10 Safest Cities in America From Natural Disasters (living, cost, place)

[imcurious]

http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/LawsRegsPolic...Perch-Sec9.pdf

[CrazyJoeDavola]

I believe that Hawaii was considered the safest state to live in believe it or not. So I guess based on that study, Honolulu would be the safest city to live in.

[abr7rmj]

1. Chesapeake, VA
2. Erie, PA
3. Fort Wayne, IN
4. Grand Rapids, MI
5. Green Bay, WI
6. Henderson, NV
7. Phoenix, AZ
8. Provo, UT
9. St. Paul, MN
10. Stamford, CT

Phoenix's desert location and lack of access to fresh water would seem to be a major, major concern going forward. And Provo wouldn't exactly be a nice place to be if/when the Yellowstone caldera starts get angry (though, really, nowhere in the U.S. would be completely safe).

And how is St. Paul any safer from the thread of natural disasters than Minneapolis?

[AZLiam]

Originally Posted by abr7rmj

1. Chesapeake, VA
2. Erie, PA
3. Fort Wayne, IN
4. Grand Rapids, MI
5. Green Bay, WI
6. Henderson, NV
7. Phoenix, AZ
8. Provo, UT
9. St. Paul, MN
10. Stamford, CT

Phoenix's desert location and lack of access to fresh water would seem to be a major, major concern going forward. And Provo wouldn't exactly be a nice place to be if/when the Yellowstone caldera starts get angry (though, really, nowhere in the U.S. would be completely safe).

And how is St. Paul any safer from the thread of natural disasters than Minneapolis?

People complained about desert farmland being raked over to build new homes; however, farming used up more water than those homes do.

[wldgrdnr]

Since I found out yesterday the place I was planning on moving has a serious risk of radiation issues from a defunct Nuclear Power PLant (and a functioning nuclear power plant right IN the city) I have been searching for where you are safest from natural disasters...the answer depends on which list you read and how they are rating things...data can do anything you want it to, depends on what data you put into it...I am trying to get away from earthquake potential and rain in the Pacific Northwest (mostly rain, but my house is situated a mile or 2 from a fault line...so I want to get away from earhquakes too)

Interesting that the first link, a map, shows the entire W coast as being pretty safe...regardless of earthquakes...the reasoning being is thast they don't occur as frequently as bad weather that occurs frequently in other places

I have a 2nd home an hour S of Phoenix and could never stand the heat there, yet looking at where I was thinking of moving in the mountains N of Phoenix there is danger of earthquakes, wildfires, arsenic in water and radon in the ground...


I am also seeing in perusing these various sites that the "safest" place to live in the country depends on what list you read...it varies from list to list


http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/05/01/weekinreview/01safe.html?ref=weekinreview




Click here: America's Safest Cities - Forbes.com

One thing I have noticed is that some of the safest places to live are also the least desirable as far as weather is concerned...where I grew up (Long Isalnd, NY) was listed on one list as the safest place in the country...unfortunately, #1 who the heck can afford to live there #2 due to hubbies job I have to stay in the western part of the country...

...the data I am finding is such a confusing mish mash and the info varies (and contradicts) from site to site...

The old saying with computers applies here...GIGO=garbage in garbage out

Everything depends specifically on what issues they are looking at...

I'm starting to think you might as well take a map, get a box of darts and start throwing LOL

[argot]

I read in some book I received as a kid that the safest place in the U.S. from natural disasters is Crossroads, New Mexico, although that's certainly not a city. Lubbock is the nearest city of significant size, but then you're starting to get too close to Tornado Alley. I'm not sure what makes it any less dangerous than, say, Roswell.

[Melanzana92]

When I think of safe from natural disasters, I think of...

Denver. It has flood risk but that risk is very mitigated by reservoirs and dams. Tornadoes can also happen, but the risk isn't very high until you get to the airport / eastern Aurora and then increases exponentially the further east you go.

Albuquerque. It can flood though, but not much because a lot of the city is on a slope, with only a small part at river level.

Bozeman, Billings, Great Falls, Missoula, Butte. Unless Yellowstone blows, I don't imagine much happening but the off-chance of a flash flood or small tornado near Billings.

Salt Lake City. It has a large, potentially active fault zone right underneath, though.

Boise! Casper! Can anything happen there?

[WildWestDude]

When I lived in El Paso, it was always said by the media that's its one of the safest in the US for natural disasters!

[MB8abovetherim]

Originally Posted by WildWestDude

When I lived in El Paso, it was always said by the media that's its one of the safest in the US for natural disasters!

That's gotta be a lie. Everyday El Paso almost blows away with their constant 97,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 MPH winds that never seem to stop blowing...

[iNviNciBL3]

Saint Paul would be safe if you took out Blizzards, Thunder storms, Tornado warnings, Floods, High humidity and Sub zero temperatures.