I live in Southern California. I just watched a video of a geologist warning of a possible major quake along the pacific coast. I am so not alarmist, and I’ve lived my life near communities facing hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, and potential nuclear threats. I have never ran out and bought supplies to prepare as silly as that sounds. I don’t maintain a 6 month supply of food and supplies like some friends I know.

Other than lots of water and first aid supplies, can you offer some ideas on food I should buy for a family of 3 adults. How much water and food do I need. I have tons of pantry space, empty closets, room in the garage, even room in my car. Should I store some propane for my camping stove? What about the propane tank in my outdoor BBQ?

I need to get with the program and take some steps…All of your suggestions will be appreciated–even the snarky ones

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If there’s a "God", why did those four nice old people on the news who were trying to PASS OUT BIBLES around the world get kidnapped by Somalian pirates and ultimately brutally killed (Feb. 22, 2011)? And what were they doing trying to give out Bibles around the world like that so close to Muslims and people of other cultures? Is this the Darwinian advance of one religion over another?

The way the world actually works mocks religious belief again and again yet people still have a primitive need to explain everything in terms of a warm fuzzy deity watching over us. Why did an Earthquake topple the city of "CHRISTCHURCH" in New Zealand (Feb. 22, 2011), including their church, killing or trapping hundreds of people. Couldn’t God step in an do anything, if not then, why not as they try to find survivors and take all the fallen debris away? We obviously have to rely on each other, not wait for God.

Why all over the world are there tsunamis and earthquakes, hurricanes and so on that kill thousands of people and ruin the lives of thousands more? Remember the very bad one DURING CHRISTMAS in 2006. Do you think all those thousands of people got to feel warm fuzzy "Christmas" feelings?

I saw a "Nova" special on PBS about the disappearance of flight 447 over the South Atlantic. It was later found in pieces in the water, everyone dead of course. Many probably had a horrible death by drowning or being eaten by sharks etc., I’m sure many of them believed a "God" was looking out for them. Well, I guess there wasn’t. This same thing happens again and again around the world.

People will get all excited about seeing a randomly created image of "the Virgin Mary" in a potato chip or in a stain pattern in an old wooden chair and they will say how "God is with us". Such flawed reasoning! Would God choose to reveal himself in such superficial ways instead of where he is really needed? On some wooden panels above my bed I can see the images of a "grey" alien and a frog etc. It’s like children looking at clouds and seeing random patterns and images in them. That’s all it is. By pure chance you can get an image, more or less, of just about anything, given enough clouds or potato chips or stain patterns.

I find it ridiculous when, on the local News, people who survive their house burning down or who survive robbery attempts or tornadoes, etc., will say "oh God saved me! He’s watching over me! Thank God!". You mean he wasn’t watching over you so that your house didn’t burn down, that there never was a robbery attempt in the first place or a tornado didn’t level your town, along with taking those other people who died in it? Or was he only partially watching over you? And what about all those other people who, all over the world don’t survive these things? Would God be so petty as to pick and choose or, is it simply that, by chance some happen to survive and many more do not (more don’t)? What about all those people who have gone their whole life and never had their house burn down, who never had to be in a robbery attempt or a tornado? Are they even MORE watched over by God than you are? This is all very illogical.

Instead of denying the obvious with dismissive answers like "God works in mysterious ways" or "it’s OK because they get to go to Heaven" people need to stop clinging to unproven religious beliefs which just don’t hold up. The Universe is a cold, logical, awesome place that is not concerned with the concerns of such creatures as ourselves (and it is beyond any of our religious beliefs) that’s WHY there is so much suffering that all living things can experience. We are here as a result of the Universe’s natural processes and are as fleeting as anything else – and yet we are part of a great system of life. It is up to us to learn and evolve and help ourselves and our planet, not some fairy tale that there is a warm, fuzzy God to make us feel special. There is no definitive proof of any religion and their are many religions because they are just man made attempts to understand our origins and we really don’t "have all the answers" as religious people like to think they do.

