[The Hose]

I got bit by a rattlesnake once if you include that in the "natural disaster" category, but no, its pretty much just HOT, dry, dusty and windy right where I was. Oh yeah, we have had pretty good fires in the mountains the past few years thanks to the recent drought there. Not so here; big difference.

[StriperSniper]

I got bit by a rattlesnake once if you include that in the "natural disaster" category,

Nah, dangerous wildlfe is a whole 'nuther catagory! Those desert ones are kinda nasty I've heard, our Jersey ones tend to be very timid. I haven't seen one in years(I don't crawl around the Pines and swamps as much as I did as a kid ;-), but they always gave lots of warning.