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Originally Posted by *Beth*
Yes, climate change is a terrible, terrible occurrence. Australia sounds lovely. I hope this isn't a ridiculous question, but have you seen a koala bear?
A tornado would terrify me! We don't have them on the west coast. California has earthquakes, but at this point almost every structure is earthquake-proof. There are small ones fairly frequently. I mean, earthquakes happen every day, almost constantly, but people can only actually feel the stronger ones. I'm not particularly afraid of quakes, although the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989 definitely was pretty horrific. A very bizarre experience.
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Not a ridiculous question
I’ve only ever seen Koalas in wildlife parks and maybe at a zoo but I’m not sure about the zoo. They’re very cute but can hurt you. We lost thousands of them in the bushfires in 2019 and so many are getting wiped out by housing development knocking down the bush where they live. There’s not much room left for them in most areas. I’m pretty sure they’re an endangered species.
Wow having that many earthquakes is hard to imagine. I know our I guess you would call them our sister country / neighbour New Zealand is always having earthquakes and they have had some devastating ones. We get small ones but I don’t want to jinx us. It would be good if we could all have earthquake / tornado / cyclone / fire / flood proof homes. Maybe one day!