As countries in South Asia r under the threat of earthquake & tsunamis, do you think it is wise to live there?
608464
people weigh up the pros and cons, they do not necessarily have the means to move anywhere else anyway.\nits all about subconsciously determing the probabilities. we quite happily leave ourt houses everyday despite that fact that there are numerous dangers that could kill us, but we reason from our own understanding and experience that the chances are slim. \nthe chances of these extreme natural disasters proving fatal to a particular individual are also slim and so they do not feel as threatened as we may think they should.\nhow many times do we get the headline: "Everything is fine in Indonesia today, no earthquakes, volcanoes or tsunamis", i think the answer is never and yet this is 99% of the time they live there.
427676
You can't live in fear of dieing. It will happen to all of us. Besides every time you ride in a car or walking down the street, ride your bike, you are more likely to get hurt or die that the people in California die or getting in an earthquake. You are more likely to die in your own home than they are to die in an earthquake. I have seen so many reports of people dieing in bed or on the couch from drive by shootings, or cars crashing through a house. Where are you going to live to escape all the things that can kill you?
113993
Yes. Earthquake activity in this region is due to plate tectonics. In Kashmir the two plates involved are the Eurasion and Indian tectonic plates. \n\nHere are a few good ways to demonstrate this for elementary school children:\n\n*Have them use their hands with thumbs hooked together and move push one hand forward while pulling one hand back. Force builds up, but when one of the thumbs breaks free both hands makes a big movement (earthquake).\n\n*make playdough "plates" and have slowly pushed together to see uplifting and subduction.\n\n*take model cars/trucks. Predict what would happen if they have met head-on and continue to move. Let cars represent oceanic plates (less dense) and trucks represent continental plates (more dense). This is a good visual to see uplifting (rumpled hoods when they are the same density--car/car or truck/truck) and subduction (truck runs over top of car).\n\nGreat website for kids is:\n\nhttp://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/kids.php?\n\nGreat website for kids with links to many science websites is:\n\nhttp://members.tripod.com/~ozpk/00000science1-4\n\nHope this helps!
784946
On the plus side, you can get a pretty decent house & land for about $20K (US).  Also, cost of living is pretty cheap there, and the people are very friendly.  As far as speaking the language goes, it might help to learn Sinhalese, though English is spoken by a good fraction of the population.\n\nOne important consideration is how are you going to live?  If you plan on starting your own business, there's the challenge of being an entrepreneur in a foreign country.  If you have some money set aside & plan on living off the interest (say, from an annuity), there are issues and costs involved in transferring money into Sri Lanka (or most other countries) from abroad.\n\nAlso, there's the matter of the on-again-off-again civil war there.  The LTTE is concentrated in the northern part of the country, around the Jaffna peninsula.  However when they strike, they usually do so by setting off bombs in urban areas like Colombo.  To date they have not targeted foreigners (I think they're still a little image-conscious, pretending to be the oppressed minority), but that could change; there's also the risk of simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time.  Some parts of the country, such as the mountainous central region, are safer than others.\n\nOverall I think the pros outweigh the cons.  If you're going to live there, though, get used to eating some spicy food.  :-)
153302
yes,why not ? \nall u mention are nations that have lot of people who have smart brain and guts.and money can easily find with that 2 resources.so the only matter just time and conscious to manage and channel their resource better .
137425
i dunno but u can check out this site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/default.stm
287666
there is no place on earth that there is no danger, in the north you got snow storms, temperate zones like cali and ten and others got either earthquakes or tonadoes. the topics like the caribbean got hurricanes and with hurricanes there is flooding, high speed winds. and lets not forget about volcanoes, tidal waves and the list goes on. no place on earth is safe i would say.
611200
Yes, it's nearly certain there will be an earthquake in Indonesia this year -- there are hundreds of them there every year!  Most of them are too small to be felt, however.\n\nNobody can predict the things you ask for, though.  Not scientifically or any other way.  Sorry, you'll have to wait and see if there's a "big one" this year like the rest of us.
101156
i;d go there. my best friend lives there. its not dangerous. dont be taken it by what u read/hear in the news
905461
G'day bb,\n\nThank you for your question.\n\nThere are tsunami warning systems in place consisting of sensors to detect a tsunami and communications to warn those in harms way. A warning system has been in place since 1967 in the Pacific.\n\nUnfortunately, a similar system wasn't put in place in the Indian Ocean until after the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004 with moves now being made to set up such a system. No system can help if the earthquake causing the tsunami occurs just offshore as in the Hokkaido tsunami of 1993 when the tsunami hit no more than five minutes after the earthquake\n\nI have attached sources for your reference.\n\nRegards
990139
I was always told to stand in a doorway.  I grew up in Alaska and experienced many quakes.  I never lived in an apartment complex.  I would definately stay off the stair and/or elevator once the earthquake began.  Do you have an earthquake survival kit?  It might be good idea to put one together if you don't.
733322
It should.  The world would be a better place to live in,  if it is peaceful.
1181105
I lived in L.A. for twenty years - and I'd rather be in an earthquake.  Most of them don't do much damage, they're over quickly enough and aftershocks are rarely bigger than the original quake.  For the most part, people know what to do when the Earth starts to move, and there often aren't any fatalities or even injuries.\n\nYou might be able to get away from a hurricane because you have warning, but overall the damage is much more severe and all encompassing than an earthquake, and because you've left, you don't always know what's going on with your home.\n\nI'd take my chances with an earthquake, thanks.
184037
Well, I think you are safe to say Asia, since Pakistan is IN Asia, you cannot be wrong that way.
1023451
neither actually, but if its do or die situation, id live in a world dominated by America.\nid rather live in my country, Malaysia.(or any other Asian country for that matter.) but Malaysia is heaven because it is one of the Muslim nations yet not too extremist and more liberal with freedom of religions with diverse races and cultures.
968181
why would you want 2 Go there now, With whats happening in those country's including Pakistan.  Some people love 2 put themselves in harms way.  And then wants the world 2 rescues them. CRAZY
457541
Gotta live there.  The only way.  Many places seam great when you visit but once you live there, it is a whole new reality.  Trust me I have tones of experience.