Disaster area? Southern California has it made in the shade
Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 02:02
in Earth & Climate
The region is actually one of the safest in the country, researchers say. Extreme heat and cold are far more deadly than earthquakes and wildfires. Southern California may think of itself as disaster-prone, alternately bemoaning and reveling in its status as earthquake-, wildfire- and mudslide-plagued.