[–] libby [S] ago (edited ago)
Pac NW here. When the cascadia subduction zone slips the giant quake and tsunami is anticipated to be the worst natural disaster in this continent's recorded history.
Living in a rural area (just outside Portland), it's likely we'd have no running water or electricity for up to a year and FEMA would take up to a week to reach us. Thousands upon thousands dead and pretty much every city west of and including Portland and Seattle destroyed.
It's about 300 years since the last one and the typical frequency is every 200 years. Fingers crossed.
[–] CatNamedJava 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Plus p town is full of building not up to code for earthquakes.
[–] CatNamedJava 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
A lot of the buildings in my nieghborhood don't met sesmic standards. So the super earthquake that people talk about will level my neighborhood and probably start a nice fire.
That or an epidemic of tooth decay since we keep voting down fluoridating the water
[–] wollington 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Wisconsin, running out of beer.
[–] CatNamedJava ago
You could drink your piss. It about as good as your beer.
[–] TheKFCNyanCat 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
New Jersey, so blizzard or heat wave depending on season. In Atlantic City it would be hurricanes, but I live far enough from the shore that a hurricane won't be a big deal.
[–] cdinvb 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Mother of God! Well, hurricanes. Florida coast. But there are signs up about tsunami along the beaches: if there's an earthquake best get moving. And twenty miles from here there's a seventies vintage nukie on a barrier island. Could have a real action drama.
[–] 3440710? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Hurricanes, which bring flooding, wind damage, and mudslides, all of which could destroy the agricultural and fishing industries in a day.
Where I live though science and medicine are the biggest employers so we just need power (If you live in America you may have heard about our "terrible" coal ash river spill. It just simply was not that bad.) and clear roads.
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[–] 8_billion_eaters ago
I would say a direct strike from an asteroid, but that doesn't fit your criterion for plausible.
I would say Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, but that doesn't fit your criterion for a natural disaster.
Given a choice between the two, I'd rather be hit with the asteroid.