Houston Suburbs vs DFW Suburbs (Dallas, Arlington: transfer to, living, moving to)

[LAnative10]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

The Woodlands is NOTHING like Grapevine.....

I think the Woodlands is very similar to certain areas of the DFW area. It may not be as much like Grapevine (I was just using it as an example), but if you want to compare it piece for piece, the Woodlands is VERY similar to Southlake.

[Scarface713]

Originally Posted by LAnative10

I think the Woodlands is very similar to certain areas of the DFW area. It may not be as much like Grapevine (I was just using it as an example), but if you want to compare it piece for piece, the Woodlands is VERY similar to Southlake.

Yeah, Southlake is a much better example. Both on rolling terrain, but the Woodlands sits in a forest.

[jluke65780]

Originally Posted by LAnative10

I think the Woodlands is very similar to certain areas of the DFW area. It may not be as much like Grapevine (I was just using it as an example), but if you want to compare it piece for piece, the Woodlands is VERY similar to Southlake.

I'll give you Southlake, but Grapevine is very much different from the Woodlands imo.

[Lakewooder]

Originally Posted by gy2020

That may be true but Dallas and Ft. Worth are more at risk from tornadoes from tornado alley. the Houston tornados are supplied by tropical storms and canes.

However, I think you'll find that tornadoes usually travel with the storms from west to east and that they are more common in Fort Worth and the storms many times will 'peter out' as far as tornadoes go by the time they get to Dallas. We've only had one major tornado in Dallas in 153 years and that was in 1957 - 10 killed I believe. But the whole town could see it coming from the west and most folks just watched (so my parents told me).

[ladarron]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

That is still the Dallas area. You guys get atleast 5 tornado warnings a year.

As of now they are spotting a developing tornado in Northern Dallas County.Dallas and Tarrant Country(Fort Worth) are under a Tornado Watch.I guess Dallas Area do have alot of tornado watches and warnings.Tornado Sirens are going off now in Fort Worth!!!!

[Lakewooder]

Check the radar - it starts falling apart when it gets close to Dallas.

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[EasilyAmused]

Yeah, but it picks up again just southeast of Dallas. We get tornados A LOT in Cherokee County.

[Dangerfield]

Damn, something told me all this tornado talk would end up to no good.

[jluke65780]

Originally Posted by Dangerfield

Damn, something told me all this tornado talk would end up to no good.

Yea....Hurricane talk brought Ike to Houston lol. I swear there was a huge debate about how rare it is for hurricanes to hit Houston, and like a few weeks later mother nature brought us Ike!

[theloneranger]

Originally Posted by ladarron

As of now they are spotting a developing tornado in Northern Dallas County.Dallas and Tarrant Country(Fort Worth) are under a Tornado Watch.I guess Dallas Area do have alot of tornado watches and warnings.Tornado Sirens are going off now in Fort Worth!!!!

I like to call Fort Worth the Shield...

the Dallas side of the Metroplex gets heavy rain and wind, but very rarely gets tornadoes. Fort Worth takes the brunt of the damage for us.