Robert wrote:
> "Dave Smith" wrote in message
> news:43270959.A6447F27@sympatico.ca...
>
>>sechumlib wrote:
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>>>>Any risk of "ice storms" like the one that struck Quebec in 1998,
>>>>leaving people without power for days in the middle of winter? Or are
>>>>meterological factors different in the Great Lakes area?
>>>
>>>Good grief! Are you suggesting that the OP was so stupid as to try to
>>>avoid ALL possibilities of disaster, any time, with any frequency no
>>>matter how infrequent?
>>>
>>>Yes, there are ice storms. They probably happen about every 15-20 years.
>>>I lived through one ice storm in central Missouri, for heaven's sake, in
>>>1949, and another one in central Illinois in the late 1950's. NY State
>>>might get one, but what are the chances?
>>>
>>>Just try to find ANY place in the US or Canada that has NO chance of a
>>>weather emergency.
>>
> San Jose, CA
> Best weather in the US
>
>
isn't San Jose right on the San Andreas fault? |