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Vandal Science: Safe From Disaster?

I’ve been living in northern Idaho for about 15 months now, and I’ve always thought that this has got to be one of the safest places in the world to live when it comes to natural disasters. Sure, people in the area might have to deal with the occasional snow storm/blizzard, but in the grand scheme of things, it’s not a big deal. I mean think about it. There aren’t any hurricanes. No tornadoes like the Midwest. No tidal waves. No potential for massive flooding like the Mississippi River. Okay, you might have to worry about a massive volcano spewing ash into the sky, but that only happens once every couple hundred - if not thousands - of years. So I was under the impression that Idahoans have it pretty easy. And maybe they do. One thing I didn’t know about, however, was the earthquakes/ Vandal Science . More here .

DFO: Vandal Science is a blog produced by UIdaho profs that tries to explain science in layman’s terms.

Question: Do you feel safe from natural disaster living in the Inland Northwest?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog