re: I would rather deal with a hurricane than wild fires

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Both results of global warming

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No shite.

They're both pretty terrible.

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Both results of global warming, so no to both.

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You can prevent a firestorm by properly culling the brush. You can’t avoid a hurricane.

Fires and earthquakes are much worse

Floods suck pretty bad though

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ou can hurricane-proof a house to a degree and the techniques and materials to do so are getting better yearly.

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I am a coastal builder, not an engineer, and I am 100% confident I could build a Cat 4 hurricane proof home directly on the beach, especially if I didnt have to follow FEMA's "design to fail" construction techniques below base flood elevation. It would be somewhat impractical, and 40-50% more costly than a traditional beach home (which are very well built these days), but I would remain in the home for the duration of all but the very worst storms.

Other than an underground bunker or concrete, window less structure, there is nothing wildfire proof, and even then, you are evacuating and will have significant smoke damage. With a hurricane, I could have a generator running throughout the event.

Tornadoes too

Imagine instead of banning forest cleanup and ensuring ample water supply your gov banned hurricane proofing and made sure there werent enough linemen to respond to outages.

Now which scares you more?

I kinda feel lucky with hurricanes being my only real threat.
No snowstorms or lethal cold snaps, no earthquakes, no wedge tornadoes, and no fires.