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Why should any religious person believe there’s a "god" watching over us? If there’s a "God", why did those four nice old people on the news who were trying to PASS OUT BIBLES around the world get kidnapped by Somalian pirates and ultimately brutally killed (Feb. 22, 2011)? And what were they doing trying to give out Bibles around the world like that so close to Muslims and people of other cultures? Is this the Darwinian advance of one religion over another?

The way the world actually works mocks religious belief again and again yet people still have a primitive need to explain everything in terms of a warm fuzzy deity watching over us. Why did an Earthquake topple the city of "CHRISTCHURCH" in New Zealand (Feb. 22, 2011), including their church, killing or trapping hundreds of people. Couldn’t God step in an do anything, if not then, why not as they try to find survivors and take all the fallen debris away? We obviously have to rely on each other, not wait for God.

Why all over the world are there tsunamis and earthquakes, hurricanes and so on that kill thousands of people and ruin the lives of thousands more? Remember the very bad one DURING CHRISTMAS in 2006. Do you think all those thousands of people got to feel warm fuzzy "Christmas" feelings?

I saw a "Nova" special on PBS about the disappearance of flight 447 over the South Atlantic. It was later found in pieces in the water, everyone dead of course. Many probably had a horrible death by drowning or being eaten by sharks etc., I’m sure many of them believed a "God" was looking out for them. Well, I guess there wasn’t. This same thing happens again and again around the world.

People will get all excited about seeing a randomly created image of "the Virgin Mary" in a potato chip or in a stain pattern in an old wooden chair and they will say how "God is with us". Such flawed reasoning! Would God choose to reveal himself in such superficial ways instead of where he is really needed? On some wooden panels above my bed I can see the images of a "grey" alien and a frog etc. It’s like children looking at clouds and seeing random patterns and images in them. That’s all it is. By pure chance you can get an image, more or less, of just about anything, given enough clouds or potato chips or stain patterns.

I find it ridiculous when, on the local News, people who survive their house burning down or who survive robbery attempts or tornadoes, etc., will say "oh God saved me! He’s watching over me! Thank God!". You mean he wasn’t watching over you so that your house didn’t burn down, that there never was a robbery attempt in the first place or a tornado didn’t level your town, along with taking those other people who died in it? Or was he only partially watching over you? And what about all those other people who, all over the world don’t survive these things? Would God be so petty as to pick and choose or, is it simply that, by chance some happen to survive and many more do not (more don’t)? What about all those people who have gone their whole life and never had their house burn down, who never had to be in a robbery attempt or a tornado? Are they even MORE watched over by God than you are? This is all very illogical.

Instead of denying the obvious with dismissive answers like "God works in mysterious ways" or "it’s OK because they get to go to Heaven" people need to stop clinging to unproven religious beliefs which just don’t hold up. The Universe is a cold, logical, awesome place that is not concerned with the concerns of such creatures as ourselves (and it is beyond any of our religious beliefs) that’s WHY there is so much suffering that all living things can experience. We are here as a result of the Universe’s natural processes and are as fleeting as anything else – and yet we are part of a great system of life. It is up to us to learn and evolve and help ourselves and our planet, not some
fairy tale that there is a warm, fuzzy God to make us feel special. There is no definitive proof of any religion and there are many religions because they are just man made attempts to understand our origins and we really don’t "know all the answers" as religious people like to think they do.

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I want to live in a nice sunny place with no earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, or floods. I thought California or Nevada but they have earthquakes. Any ideas?

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An earthquake, or a tornado? I prefer an earthquake, because they don’t always kill whatever comes in it’s path, like a tornado!!!
Maybe it’s because I’m from California, where earthquakes are normal! They’re not even scary. They’re not always HUGE!

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Kay so I read this as an answer to a question about transsexual people.

"Transsexualism is like a tornado. The tornado is the only force in nature that is entirely destructive. Fires destroy everything, but they clear away dead underbrush and fertilize the soil… it even is required for many flowering plants and trees to germinate. Hurricanes, rains, floods, mudslides, wind, earthquakes, all destroy but build… marshes and wetlands, mountains and valleys… all violent forces of nature in effect are required for life on this planet. But not a tornado… it is just a violent force of nature which destroys and leaves behind nothing but desolation.

