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BlueTrain · May 5, 2011, 08:20 AM

Another way to look at the subject is to try to think of the worst thing that has happened within, say 50 miles of where you live. As it happens, I live that close to the Pentagon. But lots more people live close to the Mississippi River, which has a bad habit of overflowing its banks every few years, somewhere up and down the river from Lake Itasca to the Gulf. It always has.

Around where I live, we have the occasional tree blow down, which is a terrible thing if it lands on the wrong thing, and every few winters an unusually heavy snow. There was a bad riot not far away about 43 years ago and some serious unrest when the bonus marchers came to town in the 1930s (MacArthur and his tanks took care of them), but lately things have been pretty peaceful. The electricity goes off surprisingly often, though, and I've been meaning to get some wind-up clocks.

May 5, 2011, 08:20 AM	#10
BlueTrain Senior Member Join Date: September 26, 2005 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 6,141	Another way to look at the subject is to try to think of the worst thing that has happened within, say 50 miles of where you live. As it happens, I live that close to the Pentagon. But lots more people live close to the Mississippi River, which has a bad habit of overflowing its banks every few years, somewhere up and down the river from Lake Itasca to the Gulf. It always has. Around where I live, we have the occasional tree blow down, which is a terrible thing if it lands on the wrong thing, and every few winters an unusually heavy snow. There was a bad riot not far away about 43 years ago and some serious unrest when the bonus marchers came to town in the 1930s (MacArthur and his tanks took care of them), but lately things have been pretty peaceful. The electricity goes off surprisingly often, though, and I've been meaning to get some wind-up clocks. __________________ Shoot low, sheriff. They're riding Shetlands! Underneath the starry flag, civilize 'em with a Krag, and return us to our own beloved homes! Buy War Bonds.