Anyplace ever before have TWO major disasters before? (homes, earthquake)

[citylove101]

Here in the Northeast we had an earthquake and a hurricane almost on the heels of each other, though both were relatively mild. Anyplace else have a twofer like this, or something similar?

[Mightyqueen801]

I'm also in the northeast, so I've got the same this week. Didn't feel the earthquake, though I'm feeling this storm, or at least the taking away of my electricity!

But in 1986 (I think is the right year), I was in gulf-coast Florida visiting my mother-in-law when Hurricane Elena caused us to evacuate because of the storm surge. There was lots of wind and water, but Elena finally headed north and hit Alabama and Mississippi, which had plenty of time to prepare. Two or three weeks later when I was back home in NJ, Hurricane Gloria came into the NY metro area. I worked at the WTC and that was the only time we ever closed the buildings because of the high winds. Had some downed trees and flooding in Jersey, but mostly LI got whacked. That's the only time I remember being affected by two hurricanes in one year, let alone one month.

[btownboss4]

New Orleans got Flooded by Katrina, then Rita, although they were the same kind of disaster.

[WestbankNOLA]

Originally Posted by btownboss4

New Orleans got Flooded by Katrina, then Rita, although they were the same kind of disaster.

Then Ike came right behind Gustav and did damage to rural Louisiana 3 years later in like a week apart.

[18Montclair]

Oakland suffered the biggest loss of human life in the 89 earthquake which struck right before game 3 of the World Series between the Giants and the As---a quake which leveled a stretch of freeway, and rendered one of the busiest bridges in the world uncrossable and then two years later, the worst urban fire in US history hit Oakland and Berkeley which destroyed 3,000 homes and caused $5 Billion in damage.

Footage from the firestorm, I remember it as if it were yesterday:

Oakland Firestorm Evacuation 1991 - YouTube

The view from the city gives an idea of how massive it was:

1991 Oakland Firestorm - YouTube

[annie_himself]

Good lord that looks like a movie.

[Bill Loney]

Originally Posted by citylove101

Here in the Northeast we had an earthquake and a hurricane almost on the heels of each other, though both were relatively mild. Anyplace else have a twofer like this, or something similar?

Japan had an earthquake followed by a tsunami...as did Thailand etc. so yeah, it's somewhat common actually.

[bryson662001]

Southern California has fires, landslides, earthquakes and bad rainstorms pretty much on a seasonal basis, although it is localized.

[Mutiny77]

Charleston, SC had a major 7.5-magnitude earthquake in 1886 which caused $133 million in damage in today's dollars and almost 100 years later, it was severely battered by Hurricane Huge in 1989, causing almost $3 billion in damage.

[tablemtn]

Port-au-Prince in Haiti got hit by last year's earthquake, then a few months later by the worst cholera outbreak for decades in the Americas.