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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Aren't you in Utah?  In the Yellowstone Super Volcano fallout area?

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <RayZentz AT aol.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] two americas
> I visited New Orleans about twenty years ago, with the idea of a potential
> move there.  After touring around the area, seeing the levees, and
> understanding that most of the city proper was actually below sea level, I 
> made  the
> deliberate and conscious decision that I didn't want to take the risk of 
> living
> there.   I realized then that if a major hurricane hit the  area, there 
> would
> be nothing much left of the city.   Other people  there were aware of the 
> risk,
> but said it would never happen.   They  were wrong.
>
> It is the same reason I refuse to make any kind of move to  California. 
> The
> risk of earthquake is too high for me.   I  will also never live in a 
> major
> forested area, because of high fire  risk.