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

Yes, actually you could.  There are millions of folks in Southern California 
who have never experienced a fire, mudlide or an earthquake that has done 
damage.  You pick and choose your area, just like in Texas.

Southern California is one BIG area.  The fires are in specific areas and 
you get nasty wildfires everywhere, not just Southern California.  And you 
are only seeing a lot of them in the news lately because of "stupid people 
tricks."  Southern California *had* lots of native plants once upon a time. 
Those plants are fire resistant.  Those plants do not encourage fires that 
run ripping through areas.  Some of the native plants societies have been 
holding workshops all over Southern California to show folks what to plant. 
You can't force people to protect themselves, so, unfortunately, those who 
do the smart thing are quite frequently "punished" by stupid people who move 
into an area and bring their "stupid" with them.

AND, greed!  Realtors and contracts are the main ones setting up the 
scenario for the disasters.  Realtors know what happens in any given area. 
Contractors know better but are only interested in the bottomline.

So, again, yes, there are folks in Southern California who have never 
experienced an earthquake, a fire, or a slide.  And many of them are second, 
third, fourth or more generations of folks who haven't had any of those 
experiences.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> I think the difference is that yeah, other areas have these disasters,
> true, but not as a yearly event like SoCA.  Tornados probably equal
> earthquakes in damage...Santa Ana winds probably equal hurricanes, but
> tornados and hurricanes are low odds kind of events, whereas the winds
> out there are a given due to terrain and season, and earthquakes are a
> given due to geology.  You could go 2 or 3 generations in say South
> Texas without seeing a flood, tornado, blizzard, or hurricane in your
> area, but could you go even one generation in Southern California
> without earthquake or wind/fire/mudslide damage?