Transsexualism is like that… it destroys everything. It takes away wives from husbands and husbands from wives, children from their fathers… It destroys families and friendships, it takes away all jobs and sources of income, your life insurance, your medical and dental insurance, your eyeglass insurance, your retirement, your house, your home, your everything. Everything you knew and loved, were once comfortable with, were happy with. It takes it all. "

OMG thats so pessimistic, how can you say being transsexual is like a tornado? Omg its not even that bad. Im trans, so what. At least I still enjoy feeding and bathing myself. Why are people so negative!? I personally view being trans as a positive experience in many ways.

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Are there tornadoes in Minnesota and how bad are they usually, when they strike? I have always wanted to live in Minnesota, coming from California we have a lot of wildfires and earthquakes, so I know I should not fear tornadoes, but I still do.

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I live in Florida now (no choice) and as a kid I lived in Oklahoma. So I’ve always been around hurricanes and tornadoes (but lucky enough to stay away from them.)
When I get old enough to move out on my own, I want to move to some place that doesn’t have hurricanes, tornadoes, or earthquakes. I’m okay with snow storms. Does anyone know anywhere in the US that would be best without all of those please?

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How about earthquakes and floods?

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About the rest of the world? what do you think is provoking so many in the World to speak about being in the End Times?

1. Is it the war in the Middle East and Radical Islam?
2. Is it the Weather?- Droughts Global Warming Cooling hurricaines tornadoes earthquakes, melting glaciers, superbugs,famine?
3. Is it the rise of homosexuality as being a valid lifestyle in society and endorsed by many churches?
4. Is it the rise of Atheism and the church diminishing in GOd’s truth while feel good mega churches are on the rise?
5. Is it the rise of Secualrsim getting rid of the name of GOD with the founding father’s as the big divide of seperation of church and state
6. Is it the destruction of the nuclear family- Abortion , children out of control committing crimes that use to be isolated to adults?
7. Is it the rise of a narcissistic society and immorality with pornography, smut and girls gone wild videos
8.Is it the war on Religion and giving adoration to Paganism or Satanism

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It’s because the world is SUPPOSED to be a bad place. Life is supposed to be about hardships.

If you complain about the earth having terrible things in it, you are missing the point because the world is SUPPOSED to be bad because of original sin.

Could God have chose to alter the laws of nature so tornadoes or earthquakes don’t exist? Sure, but he chose this method because he wanted trials and hardships. We need to experience bad things. They help you learn and grow.

Does this makes sense?

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I was encouraged by this daily devotional I read on Elisabeth Elliot’s website:
Title: I Will Not Be Afraid

Author: Elisabeth Elliot

News reports come every day concerning economic and political calamities about to befall us all, not to mention famines, tornadoes, earthquakes, and volcanoes, things which may at any moment strike us or people we love. There are always plenty of good reasons to be afraid–unless you know that things are under control. A Christian has this "inside information." Things are, in fact, under control. God is our Refuge, our Strength, our Mighty Fortress. Nothing will get by the moat of his protection without his permission. To be afraid of what happens today or what may happen tomorrow is not only an awful waste of energy, it is not only useless, it is disobedient. We are forbidden to fear anything but the Lord Himself.

When Christians in China were being hounded to death in the 1930s, one of them (I am told) wrote this simple song, which has helped me in countless times of fear ever since I learned it as a high school girl:

I will not be afraid.
I will not be afraid.
I will look upward, and travel onward,
And not be afraid.

Will power, of course, will not always overcome human emotions. But willed obedience to the One who is in charge, coupled with prayer for his help in vanquishing our natural fears, is something else.

Daily devotions courtesy of Devotions.org, a ministry of Back to the Bible.

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First of all mild climate, no snow. Im no too sure about California because of the earthquakes, it can be inland but cant have any tornadoes. Also a few small hurricanes, I wont mind. Miami, doesnt seem to good because of the crime and all the spanish speaking people but it looks like paradise. The city doesnt have the be huge, but big enough that theres nightlife. Friendly people and okay traffic is a plus.

