You can do that; you just need the right BB gun.
Although it rarely ever actually kills anybody plenty of parts of Ireland regularly flood, as in at least once every year or two. And I suppose the continent and much of the US has us beat on this but some winters it can get very cold. In 2010 temperatures close to -20C were recorded here. This was extremely unusual though and winters of late have typically been much milder than I recall them being as a child.
Admittedly, though, hurricanes are quite rare in Brazil. Just not unheard of.
Ok then. Today I learned. In the years I lived in Brazil I never heard of a single warning let alone an actual landing.
Pah! Sacramento is at enormous risk for Katrina style city wide flooding. Indeed, I believe it’s considered the greatest flood risk in the nation. The levies are extremely poorly maintained, and local flooding is almost a yearly event (which isn’t helped by all the building on flood plains). It’s just a matter of luck that Sac hasn’t yet seen a catastrophic flood that affects the entire cit. The potential is certainly there.
Sacramento also sits on a so-far dormant fault line, and of course there are severe droughts and wildfires on a regular basis. Not to mention that normal summer temperatures frequently rise to what is deadly in much of the nation.
Here is a good article on flood risk in Sacto:
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/18/4994108/what-if-a-superstorm-strikes-sacramento.html
Only New Orleans is at greater risk. Most Sacramentans live below the water line. Evacuation options are severely limited, and when there is a major flood, it’s likely that many neighborhoods will be lost and the rescue effort to reach those trapped behind floodgates will be complex.
It’s frankly terrifying, though it does seem like they are finally making an effort to mitigate some of the risk.
Now, I did not say the area was without risks. However, I think you are overstating the dangers: water shortages and a state of drought are fairly common in all of CA. Wildfires rarely, if ever have affected the city itself in recent history. The summer temps are hardly deadly unless we are hit with a heat wave - we did have 11 days in a row of +100 degree days a few years ago. It’s rare, and it is not Phoenix-like heat.
Yes, it is well-documented that Sacramento is 2nd only to New Orleans for flooding risk. It has a long history of flooding and only recently has attention been paid to the situation. They made some really dumb zoning and building decisions in recent decades, ignoring the history. I accounted for the flood risk.
You mention earthquakes - Please point me to the fault line that the city sits on. That said, we did feel a tremor just last night - very rare - the epicenter was about 150 miles to the north - but it certainly was felt around the region - no damage around here, tho. I guess I should knock on wood before I post!
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Semi-serious answer: Antarctica, maybe?
Where precisely do you mean by “midland”? I’m in Columbia and most people don’t know it but we’re on a fault line. There was a big earthquake in Charleston in the 19th century and there will be one again. And hurricanes get PLENTY inland here. Not all the time, but trust me, one big one will convince you.
I’m gonna go with someplace fairly deep under water - but well away from subduction zones and their seismic activity (so the Marianas Trench is out - sorry).
The bottom of the Tongue of the Ocean looks like a reasonable candidate.
Moab Utah has no: Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Hail, Blizzards, Earthquakes, Forrest Fires, Mudslides, Floods or Swarms.
There’s a small chance that you will be trapped in a canyon and have to cut your hand off because you’re an idiot.
Hey! I was in London the night of what Wikipedia calls the Great Storm of 1987. The damage was more than a mere storm’s.
Although immediately after the noise awakened me, I closed the window and slept through the rest of it.
For what it’s worth, my company put their disaster recovery data center in Louisville, KY. Louisville, KY has a below average chance of tornados, earthquakes, blizzards, and no hurricanes.
Of course, Louisville does get tornadoes, blizzards and earthquakes, but is below the national average.
My company’s main data center is in South Florida. And has been put out of action several times in the past 15 years. The data center in Kentucky has never been seriously threatened.
Actually, I don’t think Sacramento is the worst risk in the nation. I believe that honor goes to South Florida:
As FEMA and the Corps says, it isn’t a question of if but of when the dike fails. the levees are so bad they aren’t even counted as temporary protection. The loss of life could exceed any disaster in American history. I particularly liked the part about the Corps not trying to avoid the disaster because nothing they can think of will prevent one. And while Sacramento does have earthquakes and poorly built levees, Lake Okeechobee has both hurricanes and spring rains. Its a close call but I think the Lake wins. And people snicker at a few 10s of thousands of people living in New Orleans.