Should people be able to stay in a place that is likey to have a disaster...? like new orleans? ?

They stay away from me . . . but ironically I live in Southern California. The area I live in, however, is safe. Mudslides: none here, it's flat. Fires: it's too populated to have a big one. Fires are caught quickly and stopped. I guess I could have a fire, but it's not more likely than any place else. Earthquakes: we feel them, but the fault lines aren't that close and CA building codes mean it would take a really big one to do any damage. Floods: I live on the flood plain of the Santa Ana River.. But due to a great system of flood control channels, as well as up river dams, there hasn't been a flood in forever. Tidal waves: Catalina Island acts as a barrier. An earthquake would have to occur between the mainland and Catalina. We haven't had one yet, but if there was one, my house would be wiped out. I'm less than 1/3 mile from the beach and below sea level. But after the tsunami, they did issue us all evacuation maps.

Houston, Galveston, Lake Charles, Lafayette, New Orleans, Biloxi, Mobile, Pensacola, Tampa-St. Petersburg, Ft. Myers, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Daytona, Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston.....you heard the lady! Pack it up and move further inland to get away from hurricanes.

San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, pack it up! We don't want any damage from earthquakes.

Seattle, Portland, all of Hawaii, time to move! You're right on a volcano!

Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Nebraska, move it! I'm not dealing with your tolerance of tornadoes!

St. Louis, Des Moines, Memphis, get outta here! The Mississippi floods over every few years, so you're dumb for living there.

Living in cities you love is dumb if there's a chance a disaster might strike. That's why I choose to live in an air-conditioned 10 x 8 room.

A question for Erika.....where do you live?

Katrina was the first major hurricane to hit New Orleans like it did in around 30 years.

So yes, this is our home and the first answerer is right, every place is prone to natural disasters.

Florida and the eastern gulf coast should be abandoned before we should(not that they should, just saying).

So...your saying everyone in the Midwest should leave because of tornadoes? Everyone on the Gulf Coast is supposed to leave everything behind because of the possibility of hurricanes? Everyone living in California should go far far east because of the possibility of forest fires? Come on now....thats a stupid question.

what kind of question is this!! Every place in the US is prone to disasters. Should we kick everyone out of california because of the fires, kentucky Because of tornados?????? Think about it that is just dumb. Flooding is prone everywhere just think about the flood that recently happened in Iowa. Lets kick them out as well. Oh If you are prone to bad snow storms your out too!! i guess you want no america. Deal with it. Disasters happen everywhere!!!!

If living in dangerous places became illegal, the entire world would have to be evacuated. A super-volcano might explode, or an astral object may crash into the Earth. No one is absolutely safe.

...or California, or New York City, or Kansas, or the entire state of Florida, or Hawaii? Yes, let's all just pack up and leave those places to live in Minnesota.

Oh, wait--

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293733,00.html

In my opinion, no. That is a hazard to their life and also can take a hard toll on their life afterwards if they survive. I don't understand why people continue to go back to the same area if they know that it has natural disasters on a regular basis. But I guess people will be people, and the government will be the government. Hopefully, they will change this before too many more people get hurt in avoidable situations like this.

after seeing the effects of hurricane ike here in Texas, I've seen the same things but worse since hurricane rita just 3 years ago. I know one thing, it is absolutely stupid to rebuild in places that are prone to flooding, except if proper precautions can be put in place like levees and such. i know after i graduate from college next year, i am moving. i do not want to work hard to have a home that is going to be constantly damaged or destroyed. every single time i have evacuated this year i have spent soooo much money (gas was 4 dollars then) i think to myself "now you're just asking for it...MOVE!" i am sick of hurricanes. they tore my life apart because my family was at each other's throats during evacuation and it turned into a big mess that has caused me to completely lose my family. So no...hurricanes do more than just destroy things...they destroy lives and anyone who is not prepared to deal with, should live where they are prone to hit.

Ever been to Oklahoma or Kansas?