Thinking more about CCT's comment
So many people live in risky areas, as if nothing will happen to them. People return to the slopes of active volcanoes, like Vesuvius and Lassen. People live in Seattle and Tacoma, the whole southern end of Puget Sound, as if Mt Rainier will never erupt again, although we know it will. (When that day comes, downtown Seattle and much of Tacoma will be gone, like Pompei and Herculaneum. I've seen the projected devastation maps.) In California, it's the San Andreas Fault--one of many that run up... Sign in to see full entry.