Juliana L Holm wrote:
> In rec.travel.usa-canada Shawn Hirn wrote:
>
>>Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York City, Boston, Wilmington, DE and
>>Washington DC and other cities along the mid-Atlantic region rarely see
>>natural disasters. The only thing that comes to mind is a blizzard,
>>which happens only once every few decades.
>
>
> Isabel hit DC last year. We had some areas with no electricity for a week,
> and virtually no loss of life. It was a Category 1 when it hit Richmond, and
> just sub hurricane strength when it hit DC. That's the worst I've seen in
> 25 years of living in this area.
>
> Unless you count September 11th. Which of course is not a Natural Disaster,
> but might put folks off living here.
>
heck for the OP anyplace near an ocean is out... potential for flooding,
hurricanes etc... ditto for rivers... |