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Wait, Tampa was hit by Maria last year. But oh, right, no tornadoes.
Maria? You are 1200 miles off. It hit PR. Tampa has not had a direct hit since 1921. We have had blow by's and state crossing storms. But no strong storms have hit Tampa in about a 100 years. How much longer can the luck last?
^^^ This ^^^ Take away the hurricanes AND most of the humidity and it would be just about perfect. However can you imagine how the population would skyrocket? People that say they would never live in Florida usually complain about the humidity.
Maria? You are 1200 miles off. It hit PR. Tampa has not had a direct hit since 1921. We have had blow by's and state crossing storms. But no strong storms have hit Tampa in about a 100 years. How much longer can the luck last?
But the summers would be perfect, wouldn't they be? I asked about summer, not winter.
How great would California be without wildfires and earthquakes? How great would the North be without blizzards? How great would the Mid West be without tornados ?
Point is, no place is perfect. Each region has it's own disasters to deal with. I've lived around the country, and now live in Florida. The risk factor is no better or worse than anywhere else.
^^^ This ^^^ Take away the hurricanes AND most of the humidity and it would be just about perfect. However can you imagine how the population would skyrocket? People that say they would never live in Florida usually complain about the humidity.
The million dollar question is: Are the hurricanes/tornadoes or the humidity worse? I think actually, among the people who've actually been to Florida or Gulf cities during the summer, the humidity is the least of their problems. The fear is losing their property in a catastrophic hurricane.
Many people who dismiss Florida because of the humidity have never actually been to Florida or the Gulf Coast. They experience the searing desert heat of Las Vegas or Phoenix, and then automatically assume that Florida must be even hotter than Phoenix because at least Phoenix is much drier than Florida. Having been to both the Gulf Coast and the Desert Southwest during the height of summer, I can assure you that the Gulf Coast/Florida is a walk in the park, heat-wise, compared to the Desert Southwest.
I would even say that Bakersfield, Fresno, and San Bernardino suffer heat waves far worse than anything you get on the Gulf.
This is like saying, wouldn't Ohio be great if it had no snow. NO!! It's still freaking Ohio!!!
Funny you mention Ohio because last year I googled United States cities with the least amount of natural disasters and the top two were in Ohio!
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