| A family man wants to protect his family from all | | | | Baptist Minister, I'd say "Oh Yah, Macon!" |
| possible catastrophic threats, can you blame him? | | | | What about South Carolina near the GA border? I |
| So, a little bit of thinking should go into where one | | | | personally like Greenville, nice place to live, people |
| hangs their hat and decides where to live. They | | | | are cool, smart, decent potential. Growth, I bet |
| should consider droughts, Earthquakes, Hurricanes, | | | | the housing took out their economy, along with |
| and war. Not long ago a very concerned dad living | | | | various industries hurting there - also a nice place |
| near Georgia in the US contemplated | | | | to live. |
| whereabouts to live in the region. | | | | Dalton GA sounds cool - I'd have to do more |
| In strategizing this problem, the following things | | | | research. What can you tell me more about |
| had been discussed; | | | | Dalton? I've talked to folks from there, seemed |
| Living near a Nuclear Power Plant is not so bad as | | | | nice - only been through the town a couple of |
| long as you are not downwind of normal air-flows | | | | times. |
| from it. A nuclear attack on a military installation is | | | | My initial reaction is that I love the beautiful foot |
| only probable depending on that Base's Mission. | | | | hills and mountains near that region, but density in |
| Just because it is a military base does not mean | | | | some places has grown. Do you have kids? |
| it's a potential target. So it depends, and a | | | | Schools are an issue? Also work, what do you do |
| 10-Megaton weapon, well you should be okay 35 | | | | for a living? |
| miles away, problem is fallout, so, again you do | | | | The other issue is that if a big city like Atlanta |
| not wish to be down wind or too close by. | | | | turns to chaos, everyone heads out of town and |
| What about water issues and Droughts - I | | | | ends up in all those little towns along the major |
| completely agree with Atlanta's water problem. | | | | freeways leading out of town along the way. |
| Water is crucial, clean water. Near a river is nice | | | | When civilizations break, they break hard. I do not |
| or in a region with good underground water for a | | | | foresee that, but if you are thinking in advance, |
| well, or near the top of a mountain, so you have | | | | real estate values, 50-year probability. Atlanta |
| clean ground water and abundant underground | | | | could have another civil brawl some day. |
| water that is pure. | | | | You can protect yourself against Earthquakes |
| Macon, GA, I'd say yes and no. Two reasons, one | | | | based on the ground below you. If you live on |
| at Warner Robbins, they keep long-range | | | | blue-rock for instance, you won't have nearly the |
| bombers. But the Northwestern suburbs area | | | | shaking is if you live on a base of clay or sand. |
| could be decent, it's nice there. If you were a | | | | Think on this. |
