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Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Dear Abby: Chicken Little

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

OMG people. You don't have to EXPLAIN every damn thing to everyone. Sheesh. What is wrong with people?

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Someone might disagree with their decision on how to live THEIR life?!

The horror...

flan

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Well, you aren't allowed to disagree. You are required to rubber stamp everyone.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

I really don't know what someone else "disagreeing or agreeing" with what I choose to do somehow matters. Oh, I guess I won't move because someone else disagrees? How stupid.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

BTW, I pay my own bills, so you don't get a vote.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Me: "We're moving!"
Them: "Where too?"
Me: "This place."
Them: "Why?"
Me: "Cause we like it there."

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

OMG Lilly! YOu are a genius! biggrin

ladyloonatic · Regular

Change of scenery.
New opportunity with my company.
Some people really do worry to much about other people's approval.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

I don't know how this person got seniority at their place of employment being this f'ing stupid. Seriously?!?

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

If friends & co-workers ask, just say, "I hate y'all..."

flan

ladyloonatic · Regular

lol, flan. That's a good one, too.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Well, she's terrified she'll sound incredibly stupid. IOW's she's afraid people will find out the truth. She's incredibly stupid.

karl271 · Guru

I agree that she does have to justify her family's move to anyone.

But, the reason she is moving seems a little extreme to me. Are there no floods, blizzards, tornados, etc. at the place they are moving to? Natural disasters occur everywhere....

Of course I am a bit prejudiced as we live with quite a few earthquakes over here....

-- Edited by karl271 on Tuesday 27th of October 2015 07:07:06 PM

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I am blessed to live where there are very few natural disasters.

But I would not want to live where earthquakes are common.

karl271 · Guru

That should say she does NOT have to justify her move.

Too early in the a.m. here.

ed11563 · Guru

Maybe she should just buy some soon-to-be-oceanfront property in Arizona?

Tinydancer · Guru

Can she eat a fat sandwich?

ed11563 · Guru

Tinydancer wrote:
Can she eat a fat sandwich?

Why? Is that popular at beach resorts in Arizona? smile

Tinydancer · Guru

Nope. It's on the list of questions asked of advice columns that prove civilization is definitely declining. When people can't make such simple decisions in life I think we are devolving.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Oh hell, every region of the country has its natural disaster issues. If you don't like earthquakes, come here to the NE where we are built on granite, but bring a damn snowblower and brace for your 3 hour commute, oh and the occasional ice storm and hurricane.

How about Kansas and Missouri with tornadoes?

Florida, NC and SC with hurricanes?

Texas floods,

I could go on and on.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Here, in North Georgia, in the 45 years I have been on the planet, we have had;

1 blizzard
1 major tornado
3 less then 2 magnitude earthquakes
And 0 flooding unless you live on river bank.

I like it here in my valley.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

But not everyone is afraid of the same disasters. Earthquakes are scary - the ground is supposed to be stable. I can handle blizzards and storms, but earthquakes as a disaster are probably the worst. You can usually find safety from the other forms - go underground or go to higher ground -but when it is the ground that is moving, there is no safe place.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Tornadoes scare me.

flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Lawyerlady wrote:
But not everyone is afraid of the same disasters. Earthquakes are scary - the ground is supposed to be stable. I can handle blizzards and storms, but earthquakes as a disaster are probably the worst. You can usually find safety from the other forms - go underground or go to higher ground -but when it is the ground that is moving, there is no safe place.

That is my line of thinking as well.

I wouldn't live in certain places because of the threat of earthquakes.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

If I'm gonna go I'm gonna go.

FNW · Guru

Most weather disasters scare me. Lived through enough earthquakes but they still scare me, too. We've had a couple in VA and I had flashbacks to the Sylmar quake and Northridge quakes when I lived in Cali. Heck, I can remember running around catching glasses as they fell out of my kitchen cabinets when that quake in San Fran took down the bridge, and we were an 8 hour drive away.

