RE: Austin
It has nothing to do with pride. It has everything to do with facts.
-Austin has floods every 10-20 years that kill people (who drive across flooded bridges or low water crossings during the flood).
-Austin has hail every few years, but few if any die from that.
-Austin has few tornados (I can count on one hand the tornados we've had in 50+ years.
-Austin doesn't have earthquakes.
-Austin has 100+ degree heat for 2 weeks or more every year, but few if any die from this. We're used to it, and we have air conditioning and cold spring pools.
The only "killer" disaster in Austin are the floods, and those are not annual. I've lived here a long time, and it's not a high risk natural disaster area.
Facts :
San Francisco 1989 earthquake: 63 people deadthroughout northern California, 3,757 injured, and 3,000-12,000 people homeless.
The 1964 Alaska earthquake killed 128 people.
Austin flood deaths - 38 in 51 years:
November 15, 2001 - 1 dead
May 24, 1981 - 13 dead
November 23, 1974 - 13 dead
October 28, 1960 - 11 dead
It's not pride that says that San Francisco and Alaska earthquakes kill more than floods in Austin, it's factual history. Yet Achorage, Los Angeles, and San Francisco are are low risk and Austin is high risk.
The map is idiotic because it's wrong.
