Living In The Path of Destruction

[Platinum Doug]

I was going to post this in a different thread, but didn't want to be rude. Hopefully it doesn't offend anyone, but I'm curious.

Is it really worth it? I just have to ask because living in Toronto, we don't face any major disasters - unless you count the election of poor politicians! I think that happens the world over, from time to time. But living in some great destinations like the west coast (earthquake central) and Florida (home of the hurricanes) seems a bit like rolling the dice.

Is it just one of those things that you have to learn to accept - that if you want to live there, you have to be okay with losing every thing you own??? And is everyone okay with it???