We recently relocated to the Mt. Pleasant area. We have two dogs and a big fence. The only snake we have seen is one that the exterminator showed me that he found in someone else's yard (a rat snake). My husband saw some baby snakes on the beach walkways. Someone else mentioned the importance of teaching your dog the "leave it" command, which is good for snakes.
I really loathe snakes but they serve a purpose, so I live and let live.
There is no fence that will keep out a snake. Be alert, be safe, know what snakes are poisonous and what they look like if you come across one.
I walk my dogs a lot and I always let them walk ahead of me a bit in tall grasses so that they will flush out anything that might come up and bite me...they have much quicker reflexes and will alert me to anything weird in the grass (that's my theory anyway
As for tornadoes...um, my bigger concern coming here was hurricanes and tropical storms.
To me it's all about risk vs. reward and the rewards have been (so far) very much outweighing the risk (of snakes, storms, etc.)
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