Thanks in advance!
Also i forgot with good entertainment and shopping. Sorry

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Do they outdo earthquakes? Earthquakes can be very small, to very large. Tornadoes, on the other hand, are always destructive. how about hurricanes? i’ve never heard of a small hurricane or a small tornado. Both i guess would be very destructive. So when a hurricane or tornado hits, it’s always destruction, where if an earthquake hits, it most of the time is relatively minor. We experience hundreds, if not thousands, everyday. The big ones are rare. So what’s everyone think?

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I have lived in Los Angeles, Ca all my life and we have earthquakes over here. The last huge earthquake that was really really bad, was the 1992 NorthRidge earthquake. Since then we have had earthquakes, but small or medium size ones enough to shake u up, stop and say "woah!" but not that big. I just got a promotion from my job and they are moving me to Oklahoma City. Here’s my thought on it. At least I would be given a warning when a Tornadoe is coming since there are signs of them, unlike earthquakes that come with no signs, but how do you deal with the fact that you might loose your home every year and have to have it rebuild all the time? Also……………….is it true that Oklahoma houses have no basments!??? I’m not the party crazy kind of guy, me an my wife (young newly wed couple) actually like the peace and quiet so we are excited about Oklahoma. What should we expect? Are there any bad parts to oklahoma like in los angeles that have really ruff neighborhoods?

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I am deciding on which state I should move to. I’m currently a college student and plan on applying to the colleges there. With student loans, I will be able to get an apartment for around ,000-00 maybe even more. I really want to live in a state that has nice weather, friendly people, not too dangerous, not hard to find jobs, and not hard to find an apartment.

I’m deciding between New York and California. I am majoring in English, maybe journalism. I live in Indiana, so to New York it will be 12 hours away and California is 1 day 12 hours away.

I’ve been told that I should trying going in the dorms (I won’t know anyone in the state, so I wanna try and make friends) but I have a lot of furniture I want to take and I also have a dog and I don’t want to give her away. Plus, during holidays, I want my mom to visit me for a few weeks so I think an apartment would be a better choice. I plan on joining clubs and activities at whatever college I go to and i’ll probably go to coffee shops and walk around, so I would think I’m bound to make some friends. I’m quiet, but i’m a very nice person.

So which state do you think I should move to? California or New York? again, I want something that has apartments or even houses (which I doubt) for around 00 a month, more easy to find a job in the state, not too bad of a weather (I’ve never been through floodings, fires, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, or anything like that so i’m not sure what to expect), and some place that doesn’t have a lot of violence.
I’m a sophomore right now, but am tranfering colleges

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I am deciding on which state I should move to. I’m currently a college student and plan on applying to the colleges there. With student loans, I will be able to get an apartment for around ,000-00 maybe even more. I really want to live in a state that has nice weather, friendly people, not too dangerous, not hard to find jobs, and not hard to find an apartment.

I’m deciding between New York and California. I am majoring in English, maybe journalism. I live in Indiana, so to New York it will be 12 hours away and California is 1 day 12 hours away.

I’ve been told that I should trying going in the dorms (I won’t know anyone in the state, so I wanna try and make friends) but I have a lot of furniture I want to take and I also have a dog and I don’t want to give her away. Plus, during holidays, I want my mom to visit me for a few weeks so I think an apartment would be a better choice. I plan on joining clubs and activities at whatever college I go to and i’ll probably go to coffee shops and walk around, so I would think I’m bound to make some friends. I’m quiet, but i’m a very nice person.

So which state do you think I should move to? California or New York? again, I want something that has apartments or even houses (which I doubt) for around 00 a month, more easy to find a job in the state, not too bad of a weather (I’ve never been through floodings, fires, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, or anything like that so i’m not sure what to expect), and some place that doesn’t have a lot of violence.

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This year has picked up with the viral youtube videos of Tornadoes, earthquakes, natural disasters amongst other things people decide to post on twitter/youtube.

Wouldn’t their be a higher probability of people posting ghost sightings on their camera phones, more than ever before? Why hasn’t this happened?

