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Iggo

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18. Tell me more about me.

Reply to ansible (Original post)

Thu Feb 18, 2021, 09:25 PM

Feb 2021

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If you think Texas is bad, just wait until something happens to California [View all] ansible Feb 2021 OP

CA senators will not go on vacation when disaster strikes nt msongs Feb 2021 #1

You can put money on that n/t shanti Feb 2021 #19

Feinstein will just stay in DC cally Feb 2021 #22

Why do you assume CA people are more clueless than TX? USALiberal Feb 2021 #2

More urban population than Texas for starters ansible Feb 2021 #8

We were just discussing this last night. We're in earthquake country Dream Girl Feb 2021 #3

But we do have standards and regulations in building things JI7 Feb 2021 #6

So what are you saying here, that you are going to get some water from an earthquake happening SWBTATTReg Feb 2021 #10

I have yet to encounter a Californian who does not go in great detail, if asked about their "go bag" hlthe2b Feb 2021 #26

I'm like you, I prepare for everything and don't really rely on anyone else, after all, if something SWBTATTReg Feb 2021 #28

What do you think will happen in California that people are not prepared for ? JI7 Feb 2021 #4

Everyone is supposed to have an earthquake and a whole list of supplies (a go bag). I haven't heard Dream Girl Feb 2021 #15

Bookshelves bolted into the wall CountAllVotes Feb 2021 #31

Have gone 10 days w/o power CountAllVotes Feb 2021 #5

"Until"? WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2021 #7

I worry more about the Pacific Northwest. roamer65 Feb 2021 #9

I talked someone out of moving into the moonscape Feb 2021 #20

It happens about once every 300 years. roamer65 Feb 2021 #24

Totally Agree WA-03 Democrat Feb 2021 #11

Who needs to wait? Cartoonist Feb 2021 #12

CA has been learning from its past mistakes BigmanPigman Feb 2021 #13

I've been earthquake-prepared since moonscape Feb 2021 #14

We don't have to wait. COVID-19 happened.... KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2021 #16

What's wrong with California's infrastructure? Shell_Seas Feb 2021 #17

Tell me more about me. Iggo Feb 2021 #18

You are not prepared for the coming invasion by zombie vampire locusts with head-mounted lasers. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2021 #36

Well...you know...you ain't wrong! Iggo Feb 2021 #38

I think Californians are, by comparison night & day more prepared, given earthquake risk hlthe2b Feb 2021 #21

so cal quake means millions with no power or water and most with no equake supplies msongs Feb 2021 #25

I contest this assumption. Yes, there will always be some unprepared, but the majority hlthe2b Feb 2021 #27

The people I know here are poor and can barely make ends meet ansible Feb 2021 #32

That is problem everywhere, though it cost nothing to fill a few jugs with water and have hlthe2b Feb 2021 #37

I'm 10 miles from the Loma Prieta epicenter, 50 feet from a "Leaving Tsunami Zone Sign", and... Alex4Martinez Feb 2021 #23

So the fires in California were not a disaster? Bev54 Feb 2021 #29

I've been through a 7.0 earthquake and many smaller ones. Mr.Bill Feb 2021 #30

Sounds about right, & though we don't have a generator, the house came with a freezer in the garage Hekate Feb 2021 #35

Um we had heatwaves, wildfires, orange skies and lightning storms Starry Messenger Feb 2021 #33

We have disasters all the damn time, thank you, & both citizens & the State are prepared... Hekate Feb 2021 #34