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What natural disaster are you most concerned about?

Poll: What natural disaster are you most concerned about? Floods 9 / 12% Droughts 7 / 9% Earthquakes 5 / 7% Tsunami 5 / 7% Tornadoes 12 / 16% Cyclones/hurricanes 8 / 11% Dust storms 1 / 1% Thunderstorm asthma 1 / 1% Volcanic eruptions 3 / 4% Rising sea levels 5 / 7% A third trilogy of Tolkien movies 8 / 11% Internet outage 10 / 13% Other 2 / 3% 76 total votes

Ataahua Forum Admin / Moderator Nov 23 2016, 3:24am Views: 1449 What natural disaster are you most concerned about? Given the recent tectonic twitches around the Ring of Fire and Melbourne's killer thunderstorm asthma event, I wondered what type of natural disasters are most likely to play on the minds of TORN members. Feel free to choose more than one. :) Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..." Dwarves: "Pretty rings..." Men: "Pretty rings..." Sauron: "Mine's better." "Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak. Ataahua's stories

Meneldor Valinor Nov 23 2016, 4:06am Views: 1374 When I woke up today there was a quarter inch of snow on the ground. //   They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters, these see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep. -Psalm 107

cats16 Half-elven Nov 23 2016, 6:04am Views: 1374 I read "Internet outage" as "Internet outrage" Talk about a ship that has already sailed! Join us every weekend in the Hobbit movie forum for this week's CHOW (Chapter of the Week) discussion!

Ataahua Forum Admin / Moderator Nov 23 2016, 6:18am Views: 1366 *snort* :D /   Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..." Dwarves: "Pretty rings..." Men: "Pretty rings..." Sauron: "Mine's better." "Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak. Ataahua's stories

Alcarcalime Tol Eressea Nov 23 2016, 10:41am Views: 1363 Other, I live where earthquakes do happen rarely, thunderstorms frequently, snow storms yearly. No tsunamis in Ohio! I live on top of a high hill. I am at least 100 feet above everyone else in our county, so floods aren't an immediate concern. I do wonder about when the glaciers were melting just to the north of us ( about 30 miles). We have lots of valleys with very steep sides, but flat bottoms. I figure that the glacial floods filled in the bottoms of all the valleys and left them flat. But that all was over 10,000 years ago! What I am concerned about is ice storms. We get those pretty regularly in the winter and they can cause so much damage and disruption.

Annael Immortal Nov 23 2016, 3:15pm Views: 1357 living on the coast I had to go with tsunami. Had a scary encounter with a "sneaker wave" once; it came racing all the way to the top of the beach and floated the 4-foot-thick log I was on, causing me to fall off into waist-deep water. Fortunately I fell on the "up" side and so was not crushed by the log as the wave receded, but it made me aware of the power of the sea. Earthquakes I'm used to. We could have a 9,0-er here any time, but I don't worry about it - what good is worrying? We have some good windstorms but not hurricane level. Flooding can be a big problem, but that we usually know about in advance. What's dust, precious? We're usually too soggy here for dust. Luckily I do not have asthma. I am a dreamer of words, of written words. I think I am reading; a word stops me. I leave the page. The syllables of the words begin to move around … The words take on other meanings as if they had the right to be young. -- Gaston Bachelard * * * * * * * * * * NARF and member of Deplorable Cultus since 1967 (This post was edited by Annael on Nov 23 2016, 3:16pm)

Bracegirdle Valinor Nov 23 2016, 3:19pm Views: 1350 Sinkholes . . . //   ‘. . . the rule of no realm is mine . . . But all worthy things that are in peril . . . those are my care. For I also am a steward. Did you not know?' Gandalf to Denethor

Ethel Duath Half-elven Nov 23 2016, 3:54pm Views: 1350 It is the same thing. Or, "All outages are outrages, but not all outrages are outages." TORn philosophy 101

Starling Half-elven Nov 23 2016, 5:18pm Views: 1346 Flat hair. Earthquakes. Fire. Locusts. I can safely say from unfortunately vast experience that I will never, ever get used to earthquakes. If anyone knows how to do that, let me know. By the way, have you seen this pretty animation? Fire would be my biggest fear though. I think it's probably a result of being evacuated from our house when I was little, due to a massive fire on the farm across the road. 1st of August 1975. I can still remember the flames hitting the power lines in the massive winds (which I don't much like either...)

