I was in Santa Clara for the Loma Prieta quake. I live now in Florida with hurricanes. I was raised in Amarillo with the tornadoes. Quakes are an E-ticket ride that is over in minutes. Tornadoes give you lots of time to worry about them before they strike, and hurricanes keep you on edge for days.
I’ll take quakes.
Hurricanes give warnings many days before, where they will hit.
Tornadoes give no warning where they will strike, but the forecasters do give warnings where they are likely to occur.
Earth quakes give NO WARNING where or when they will occur.
I lived through TWO hurricanes last year in Florida. We knew exactly when and where they would strike. Orderly evacuation was possible.
I will take hurricanes over quakes and tornadoes.
I remember living in Seattle and mocking the Californians for many things including their impending earthquakes. I moved down to LA for work--concerned for my possible earthquake safety as I did. 6 months later Seattle had her big quake. My old office building in historic, downtown Seattle was a pile of bricks on the ground. Go figure. Life is one hell of a teacher. Especially when it comes to judging others. It has an interesting habit of taking the pointed finger and placing it right square in ones own face.
The only fear I have now is God's judgment. Everything else is do the best we can one day at a time and enjoy it while we have the good blessing to do just that.