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Hey, we're under another tornado warning - this is at least the third one this spring. I'll update when it's over but my bet is that we have zero damage from it.
Let's just put it this way - I'm not getting myself and my dogs in a small windowless interior room unless it gets a whole lot worse than this. It's not even raining outside.
I was out at a conference in California and the people I got to know asked how the heck did we deal with all the tornadoes. As if we had to dodge the things on our morning commutes into work.
I've lived 57 years in the same Southern city and have had one F2 come within a mile of my house.
I've heard that as well and am always surprised at the degree to people think tornadoes play in the lives of people who live in tornado alley, or really anywhere in the Midwest and the South in general.
Tornadoes kill on average 60 people per year and injure around 1,000 in the USA. Just isolating that to the Midwest and South that would be on average 0.000033% of the population there, or around 1 out of every 3,000,000 people.
Of course that's the USA's stats for total killed over just the Midwest/South population, so overall in the USA as a whole 1 out of every 5,500,000 people are killed by a tornado every year.
Around 1 out of every 180,000 people in the Midwest and South are injured each year by a tornado.
EF5 tornadoes are by far the most deadly and the ones that always make the news. One of these occurs on average every year in the USA.
On average you have the same chances of dying getting hit by lightning in the USA as you do dying from a tornado.
I know they can be deadly, but tornados are honestly pretty exciting. But I've lived through more tornado warnings than I can remember, so I'm just all too familiar with the protocol.
I know they can be deadly, but tornados are honestly pretty exciting. But I've lived through more tornado warnings than I can remember, so I'm just all too familiar with the protocol.
That's me - I have to practically be dragged off the patio if there's a tornado warning - I'm so enthused by the storm, because I love big storms!
That's the difference between my next door neighbor from another state (not in tornado alley) and me. If there's even a watch, she's nervous - a warning and she's in her storm shelter that she spent thousands and thousands of dollars on. I'm outside on the patio!
However, I do keep up with the weather because I like to secure my patio furniture, which I'm going to do in a bit since we're under a tornado warning right now!
Wildfires, droughts and earthquakes are all major turnoffs. Earthquakes because there is just no warning to them and wildfires/droughts because I hate living anywhere dry.
Volcanoes could be a bit worrisome too but they usually give warnings before they blow. I am fascinated with tornadoes and remember having to be hauled into the basement when there would be tornado warnings when we would be visiting relatives in Iowa.
Blizzards are no big deal to me; over 5 feet of snow fell here within 2 nights a couple of years ago. If anything I find snowy locations appealing.
earthquakes are ok if the city is built to keep minimal damage by enforcing codes.
I remember watching videos of the eathquake in Virginia/DC area. I wouldnt say those buildings are earthquake proof. Also lots of small ones in the Kansas/north Texas area. Not sure if they could deal with a bigger one. Not a big 10.0 or like you see in Japan, just a moderate one but buildings are made of brick and will crush you inside.
Must be northwest Texas because though we do get tiny earthquakes here in NE Texas, they are not even generally noticeable. I don't know, but here are some interesting stats, including where damaging earthquakes happen in the US (number of significant earthquakes, M3 and up, per state): https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthqua...owse/stats.php
Oh by the way, we had multiple tornado warnings and watches yesterday and several tornadoes did touch down in this area, but no injuries or deaths are reported so far and no damage to my area. https://www.cbs19.tv/article/weather...8-93a174432e41
Threat of earthquakes and larger mudslides would be a no no for me. I can't imagine and give credit to those that can deal w/ that as a possibility. Next would be frequent tornado areas. We had a few hurricanes in Florida and bad tropical storms so I'm more desensitized to those. The large ones would be a nightmare though.
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