Don't these areas have a lot of ticks?

The East Coast still ranks the highest

https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/slideshows/the-worst-states-for-tick-borne-diseases?slide=11

[Anonymous]

What about idaho?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about idaho?

Fire and crazy MAGA

[Anonymous]

https://hazards.fema.gov/nri/map