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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:08 AM Original message |
Poll question: What sort of disaster could destroy YOUR home? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. What no "Giant Monster Attack" option? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. How many DU'ers are posting from Tokyo? |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. screw godzilla, the cloverfield monster would kick godzilla's ass |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. No "crap falling from space" either. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. if my home does get destroyed i hope that's how it happens. |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. Man |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
3. Four more years of Bush/Cheney? |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
5. hahahahaha |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. I'm wondering who that was |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
6. Tornado threats are fairly common here during certain seasons. |
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GreenInNC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
7. Got hit by a hurricane |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
8. Tornado - Flood - Wildfire |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
9. Any of those could destroy anyone's home in any location |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
10. I live on the coast of Maine in a trailer, so we might be prone to several |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. You may choose whatever category you think appropriate |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
11. I had a close call with a tornado 2 years ago. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
12. Just about all of the above. |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
13. Fire, very dry here. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
16. definitely two of them |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
18. You forgot kudzu |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
19. Volcanos. You forgot volcanos. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Yeah, I know I forgot |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. If you watch The Sci-Fi Channel original movies, all you need is a big enough nuclear weapon... |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
20. Tornado, fire, flood, hurricane, earthquake, sinkhole |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
21. kosovar partisans |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
22. It's brick. So, not much. |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Tornado |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
47. Tidal Wave! |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. That's what I voted for |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
60. Earthquake disassembles brick quite handily, though lots of rebar helps. |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
26. flood, wildfire, ice storm/blizzard, tornado, |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
28. Tsunami, blizzard, nuclear plant meltdown, explosion at national guard armory, earthquake, meteorite |
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ccinamon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
29. Tornado and flood |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
31. street I lived on was evacuated/closed last Wed due to 23K acre "Humboldt" wildfire |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Ooooh.... glad you made it out okay |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
32. Meteor Strike |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
33. a flood |
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IcyPeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
34. In L.A. - Earthquakes are always just around the corner.... |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
35. Since we live on a hill |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
37. we can 't afford another disatrous Republican Administration. |
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logosoco (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
38. If my house gets flooded it will be flooding in end of the world proportions! |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
39. More than one: |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
40. I live in the country's second most vulnerable flood plain. |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
41. Tornado and/or flooding, |
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Sheets of Easter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
42. Blizzard and tornado apply the most. |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
43. Nothing, I live in a bunker. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
44. northern California...guess! |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
45. We do get blizzards and ice storms, but this house was built to take on a sturdy snow load. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
46. A few places in Rio are flood-prone. Not where I live, though. -nt |
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Blaze Diem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
48. Tornado or wildfire here in NDallas.. Flooding happens but more |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
49. Three hurricanes passed over me in six weeks time in 2004. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
51. Same-sex marriage |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Go back to FR, asshole |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
52. Tornado or wildfire, just a comment, but the people who voted "none of these" are lying... |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
54. Whoever said "none" -- you're wrong |
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pt22 (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. True but the question was "...destroy your home." Lots of things can kill you but not damage |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
55. Hurricane, most likely |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
56. bush supporters |
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snailly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
57. I want to know where the "None of these" live |
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pt22 (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. If you were homeless, nothing could destroy your home. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
58. Fire is the #1 risk here in San Diego - earthquake a distant second. Termites 3rd |
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pt22 (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
59. Almost every location on earth is vulnerable to at least 2 of those. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
62. Earthquakes and wildfires are the most likely. Mudslides less so, as we live away from the hills. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
64. We lost everything in one of those.. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
65. Angry FOF supporters with torches and pitchforks. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
66. Cats |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-16-08 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
67. Earthquake |
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