TrudyML · Guru

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Oh hell, every region of the country has its natural disaster issues. If you don't like earthquakes, come here to the NE where we are built on granite, but bring a damn snowblower and brace for your 3 hour commute, oh and the occasional ice storm and hurricane.

How about Kansas and Missouri with tornadoes?

Florida, NC and SC with hurricanes?

Texas floods,

I could go on and on.

I dread the winter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

TrudyML wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Oh hell, every region of the country has its natural disaster issues. If you don't like earthquakes, come here to the NE where we are built on granite, but bring a damn snowblower and brace for your 3 hour commute, oh and the occasional ice storm and hurricane.

How about Kansas and Missouri with tornadoes?

Florida, NC and SC with hurricanes?

Texas floods,

I could go on and on.
I dread the winter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Especially after LAST winter!

flan

ed11563 · Guru

I remember feeling the house moving because of the big quake in Virginia / D.C.

The other time it shook that much was when a big chemical plant blew up in New Jersey, about 30 miles away. Felt it a few seconds before I heard it.

Lindley · Guru

I remember watching a news doc. when I was growing up in Ca. It was about how people were scared that Ca. was going to fall into the ocean and one lady moved to the Midwest to get away from earth quakes and she ended up being killed in a tornado. I now live in the Midwest and I'm more scared of a tornado then a earth quake.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Lindley wrote:
I remember watching a news doc. when I was growing up in Ca. It was about how people were scared that Ca. was going to fall into the ocean and one lady moved to the Midwest to get away from earth quakes and she ended up being killed in a tornado. I now live in the Midwest and I'm more scared of a tornado then a earth quake.

See, I've SEEN tornadoes up close and personal and lived through them. Being prepared for those is not that difficult. Yes, your stuff might get gone, but people can find shelter from them. Earthquakes - a big one? There isn't any shelter that will protect your from that.

ed11563 · Guru

Lindley wrote:
I remember watching a news doc. when I was growing up in Ca. It was about how people were scared that Ca. was going to fall into the ocean and one lady moved to the Midwest to get away from earth quakes and she ended up being killed in a tornado. I now live in the Midwest and I'm more scared of a tornado then a earth quake.

Do you have a storm cellar?

Lindley · Guru

Lawyerlady wrote:
Lindley wrote:
I remember watching a news doc. when I was growing up in Ca. It was about how people were scared that Ca. was going to fall into the ocean and one lady moved to the Midwest to get away from earth quakes and she ended up being killed in a tornado. I now live in the Midwest and I'm more scared of a tornado then a earth quake.
See, I've SEEN tornadoes up close and personal and lived through them. Being prepared for those is not that difficult. Yes, your stuff might get gone, but people can find shelter from them. Earthquakes - a big one? There isn't any shelter that will protect your from that.

I've been through a few earthquakes, the first few years living in the Midwest we lived in a mobile home. Scared to death whenever we had tornado warnings. Live in a house with a basement now.

The worst earthquake I've been in I slept right through it. My family ran for the safest part of the house and forgot about me (thanks mom). At least the family crystal was safe☺

Hawaii and Washington has volcanoes, west coast has earthquakes, Midwest has tornadoes and the east coast has hurricanes.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Know what had me the most worried in my life?

Nuclear war.

Remember all those movies in the 80s?

Freaked me right out!

ed11563 · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
Know what had me the most worried in my life?

Nuclear war.

Remember all those movies in the 80s?

Freaked me right out!

We had air raid drills in elementary school, in case the Russians dropped a Nuke on Cleveland.

Everyone in the hallway, sitting against the wall, knees up, arms covering out heads.

People were really worried.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

My middle school was a designated fall out shelter.

