Originally Posted by
DenverBrian
Plus, depression over the homes and beautiful oceanfront spots lost forever.
When you lose your home to a flood or hurricane, you can usually rebuild on the same spot. When your home is buried forever under 40 feet of lava, you can never rebuild on that spot.
Of course. I'm not making light of losses. But with a flood, fire, tornado, earthquake, and sometimes even with a hurricane, you can't get out, and you die. The ability to be depressed is a luxury that many victims of other natural disasters don't even get.