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Old 08-24-2011, 10:30 AM
 
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For some reason, even after growing up in tornado alley, I never really included them in the hard core NATURAL DISASTER category.

I more think of things that affect large areas and thousands of people over a big region. I mean I know tornadoes are severe and terrifying, but it's just that they normally affect such a small area and the chances of them hitting your little plot of land (even in tornado alley) is SO SO small.

In Joplin and Tuscaloosa, clearly very extreme examples, it wiped out large areas of town, but at least the rest of the town is intact and capable of sending help immediately.

I'd be more scared of an earthquake, flood or hurricane. In many of those instances you have devestation spread out over a huge area. You can't just send in help from a few blocks away. You can't walk out of the disaster zone and into a hotel down the road that is all set up with power, food, water, infrastructure. Your house might get damaged, but at least you can still go to work or crash at friends down the road. Even when it wipes out an entire down of 1,000 people, at least all the surrounding areas are fine and can help.

I mean I was also leery of tornadoes, but I find people who live outside of tornado alley are normally much much more scared of tornadoes than people who deal with them and live in the area.
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Old 08-24-2011, 09:04 PM
 
Location: Cleveland bound with MPLS in the rear-view
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It's gotta be San Francisco/LA, right? The "Big One" still hasn't hit yet and it's WAY overdue, which frankly scares the hell out of me! My family is all in SF right now and I really don't want them to experience this event, which is literally imminent! Something this big is going to be so catastrohic I just don't understand what a city like SF can do to prepare.
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Old 08-24-2011, 10:24 PM
 
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well, how bout 3 days? Boston/ Providence will be hit by a large Cat 2 during astronomical high tide.
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Old 08-25-2011, 07:47 AM
 
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For some reason, even after growing up in tornado alley, I never really included them in the hard core NATURAL DISASTER category.

I more think of things that affect large areas and thousands of people over a big region. I mean I know tornadoes are severe and terrifying, but it's just that they normally affect such a small area and the chances of them hitting your little plot of land (even in tornado alley) is SO SO small.

In Joplin and Tuscaloosa, clearly very extreme examples, it wiped out large areas of town, but at least the rest of the town is intact and capable of sending help immediately.

I'd be more scared of an earthquake, flood or hurricane. In many of those instances you have devestation spread out over a huge area. You can't just send in help from a few blocks away. You can't walk out of the disaster zone and into a hotel down the road that is all set up with power, food, water, infrastructure. Your house might get damaged, but at least you can still go to work or crash at friends down the road. Even when it wipes out an entire down of 1,000 people, at least all the surrounding areas are fine and can help.

I mean I was also leery of tornadoes, but I find people who live outside of tornado alley are normally much much more scared of tornadoes than people who deal with them and live in the area.
I've noticed this as well. I grew up in the far southern part of the alley and as a child; tornadoes use to scare me, but as a I grew up; I actually get a thrill from them lol
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