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I went for vacation there. And I loved it. I am in 8th grade and want to do high school there. I also found a company that is ready to hire me as part time job, USA have good market on things that I do such as 3D animation, web designing and visual effects.

But now I heard somewhere that USA gets freezing temperatures (the midwest can drop to 30 below zero), and snowstorms, a lot of tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires, and places like California experience earthquakes. They’re talking about the "Big One" that has a 99% chance of hitting California within 20 years.

I’m now really afraid about it. What should I do?

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like in california they have earthquakes, and there is a risk for hurricanes in the gulf and along the east coast. the midwest has the threat of tornadoes in the spring and summer months, and there can be fierce blizzards in the rockies

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i mean, everyone makes such a big deal about the earthquakes in Southern Cali. Hello people I would rather live where I can get a few good massages a year than to watch my house be blown away!

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I don’t know too much about them, but hopefully I can provide enough info about him. He is pretty old and he was in the Navy. When he was in ther Navy he wrote papers about his findings and theories of how to stop tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, and other natural disasters as they were occurring. He gave them to other people in the Navy and they tried out some of them and they actually worked(I think it was to stop a hurricane) and they just never did it again. He got mad at them and ended up leaving. He was a substitute teacher for one of my Science classes when I was in Eight grade(a little over a year ago) and his last name is Thompson(Not sure if that’s how it’s spelled). After he told us these things he was going to show us the papers, but the class ended. The next day we had our regular teacher again and he told us that it was all true and that it did happen. Don’t know if this helps, but he taught my class in Oregon. As I said he isn’t very famous so if anyone knows anymore that would be great.

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***DURING THE 1700s*** Can you please answer each. Not give me websites. Ive been doing this Homework since like 4:00 PLEASE HELP ME

How did people dress in the frontier? what were their clothes made of? who made the clothes? were did they get the clothes (like what animal or plant)? what did girls wear, what did men wear? what did women wear? what did boys wear?

what type of food did they eat? did they farm or hunt, how did they cook thir meals, what were the common foods they ate, did they all eat together, did they pray before they ate

What were their houses like? how did they build it, where did they live in, how was it inside, what did they have in their houses, who biult the houses?

What was the weather like? were there 4 seasons? what did they do in winter? in summer? in spring? in fall? when it rained? when it snowed? were there earthquakes or hurricanes or tornadoes?

What was their lifestyle? just describe thier life

What was the frontier like? what was the area like? what did it look like? lots of trees or lakes? lots of plants? lots of neighbors? big yards? was the ground soil or concrete or grass?.

how did they speak in the frontier and what first names and last names for male and females were common ther? (Language and "old" words they used) what did they use to say mom and dad? Whats some other words they used?

Each question is a paragraph so i need a lot of info. This is supposed to be a journal . i have to pretend im living in the frontier. Please give me a lot of info!
Thank you so much for wasting your precious time on me.

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***DURING THE 1700s***
How did people dress in the frontier? what were their clothes made of? who made the clothes? were did they get the clothes (like what animal or plant)? what did girls wear, what did men wear? what did women wear? what did boys wear?

what type of food did they eat? did they farm or hunt, how did they cook thir meals, what were the common foods they ate, did they all eat together, did they pray before they ate

What were their houses like? how did they build it, where did they live in, how was it inside, what did they have in their houses, who biult the houses?

What was the weather like? were there 4 seasons? what did they do in winter? in summer? in spring? in fall? when it rained? when it snowed? were there earthquakes or hurricanes or tornadoes?

What was their lifestyle? just describe thier life

What was the frontier like? what was the area like? what did it look like? lots of trees or lakes? lots of plants? lots of neighbors? big yards? was the ground soil or concrete or grass?

Each question is a paragraph so i need a lot of info. This is supposed to be a journal . i have to pretend im living in the frontier. Please give me a lot of info!
Thank you so much for wasting your precious time on me.
ALSO: how did they speak in the frontier? (Language and "old" words they used) what did they use to say mom and dad? Whats some other words they used?

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By perfect I mean not too hot, not too cold and no tornadoes or hurricanes.
Earthquakes are not weather-related. lol

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