Mastodawn

When I was a kid, I was convinced that multiple simultaneous natural events could not occur at the same time. For example, if there was a thunderstorm in an area experiencing an earthquake, the thunder, wind and rain would pause for the duration of the quake, then resume when it was over, doing the same for aftershocks. Obviously, the earthquake takes precedence.

Likewise, if there was a wildfire, and an earthquake happened, the fire would just have to suspend itself for a while, and hope that it didn't start raining after the earthquake turned off, or something.

Yeah, I had some odd ideas.

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Ricky Enger

@BorrisInABox don't know what this says about me but this would actually make perfect sense to my younger self. at the time I remember reading stories where there'd be Christmas ceasefires in war and I always wondered how that got implemented, or if everyone just figured they couldn't celebrate and fight at the same time and just naturally did it. So if that, why not this? Every natural disaster can wait its turn. If they happen at the same time, how can the poor humans give each one the full panic it deserves? Hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, please make an orderly queue and don't begin until it's your time.