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Braf_Zachland

Braf_Zachland

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Tom_Cody said:
On an order of magnitude, as a single event, no it doesn't.

However, there are still plenty of people who lose their bearing and freeze to death a less than a hundred yards from their own homes. Combine that with fatal car accidents because everyone forgets how to drive every time it snows, and extended power outages leading to further loss of life, the overall body count is much higher than it should be.

I'm sure kvr can comment, because in the short time I lived in Maine, people getting confused and freezing to death was a shockingly (to me at least) common occurrence.
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Tom_Cody said:
On an order of magnitude, as a single event, no it doesn't.

However, there are still plenty of people who lose their bearing and freeze to death a less than a hundred yards from their own homes. Combine that with fatal car accidents because everyone forgets how to drive every time it snows, and extended power outages leading to further loss of life, the overall body count is much higher than it should be.

I'm sure kvr can comment, because in the short time I lived in Maine, people getting confused and freezing to death was a shockingly (to me at least) common occurrence.
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Eh, still isn't the same IMO. The biggest danger is a power outage of course, that can happen regardless of weather or and ice storm, and those aren't too common and certainly not ever year. I would like to know about the people freezing to death near their house (when power is available) that seems crazy, and while way more car accidents, fatalities don't increase where I am, if roads are bad you are going way slower.

Texas had a power outage and I'm sure people died.

Still doesn't fit IMO to the others you mentioned, a huge winter storm hits and your house is going to be there, and in 2 to 3 days cleanup is done and things are back to normal.
 
Jam_Handy

Jam_Handy

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The worst part is calling on the government to help when a disaster happens in a predictable way...ie building in a flood zone.

.gov be broke, yo!
 
kvr28

kvr28

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Tom_Cody said:
On an order of magnitude, as a single event, no it doesn't.

However, there are still plenty of people who lose their bearing and freeze to death a less than a hundred yards from their own homes. Combine that with fatal car accidents because everyone forgets how to drive every time it snows, and extended power outages leading to further loss of life, the overall body count is much higher than it should be.

I'm sure kvr can comment, because in the short time I lived in Maine, people getting confused and freezing to death was a shockingly (to me at least) common occurrence.
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Alot of occurrences with elderly people

Had two incidents of that in the last couple months, elderly husband and wife went for walk, husband froze to death. Then a couple of old friends got lost and their truck broke down, they both survived but had to be airlifted due to their frostbite.

This happened a couple of years ago here, I know both those troopers well and are good men.


View: https://twitter.com/Goodable/status/1475866633944117250


I do find it amazing though that people aren't better prepared for storms/power outages here.
 
MountainMedic

MountainMedic

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kvr28 said:
Alot of occurrences with elderly people

Had two incidents of that in the last couple months, elderly husband and wife went for walk, husband froze to death. Then a couple of old friends got lost and their truck broke down, they both survived but had to be airlifted due to their frostbite.

This happened a couple of years ago here, I know both those troopers well and are good men.


View: https://twitter.com/Goodable/status/1475866633944117250


I do find it amazing though that people aren't better prepared for storms/power outages here.
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You make it 80 years w/o freezing to death and you get a little cockey.
 
RussfromNH

RussfromNH

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Dec 12, 2018
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Just like down south with hurricanes and living on the coast And below sea level

or living in tornado alley

Any news how the fires started ??
 
Mutant

Mutant

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Jesus X said:
The truf. I don't live near any canyons and we have never had a fire ever in this part of L.A county or in the south bay area of L.A.
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My grandparents had a house in San Marcos and I would spend the summer in North Co when I was in high school. The winds are would blow through those canyons and luckily there was nothing there. Went back a few years ago and was surprised at all the development in those canyons and could imagines it would all burn down with a good Santa Ana!
 
sparkuri

sparkuri

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Hauler said:


So you just want everyone living in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Missouri, Florida, Ohio and Texas to move?
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I like how eeeeeeeeveryone forgets about Hawaii & North Carolina.

I see you left out Louisiana too.

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And Washington State

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And Colorado


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Don't even get me started on the other 30 states.
 
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