Is Austin Weather As Bad As Fort Worth

[booz30]

Originally Posted by fallof09

The weather in Austin is nice and mild compared to N. TX. I grew up there and felt like I had to fear for my life at least once a week b/c of the storms. That *might* happen once a season here. We didn't hunker down at all this year (we live in S. Austin)The winter is milder as well. Ft. Worth can get pretty harsh (for TX) but Austin just doesn't. IMO there is much less wind, and that makes the winter more tolerable. Usually we just have jacket weather, not coats, scarves, gloves, hats, ice scraper weather KWIM?

SOUNDS GREAT I THINK WERE GOING TO TRANFER TO ROUND ROCK TEXAS I WORK FOR FRITO LAY SO I WILL FIND OUT SOON THANKS

[booz30]

Still Confused

[Kave64]

Travis county has had 2 tornado deaths in the last 50 years. There was actually one guy who accidentally choked himself to death with his garden hose in 1981, so you might want to worry about that being a possibility too. While we may get an occassional tornado warning in the area, the odds of a tornado actually hitting anything of importance is generally pretty low. By the way, I read that more than 50 tornadoes have been recorded in Los Angeles County since the early 1900's.

[love roses]

Right. Tornados rarely hit anything out here. Austin isn't exactly in tornado alley, although tornado alley starts somewhere North of Georgetown. I've never seen one in the 3 yrs. I've been here, and even before I moved to Colorado and lived in Houston, I only remember 1 tornado touching ground and doing damage and that was in Jarrell sometime in the early to mid 90's. I think you'd have a greater chance experiencing a tornado in Ft. Worth, and even there, the chances are slim. Now, Kansas would be a different story

[tashina]

Here, booz30, this link should keep you busy for a few minutes. Just enter your zip code and go. We'll start with my zip in Austin.

Fly Tornado Paths Using Google Earth

Note: You don't need Google Earth to look at the tornado locations.

[booz30]

Originally Posted by tashina

Here, booz30, this link should keep you busy for a few minutes. Just enter your zip code and go. We'll start with my zip in Austin.

Fly Tornado Paths Using Google Earth

Note: You don't need Google Earth to look at the tornado locations.

cool web site i would pick austin over fort worth any time looking at that map i was comparing your zip code to 76248 and yes there was a difference thanks