I was so extremely happy I lived right beside it.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Lindley wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
Lindley wrote:
I remember watching a news doc. when I was growing up in Ca. It was about how people were scared that Ca. was going to fall into the ocean and one lady moved to the Midwest to get away from earth quakes and she ended up being killed in a tornado. I now live in the Midwest and I'm more scared of a tornado then a earth quake.
See, I've SEEN tornadoes up close and personal and lived through them. Being prepared for those is not that difficult. Yes, your stuff might get gone, but people can find shelter from them. Earthquakes - a big one? There isn't any shelter that will protect your from that.
I've been through a few earthquakes, the first few years living in the Midwest we lived in a mobile home. Scared to death whenever we had tornado warnings. Live in a house with a basement now.
The worst earthquake I've been in I slept right through it. My family ran for the safest part of the house and forgot about me (thanks mom). At least the family crystal was safe☺
Hawaii and Washington has volcanoes, west coast has earthquakes, Midwest has tornadoes and the east coast has hurricanes.

I'd call that a tremor. A real earthquake you ain't sleeping through.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Lawyerlady wrote:
Lindley wrote:
I remember watching a news doc. when I was growing up in Ca. It was about how people were scared that Ca. was going to fall into the ocean and one lady moved to the Midwest to get away from earth quakes and she ended up being killed in a tornado. I now live in the Midwest and I'm more scared of a tornado then a earth quake.
See, I've SEEN tornadoes up close and personal and lived through them. Being prepared for those is not that difficult. Yes, your stuff might get gone, but people can find shelter from them. Earthquakes - a big one? There isn't any shelter that will protect your from that.

I guess what scares me is that they are so erratic. In a row of 10 houses, 2 might be reduced to rubble & the rest might be fine.

flan

-- Edited by flan327 on Thursday 29th of October 2015 08:33:49 AM

FNW · Guru

We had bomb drills, too, Ed. We'd go under our tables and assume the position. It was just a part of life. The kids now have lock down drills. They have had a few instances where lock down was used. Better to be safe than sorry.

I've seen a tornado in Detroit. I was dating a guy whose family still lived up there and we were on the way to his mom's house. I pointed it out, but he poo poo'd me. Said they don't get tornadoes in Detroit. When we got to his mother's house she ran out screaming that the tornado touched down a street or two away, and we could hear the sirens. Those things scare me, too. But so do blizzards. And flash floods. Mother Nature can be very angry.

chef · Guru

I lived in SoCal for 24 years and have been in hundreds of earthquakes. Earthquakes don't bother me. I've slept through many of them. An earthquake has to be at least a 5 before I'll notice it. I actually grew to enjoy earthquakes as I got older. I would make a game out of trying to stay standing. Got pretty good too. A couple years or so ago, Phoenix felt the tremors from an earthquake in Baja CA. I was in Walmart at the time. People freaked right out. I continued on with checking out and headed home.

I'm phobic of tornadoes. I have family in TX and tornadoes are to them what earthquakes are to me. They get a laugh out of me going into panic mode when I'm back there and there's a tornado warning. Every last one of them, however, are scared of earthquakes.

Hurricanes don't much bother me. I've never been in one but I really enjoy heavy rain and high winds so I'd probably enjoy it. When I visited Florida back in 2002, a bad storm came through that flooded some areas. And the winds! I was enjoying watching the trees in the hotel's parking lot whip back and forth.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

We were in Pigeon Forge when the fire alarm for the city went off. At the time, in the early 80s, they had a siren in the middle of the city.

It sounded JUST LIKE those sirens from the nuclear war movies.

Freaked me the frack out!

I was maybe 12 at the time.

You know, they really oughta tell people about things like that before it happens.

chef · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
We were in Pigeon Forge when the fire alarm for the city went off. At the time, in the early 80s, they had a siren in the middle of the city.

It sounded JUST LIKE those sirens from the nuclear war movies.

Freaked me the frack out!

I was maybe 12 at the time.

You know, they really oughta tell people about things like that before it happens.

Yikes!

I visited my Grandma in Texas during December. Heard a siren go off and thought it was a tornado siren. Scared the bejeezus out of me. Grandma said it was the siren for the volunteer fire department.

ed11563 · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
We were in Pigeon Forge when the fire alarm for the city went off. At the time, in the early 80s, they had a siren in the middle of the city.

It sounded JUST LIKE those sirens from the nuclear war movies.

Freaked me the frack out!

I was maybe 12 at the time.

