RiffRaff is right "it won't happen to me" mentality is the answer.

Which, I think is by design. Simply put, would we ever leave our homes and go for a drive or swim in the ocean? Car accidents are a simple fact of life, it happens every day to hundreds maybe thousands, I don't know. But we go about our business every day fully knowning that the next intersection could be our last.


It's a very good question though, I often wondered why I live where I do? I mean at least in the mid west and east coast you guys get a warning system that gives you a anywhere form a few seconds to hours to prepare for the disaster. Here, on the west coast, the grounds just starts moving and that's it!