Originally Posted by 1engineer

I totally disagree with your premise and example. This thread is about human nature, not the odds of dying. My point is this:
If you live near a fault line, don't b!tch if you are in an earthquake. If you live in Florida or even worse New Orleans, don't b!tch about a hurricane wiping you out. If you come out of it unscathed don't pretend that "you must be living right" or anything else. YOU chose to live there. YOU chose the increased risk. It's like people who live in higher risk areas are "surprised" when something like this happens! Why be surprised? Now, if someone living in Death Valley dies in a flood, then yes, we have the right to be surprised. Any person who gets hit by an asteroid has a right to go "WTF?"

You can mitigate the odds of dying is a car crash by driving slower, having a safer car or driving defensively. You can mitigate the odds of heart disease and cancer by not smoking or being a fat ba$tard. My point is you could mitigate the odds of dying (or at least not having your house blown away) by moving off the Outer Banks in NC.

To me, anyone who lives in a higher risk natural disaster area and is incredulous when something happens has the same credibility as the fat slob who smoke 3 packs a day, dying when he is 38 years old, showing up at the Pearly Gates thinking "Huh, I wonder why I'm here?"

That's the human nature I am talking about! Why, when people choose to live in higher risk locations, are surprised and dumbstruck when the proverbial brown stuff impacts the spinning machinery suspended from the ceiling?
Yes, we live in a free society and we can all make choices to determine our fate. I just wonder why those who tempt it make a big deal about it when it happens.