Darkstone Immortal Nov 23 2016, 5:49pm Views: 1347 Well I live in Tornado Alley, earthquakes are beginning to be a regular occurrence due to nearby fracking waster disposal wells, and our city just came out of a four year drought that had us drinking our own (treated) toilet water. But actually I'm more worried about a major asteroid impact. World governments are not taking the possibility of an extinction event very seriously. The US has cancelled asteroid destroying research like the Clementine II mission, asteroid deflection research such as the Asteroid Redirect Mission are in danger of being canceled, and southern hemisphere Near Earth Object (NEO) detection programs have been eliminated leaving the earth woefully blind. And God help us cause we'd never see an NEO coming out of the sun's glare. Then there's the potential of a gamma ray burst from any of the stars in the one hundred billion plus galaxies in the universe blasting our way and killing every living thing on planet earth. I won't even mention a rogue black hole wandering into the solar system and eating the earth. Still, the thing I worry about most is water damage to the house from leaky roof, flood, or burst pipes. I sometimes have nightmares about it. But everything's kept in good repair, so it's more OCD rather than out of any rational concern. ****************************************** Fimbrethil, Warrior Entwife

Ataahua Forum Admin / Moderator Nov 23 2016, 5:50pm Views: 1337 What I like about that animation is how you can clearly see the quakes occuring along the subduction zone. Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..." Dwarves: "Pretty rings..." Men: "Pretty rings..." Sauron: "Mine's better." "Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak. Ataahua's stories

sevilodorf Tol Eressea Nov 23 2016, 7:17pm Views: 1338 The comforting thing... really more the realistic thing... is that if the every living thing is killed then... well we're dead and won't have to deal with it. Is that realism or fatalism? Fourth Age Adventures at the Inn of the Burping Troll http://burpingtroll.com Home of TheOneRing.net Best FanFic stories of 2005 and 2006 "The Last Grey Ship" and "Ashes, East Wind, Hope That Rises" by Erin Rua (Found in Mathoms, LOTR Tales Untold)

Alassëa Eruvande Valinor Nov 23 2016, 8:06pm Views: 1326 Tornadoes I'm like the dog that freaks out over thunderstorms, which I don't like either, but not as much as tornadoes. If there is a tornado watch near us, my heart rate and breathing increase, and I become hyper aware of noises. I hate wind. I'm also worried about drought. I think that is more because I grew up on a ranch, and we were so dependent on rainfall for good crops, water for the cattle and ourselves, etc. My father constantly made references to the drought of the 1950s, and compared all weather to those times. Nowadays, I don't have crops or cattle, but I obsessively record rainfall on our little corner of Ithilien. I am SMAUG! I kill when I wish! I am strong, strong, STRONG! My armor is like tenfold shields! My teeth like swords! My claws, spears! The shock of my tail, a thunderbolt! My wings, a hurricane! And my breath, death!

malickfan Gondor Nov 23 2016, 8:25pm Views: 1321 I voted for a Third Tolkien trilogy... ...because A) None of the actual disasters are very likely to happen where I live (not that I'm indifferent to the effects of such disasters, it's just that living in Southern England is very, very safe and boring weather wise, the closest we have to a natural disaster is when it snows, everyone and everything shuts down) and I could live without internet (well, I think I could ) and B) I was not very fond of The Hobbit trilogy and the thought of a another trilogy even further removed from the source material with probable less involvement from Jackson and increased involvement from the W.B executives is not a particularly happy thought i.m.o... (This post was edited by malickfan on Nov 23 2016, 8:31pm)

Kelvarhin Half-elven Nov 24 2016, 8:35am Views: 1296 Yeah after last summer, Fire's a major fear around here. The stupid #@$%$^&%@ in the Department of Parks & Land Management decided to do another "controlled burn" yesterday, on a day of complete fire bans and we ended up inundated in smoke again, cue asthma attacks for me and the boys. We're starting to think that nobody in that department has a brain

Elarie Grey Havens Nov 24 2016, 4:00pm Views: 1287 I picked drought Probably because I grew up on a farm and am always very aware of where our food comes from. It drives me crazy when we're in the middle of an extended dry spell and the crops aren't growing and I see those grinning TV weather people saying, "And another wonderful, sunny day without a cloud in sight so head for the beach and enjoy!" Arghhh! Top soil loss and vanishing water tables due to years of mass irrigation in the midwest is another thing that worries me. Scary. __________________ Gold is the strife of kinsmen, and fire of the flood-tide, and the path of the serpent.

