If you're looking to escape the possibility of disaster, it might be time to move to Estonia.In the wake of recent natural disasters in Japan and New Zealand and recalling as far back as Haiti and New Orleans, statistics gathered by EM-DAT are suddenly very important to people wondering if it's possible to escape the earthquakes, tornadoes and hurricanes.
The EM-DAT database, established in 1988, is run by Belgium's Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disaster and includes records of over 11,000 major natural disasters.
EM-DAT's records have no mention of any fatal floods, droughts, earthquakes or severe storms in the following countries between the years of 1900 and 2009:
- Estonia
- Qatar
- Bahrain
- United Arab Emirates
- Andorra
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Estonia: The safest country in the world
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