You know, they really oughta tell people about things like that before it happens.

In Cleveland where I grew up, all the firemen were paid, there were no volunteer fire departments.

The sirens sounded at the same time every Monday to test them. Otherwise they were used to let people know there was an air raid.

Then I went camping in Wisconsin ... and the sirens went off a few miles away ...

for the volunteer firemen.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

The LW needs to grow a back bone.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

chef wrote:
I lived in SoCal for 24 years and have been in hundreds of earthquakes. Earthquakes don't bother me. I've slept through many of them. An earthquake has to be at least a 5 before I'll notice it. I actually grew to enjoy earthquakes as I got older. I would make a game out of trying to stay standing. Got pretty good too. A couple years or so ago, Phoenix felt the tremors from an earthquake in Baja CA. I was in Walmart at the time. People freaked right out. I continued on with checking out and headed home.

I'm phobic of tornadoes. I have family in TX and tornadoes are to them what earthquakes are to me. They get a laugh out of me going into panic mode when I'm back there and there's a tornado warning. Every last one of them, however, are scared of earthquakes.

Hurricanes don't much bother me. I've never been in one but I really enjoy heavy rain and high winds so I'd probably enjoy it. When I visited Florida back in 2002, a bad storm came through that flooded some areas. And the winds! I was enjoying watching the trees in the hotel's parking lot whip back and forth.

I'm glad you said that! I thought I was weird for wanting to see one.

flan

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

flan327 wrote:
chef wrote:
I lived in SoCal for 24 years and have been in hundreds of earthquakes. Earthquakes don't bother me. I've slept through many of them. An earthquake has to be at least a 5 before I'll notice it. I actually grew to enjoy earthquakes as I got older. I would make a game out of trying to stay standing. Got pretty good too. A couple years or so ago, Phoenix felt the tremors from an earthquake in Baja CA. I was in Walmart at the time. People freaked right out. I continued on with checking out and headed home.

I'm phobic of tornadoes. I have family in TX and tornadoes are to them what earthquakes are to me. They get a laugh out of me going into panic mode when I'm back there and there's a tornado warning. Every last one of them, however, are scared of earthquakes.

Hurricanes don't much bother me. I've never been in one but I really enjoy heavy rain and high winds so I'd probably enjoy it. When I visited Florida back in 2002, a bad storm came through that flooded some areas. And the winds! I was enjoying watching the trees in the hotel's parking lot whip back and forth.
I'm glad you said that! I thought I was weird for wanting to see one.
flan

You are both nuts.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

...and I say that with love. :)

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

just Czech wrote:
...and I say that with love. :)

I'd never be one of those nuts who chase tornadoes, though. Even I have my limits...LOL

flan

ed11563 · Guru

just Czech wrote:
flan327 wrote:
chef wrote:
I lived in SoCal for 24 years and have been in hundreds of earthquakes. Earthquakes don't bother me. I've slept through many of them. An earthquake has to be at least a 5 before I'll notice it. I actually grew to enjoy earthquakes as I got older. I would make a game out of trying to stay standing. Got pretty good too. A couple years or so ago, Phoenix felt the tremors from an earthquake in Baja CA. I was in Walmart at the time. People freaked right out. I continued on with checking out and headed home.

I'm phobic of tornadoes. I have family in TX and tornadoes are to them what earthquakes are to me. They get a laugh out of me going into panic mode when I'm back there and there's a tornado warning. Every last one of them, however, are scared of earthquakes.

Hurricanes don't much bother me. I've never been in one but I really enjoy heavy rain and high winds so I'd probably enjoy it. When I visited Florida back in 2002, a bad storm came through that flooded some areas. And the winds! I was enjoying watching the trees in the hotel's parking lot whip back and forth.
I'm glad you said that! I thought I was weird for wanting to see one.
flan
You are both nuts.

Hurricanes stop being fun to watch when the trees near you are falling over onto houses and smashing cars,

and when the water level rises and starts to flood the building you're in.

And when the toys your neighbor's kids left in their yard come flying through your glass windows.