Darkstone Immortal Nov 24 2016, 4:13pm Views: 1290 Speak of the devil Wifey and I in bed this morning and the earth moved. Literally. There were 3.3 and 4.0 earthquakes just across the border in Oklahoma. ****************************************** Fimbrethil, Warrior Entwife

dormouse Half-elven Nov 24 2016, 7:21pm Views: 1272 I chose cyclones/hurricanes..... Although where I live (I'm another of the softies in southern England) there's no discernable risk of cyclones and even hurricanes are pretty unlikely.... But you didn't have a 'very strong wind' option and that does concern me sometimes, living on high ground within sight of the Channel. If it's night-time, listening to the wind howling in the chimney, I do start wondering what'll be left by morning. And there was once, just once, when we sat by the window and watched the greenhouse blow into a neighbour's garden..... Really, though, it's minor compared to the things other places have to deal with. As a small child I used to have recurring nightmares about a huge tidal wave (we didn't call them tsunamis then). It was terrifying - there was a woman and a tiger climbing a tree to escape the water - but I've no idea where I got that from! Not keen on a outraged internet either! For still there are so many things that I have never seen: in every wood and every spring there is a different green. . .

Gianna Rohan Nov 28 2016, 3:55pm Views: 1226 Tornadoes and volcanic eruptions And if fire counts, I am terrified of the possibility of fire. "The men of the East may search the scrolls, For sure fates and fame, But the men that drink the blood of God Go singing to their shame." -G.K. Chesterton, The Ballad of the White Horse, Book I ------ My fantasy novels

Gianna Rohan Nov 28 2016, 3:56pm Views: 1226 I didn't even realise it didn't say "outrage" till I read your subject line XD //   "The men of the East may search the scrolls, For sure fates and fame, But the men that drink the blood of God Go singing to their shame." -G.K. Chesterton, The Ballad of the White Horse, Book I ------ My fantasy novels

Aunt Dora Baggins Immortal Nov 28 2016, 11:03pm Views: 1216 I almost lost my parents in a local flash flood so that made an impression. I also worry about tornadoes, but have only actually been close to one once. I didn't mark blizzards, but I hate commuting in those. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GNU Terry Pratchett ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

swordwhale Tol Eressea Dec 2 2016, 6:29pm Views: 1192 here in southcentral PA... ...we are lucky to not have volcanoes (except, I think a very ooooooold dead one), earthquakes (except for the odd minor rumbly one, like the one I missed because I was on a pirate ship), tornadoes (OK, once in awhile there's a warning and people flee trailer parks). Hurricanes just hurl some mighty wind and rain at us here, no real deadly devastation. The creeks and rivers flood, but we are hilly enough that you have to have parked your stupid house on a floodplain... And there are the morons who insist on driving through water on the road and get swept away (DON'T DO IT, IT'S DEADLY!!!!). While the west is notable for wildfires, we don't have a big issue with them, only house and barn fires. We are part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and can see the effects of climate change easily. Tangier and Smith islands, in the middle of the Bay, are losing ground, literally as the water rises. Climate change creates stronger storms which create more erosion as well as rising seas. Both islands have been inhabited for over four hundred years (the Native people may have visited but didn't seem to live there). On the east coast, the barrier islands protect smaller islands like Chincoteague (notable for its wild pony roundup). They too are experiencing more storms and flooding. The barrier islands, left alone, tend to roll over themselves toward land, as more land rises up out of the sea, so they may be self-healing, if they can keep up with climate change. Personally, I have a great fear of thunderstorms and tornadoes. bigger on the inside... Na 'Aear, na 'Aear! Mýl 'lain nallol, I sûl ribiel a i falf 'loss reviol... To the sea, to the sea, the white gulls are crying, the wind is blowing and the white foam is flying... (JRR Tolkien, Legolas Song of the Sea) Aue, aue, Te fenua, te mālie Nā heko hakilia We know the way (Te Vaka, Moana soundtrack) Member of Horse Manure Movers Local 101, Raptor Wranglers & Rehab, and Night Fury Trainers Assoc. Owned by several cats and a very small team of maniacal sled dogs... sorry Radagast, those rabbits were delicious...

Darkstone Immortal Dec 12 2016, 8:29pm Views: 1062 Tug McGraw's Frozen Snowball Theory “If I come in to pitch with the bases loaded and heavy hitter Willie Stargell is at bat, there’s no reason I want to throw the ball. But eventually I have to pitch. So I remind myself that in a few billion years the earth will become a frozen snowball hurtling through space, and nobody’s going to care what Willie Stargell did with the bases loaded!” Words to live by. ****************************************** I find so much joy in covering my cat with a blanket and watching the lump move around.