katy wrote:

As wonderful a place as Hawaii is, people forget that what it really is
is not a tropical Paradise but a series of volcanoes...always amazes me
when people are surprised when the natural happens....

Why can't it be both a tropical Paradise and a series of volcanoes?
There are only three active volcanoes, all on the Big island, plus a
few dormant.

So what part of the world is immune from natural disasters?