there is virtually no place upon the earth safe from any sort of natural disaster.
tsunami, floods, tornados, earthquakes, wild fires, volcanos... virtually every place humans occupy is constantly under threat of some sort of disaster.
it is easy when something like this happens to say "why would anyone live there" but such a disaster is not a weekly occurrence.
its not like the eastern shores of Japan deal with tsunamis every 48 hours
its not as if central oklahoma deals with F5 tornadoes every few days
if this were the case i would wonder why people choose to live there.
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