Oldguy wrote:Ygmir, " Build your house upon a rock." Like you , My cabin is built above the plain; but near the Sutter Buttes, near an abandoned missle silo. I also have a boat if I have no time, and a motorhome if I have time to get out of Dodge. The economic base here is agriculture. It is a rural area.
I live well North of the Yuba River. The closest crossing of the Sacramento River is Colusa. The closest crossing of the Feather River is Gridley. The Northern Sacramento Valley is a fine place is live. I could take I5 or 99E north towards Chico or Redding.
I agree environmental threats exist everywhere but we can all take steps to mitigate or end those dangers. I have approriate defensable space cut around my cabin, the local threat being grassfires. I volunteered seven years with the local fire department and have knowledge of firefighting.
I understand that, and, the bible passage although written symbolically, also has seismic value.......good point.
I have no problem with, and was not meaning disrespect towards, where you live......it is a fine area......near the smallest mountain range in the world........
but, also, it is still in a flood plain..........true, it'd be a big flood, but, the valley has that ability, as would any of the above rivers.... given the correct combination of geologic and atmospheric events........
good for you for having defensible space..........I do, as well, in my forest home.......but, my insurance canceled me anyway.........because the "area" might burn.........I got an "A" from the forestry dept. for my clearing....
as Fishy pointed out, some have no choice where they build, or live.......some do. Some decide to take the risk of disaster to live in a particular spot (Vesuvius, Hawaii, Bengladesh, etc.......) some have no choice or knowledge..........
I was just offering another view of your "broad brush" statement to others, not to live in certain areas.........Pacific Islanders or people in Seattle...........
