re: #107 Brian J.
True, but a major one is more than that, and I was in Pasadena for the Northridge quake.
Sure. But there’s a difference in reactions to a Cat 1 hurricane versus a Cat 5, or an EF-0 tornado versus an EF-5.
It’s really just semantics of which way you want your house demolished and how much warning do you want to be out of the way, if possible.