Why are people so shocked?

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I live in earthquake country in California and near the San Andreas fault :) and as a result i have been through a lot of earthquakes even a few floods growing up. My question is why do people who live in Earthquake country or hurricane or tornado alley especially like florida & the gulf coast always act supervised when their hit by a natural which ever disaster fits the area? I mean if you live in Hurricane alley you have to expect and accept that there is a chance a hurricane will affect you in some way potentially greatly. Most have to have insurance be it flood or earthquake or hurricane. I just don't get why people always seem or act supervised that a hurricane put a tree through their house or flooding on the coasts after a hurricane may have done damage to your house that the hurricane the hurricane had skipped. What's the saying if you play with fire you're bound to get burned? I accept that one day there will be a big earthquake bigger then the 7.3 in 1987 or any in LA and I accept that there might be a miracle flooding because of faulty levees or global warming or whatever. I don't mean to sound cold but if you live below sea level surrounded by water you're going to flood sooner or later yet we bury our heads until it happens & then are shocked. I just don't get it....Slamming your hand in a car door is funny but hurts which is why I try not to do it it just boggles my mind how shocked & suprised people are about things they know ahead time are possible. Same goes with investing be it the stock market or houses its a risk any time anywhere & whatever reason you do it & yes the potential gains are often good but there's still some risk & people accept it invest or buy and then the economy or housing market tanks or the company goes bankrupt or has a health scare & boom the investment backfired. There's risk. I ....beyond me ....why do we over look things burying our heads in the sand & why are we suprised when it happens?
 
people like to get each other excited. fact of life. haha







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they are supervised that it happened to them. it's always supposed to happen to other people.
 
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