An acquaintance of mine in the local Red Cross introduced me to a saying years ago I would guess many here have heard ... "All disasters are local", so +1 on "Know Your Local Hazard Profile!"

Short of a major comet/asteroid impact level event or a supervolcano, generally true.


The above comment is not meant to imply that because an event is not local to me I'm removed from it.

I do feel bad for all those who are suffering directly from this and hope they can find some peace, eventually.