Why are people so shocked?
I live in earthquake country in California and near the San Andreas fault 
and as a result i have been through a lot of earthquakes even a few floods growing up. My question is why do people who live in Earthquake country or hurricane or tornado alley especially like florida & the gulf coast always act supervised when their hit by a natural which ever disaster fits the area? I mean if you live in Hurricane alley you have to expect and accept that there is a chance a hurricane will affect you in some way potentially greatly. Most have to have insurance be it flood or earthquake or hurricane. I just don’t get why people always seem or act supervised that a hurricane put a tree through their house or flooding on the coasts after a hurricane may have done damage to your house that the hurricane the hurricane had skipped. What’s the saying if you play with fire you’re bound to get burned? I accept that one day there will be a big earthquake bigger then the 7.3 in 1987 or any in LA and I accept that there might be a miracle flooding because of faulty levees or global warming or whatever. I don’t mean to sound cold but if you live below sea level surrounded by water you’re going to flood sooner or later yet we bury our heads until it happens & then are shocked. I just don’t get it….Slamming your hand in a car door is funny but hurts which is why I try not to do it it just boggles my mind how shocked & suprised people are about things they know ahead time are possible. Same goes with investing be it the stock market or houses its a risk any time anywhere & whatever reason you do it & yes the potential gains are often good but there’s still some risk & people accept it invest or buy and then the economy or housing market tanks or the company goes bankrupt or has a health scare & boom the investment backfired. There’s risk. I ….beyond me ….why do we over look things burying our heads in the sand & why are we suprised when it happens?
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7 comments
Kay on September 29, 2009 at 11:58 am
I agree with the point you are making. But people don’t want to move from the place where they call it "home sweet home." With more and more increased populations, we need more place to live regardless of natural disaster.
What upset me sometimes is the people who bought homes right next the CA freeways and later demanded CalTran to build the sound walls at taxpayers’ expense. The homes near the freeway were cheaper because of the freeway noise. After buying it cheaper, cry foul and having us pay for the sound walls is worse than the people who live in the disaster zones and suffer the consequences when the nature beats up on us.
shakeandbake987654321 on September 29, 2009 at 11:58 am
people like to get each other excited. fact of life. haha
help:http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081117181030AAjtf1y&r=w
essienelly on September 29, 2009 at 11:58 am
they are supervised that it happened to them. it’s always supposed to happen to other people.
mandm on September 29, 2009 at 11:58 am
The reason people are shocked or surprised when it happens is because many of them have never experienced disasters. They think life just exists and don’t think about risks.
RKA on September 29, 2009 at 11:58 am
We are shocked because sometimes we don’t do our homework, and sometimes we are shocked because we are working within a system that promotes our investment. Really, how many people in the 9th Ward in New Orleans understood the danger of living in a home below sea level…how many new South west Floridians thought they would be devastated by Hurricane Charley when no hurricane had come across that area since Donna n 1960. Who in Kansas and Oklahoma ignored the possibility of a Tornado???But and however, there were millions of Americans who had faith in the American economy that never thought Wall Street would turn on them as they have in the past three years. Millions of folks have purchased expensive insurance policies for flood insurance, and other insurance policies against natural disasters, but didn’t have insurance against the greed of Wall Street lenders and hedge funds betting against our failure.
Randy F on September 29, 2009 at 11:58 am
I don’t think people are surprised by such natural phenomenon. I think they are surprised by the devastation brought by not fully understanding before hand. I live in tornado country. We’ve had 13 this year 10 in one day and I wasn’t surprised that we had tornado’s but afterward I found it hard to believe the devastation. It’s hard to imagine before hand the power concealed within all such things.
katie p on September 29, 2009 at 11:58 am
they think that its a really big deal that it happen and it speards like wild fire