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Recommendations - perfect climate?
The only problem is that you have not described what you want. One
person's perfect climate may well be another's most boring climate. In general, if you want to avoid earthquakes and volcanic activity avoid coastal and mountain areas. That should get you down to something boring. If you mean only within europe I suspect somewhere in the northern Mediterranean area where there are no coast and no mountains. Perhaps well in from the coast in south central Spain but not far enough in to get mountains. If you mean in the world then perhaps somewhere in central asia well away from mountains. Perhaps Mongolia although you may find that chilly. strawberry icecream wrote: I was wondering where in the world posters would recommend for the perfect climate? This would also include factors such as having little danger of hurricanes, volcanic activity, earthquakes, etc. Any suggestions? TIA |
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"Tony Day" wrote in message ... "Frank F. Matthews" wrote in message ... The only problem is that you have not described what you want. One person's perfect climate may well be another's most boring climate. Very true. In general, if you want to avoid earthquakes and volcanic activity avoid coastal and mountain areas. That should get you down to something boring. If you mean only within europe I suspect somewhere in the northern Mediterranean area where there are no coast and no mountains. Er. Britain has coat all round it and some (small mountains). No volcanic activity for several squillion years and only about two .000001 earth tremors in the fifty plus years I've been about. The same is true of almost every European country. Apart from Italy, Greece , Yugoslavia etc, most of southern Europe along the boundary of the European and African tectonic plates is classed as a seismic hazard zone. And there is no coast on the north mediterranean? What is th bit where the sea stops and the land begins called then? I suspect he meant somewhere away from the coast. I dunno what you call the north meditarranean, but by any definition it has plenty of mountains. By some definitions two of them are volcanic. One actively. Rather more than that, Etna, Stromboli and Vesuvius are all considered active volcanoes Perhaps well in from the coast in south central Spain but not far enough in to get mountains. Crap. No volcanoes in Spain. Mountains ALL near coast! (Sierra Nevada in south, Pyrenees in north) You mean apart from the ones that arent, such as the Iberian Mountains, and Sierra Morena ! Keith |
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On Mon, 10 May 2004 10:57:57 +0100, "Keith Willshaw"
wrote: Apart from Italy, Greece , Yugoslavia etc, most of southern Europe along the boundary of the European and African tectonic plates is classed as a seismic hazard zone. Your sentence is a bit ambiguous. In any case, to clarify, a good deal of Italy is considered to have earthquake risk. ----------- Barbara Vaughan My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup |
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There was a reference to earthquakes. They may be uncommon but they do
occur. Britain has occasionally been hit by hurricanes. Again very uncommon but it can happen. I suppose that the east side might be safe for disasters. Tony Day wrote: "Frank F. Matthews" wrote in message ... The only problem is that you have not described what you want. One person's perfect climate may well be another's most boring climate. Very true. In general, if you want to avoid earthquakes and volcanic activity avoid coastal and mountain areas. That should get you down to something boring. If you mean only within europe I suspect somewhere in the northern Mediterranean area where there are no coast and no mountains. Er. Britain has coat all round it and some (small mountains). No volcanic activity for several squillion years and only about two .000001 earth tremors in the fifty plus years I've been about. The same is true of almost every European country. And there is no coast on the north mediterranean? What is th bit where the sea stops and the land begins called then? I dunno what you call the north meditarranean, but by any definition it has plenty of mountains. By some definitions two of them are volcanic. One actively. Perhaps well in from the coast in south central Spain but not far enough in to get mountains. Crap. No volcanoes in Spain. Mountains ALL near coast! (Sierra Nevada in south, Pyrenees in north) You learnt European geography in the US? Or not at all? If you mean in the world then perhaps somewhere in central asia well away from mountains. Perhaps Mongolia although you may find that chilly. strawberry icecream wrote: I was wondering where in the world posters would recommend for the perfect climate? This would also include factors such as having little danger of hurricanes, volcanic activity, earthquakes, etc. Any suggestions? Tony (answering a troll who answered a troll!) |
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"Frank F. Matthews" wrote in message ... There was a reference to earthquakes. They may be uncommon but they do occur. Britain has occasionally been hit by hurricanes. Again very uncommon but it can happen. I suppose that the east side might be safe for disasters. A bad assumption, Atlantic hurricanes create a massive storm surge in the north sea which due to the way in narrows down north to south can produce extensive flooding on the east coast if it coincides with spring or autumn tides. The last such event killed hundreds of people in the winter of 1953. Keith |
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"Frank F. Matthews" wrote in message ... There was a reference to earthquakes. They may be uncommon but they do occur. There are 200-300 each year in Britain, although most could be mistaken for a passing lorry. Earthquakes of magnitude 4-4.9 occur about every two years and magnitude 5 or above, around once every eight years. In June 1931, the largest recorded British earthquake (one in 1580 may have been larger), magnitude 6.1 and centred on Dogger Bank, was felt across most of Britain, as well a fair bit of Europe. Britain has occasionally been hit by hurricanes. Technically, a hurricane is a tropical rotating storm and they don't get as far as Britain. Hurricane force winds in Britain are classed as severe storms, although the media prefer to call them hurricanes. Records for the past 70 years show seven windstorms that caused significant structural damage across the UK, with others causing major damage in localised areas.. ...I suppose that the east side might be safe for disasters. In 1953, floods devastated the East Coast and Dutch land reclaimation has removed some of the sea areas that a similar tidal surge might have run off into. Colin Bignell |
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Following up to Frank F. Matthews
In general, if you want to avoid earthquakes and volcanic activity avoid coastal and mountain areas. Scotland has coast, mountains and no earthquakes or volcanos. But it does have midges. Give me a volcano over a "clegg" any day. -- Mike Reid "Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso Wasdale-Lake district-Thames path-London "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
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Following up to Tony Day
Perhaps well in from the coast in south central Spain but not far enough in to get mountains. Crap. No volcanoes in Spain. Mountains ALL near coast! (Sierra Nevada in south, Pyrenees in north) except Teide :-) (There are mountains away from coast as well (Gredos for instance)). -- Mike Reid "Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso Wasdale-Lake district-Thames path-London "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
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Following up to Frank F. Matthews
Britain has occasionally been hit by hurricanes. Again very uncommon but it can happen. I suppose that the east side might be safe for disasters. In don't think "hurricanes", we had what was called a hurricane a few years back but I don't think it reached the official wind speed. I don't think the UK has anything you could call natural disasters except some flooding from time to time. I don't think the east is any safer or less safe than the west, most of our weather comes from the west but the really bad weather always comes from the east. Not that its bad in world terms. -- Mike Reid "Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso Wasdale-Lake district-Thames path-London "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
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Following up to Wolfgang Schwanke
Rather, avoid tectonic plate boundaries. Sometimes they coincide with coasts or mountain chains, but not always. And not all coasts and mountains are plate boundaries. indeed not, as far as Europe is concerned it runs down through Iceland under the sea down to the Canaries and then there is the Africa/Europe collision zone through the Med. In the US of course the boundary runs down the west coast. -- Mike Reid "Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso Wasdale-Lake district-Thames path-London "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
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