A view of Volcan Baru, the volcano that may erupt all over my organic coffee farm fantasy.
It’s interesting how the crisis in Japan coupled with the fear of impending doom of 2012 will cause people to reconsider living near a fault line or a volcano.
Even my husband, the biggest 2012 skeptic, emailed me an article about a place in Panama I really like, enlightening me about the volcano there that just happens to be “due for an eruption anytime.” (My guess is that he thinks the area is too expensive and is just using the volcano eruption to steer me toward a cheaper, flatter, area of the country. Ha!)
Tonight we were talking about places in the world that don’t seem to be as riddled with natural disasters, and what do you know, Slate.com compiled a list a few years ago.
In case you were wondering, here’s a list of countries in the world with the fewest natural disasters:
- Estonia
- Qatar
- Bahrain
- United Arab Emirates
- Andorra
On second thought, I suppose I can face a hurricane or flash flood once in a while. Though it’s not the nicest idea enduring an emergency while living in an RV. (If you happen to be living in an RV, check out my tips for preparing for a disaster here.)
Want to take a guess about the safest states in the U.S.? There’s list for that, too.
- Rhode Island
- Utah
- Wyoming
- District of Columbia
- Delaware
- Connecticut
- South Carolina
- Colorado
- Nevada
- Montana
If you want to know which is the most dangerous state (with a whopping 84 disasters since 1953), just ask me where I happen to be at the moment.
It’s Texas.
Of course.
I wonder how the weather is in Rhode Island this time of year?
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Boy, if I had your address I would sure argue about your choices of safe states. I agree with you about Texas however. That’s too bad too because it has some of the proudest Americans living there. Idaho, Montana and Wyoming fit in that category with you. Those people in general do not have their heads in the sand. Check out
http://www.survivalblog.com/2011/03/move_to_the_mountain_states–t.html
Montana and Wyoming are a little too close to Yellowstone for me though.
I live in Northeast Washington very near a woman named Naomi 8^)
Hi Harvey,
Thanks for the comment! No need to send me a letter arguing the post. That’s the beauty of the internet… you can disagree instantaneously! Actually I should point out that these are not my lists; they were compiled using only their number of natural disasters as the criteria, so you might disagree based on other things. This is just a natural disaster list.
Northeast Washington is probably some of the most beautiful country I’ve seen yet. Enjoy it!
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i think u miss out singapore… they never ever have any natural disater before