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My Husband & I are considering moving to Lexington near my In-Laws, they are very happy there, but have only been there about a year. They seem to have missed one tornado that did go through the area maybe a month or so before they moved there.
Tornadoes are infrequent and are usually small if they occur. Tornadoes in South Carolina are nothing like they are in the midwest or great plains from an intensity standpoint.
Keep in mind that tornadoes affect a very small area generally so the risk that you would ever be in the direct path of a tornado in South Carolina is minuscule. They are not that much more common here than they are in New Jersey. As you can see on that website, nearly every tornado was an F0, F1 or F2.
you are right..I was thinking that myself...I wanted opinions of people who live there now...they seem to hot Lexington & Columbia..OF course where I'd like to live...but like you said...the constant warnings & severe weather occur in NJ too....I wish I could get past this "fear"! I want o move for the sake of my children...we can't have a decent life with a nice home & "normal" people around them...up here many people just are not as decent as they are in the southern region. I am originally from England, so I am not from NJ directly...however, it has hardened me over the years...I want my little girl to have a chance to live a little! I see Lexington Schools are considered very good this is Obviously important!
If ANYONE has any other thoughts, I would appreciate them!
you are right..I was thinking that myself...I wanted opinions of people who live there now...they seem to hot Lexington & Columbia..OF course where I'd like to live...but like you said...the constant warnings & severe weather occur in NJ too....I wish I could get past this "fear"! I want o move for the sake of my children...we can't have a decent life with a nice home & "normal" people around them...up here many people just are not as decent as they are in the southern region. I am originally from England, so I am not from NJ directly...however, it has hardened me over the years...I want my little girl to have a chance to live a little! I see Lexington Schools are considered very good this is Obviously important!
If ANYONE has any other thoughts, I would appreciate them!
Your risk of death from a tornado in SC is very very very small, perhaps one in 1.9 million per year. If you are paranoid about tornadoes, buy a house in as hilly an area as possible, on the northeast face of a slope. Tornadoes in South Carolina tend to move northeast, and a hill will allow the tornado to jump over your house.
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NC, SC or GA Sandhills get few tornadoes, because the sandy soil gets very hot and dry and there's not enough moisture in the air to form a (big) tornado. Lexington county is in the SC Sandhills. For example RICHMOND county NC never had a single tornado since 1950.
I have always wonder why we have to have tornadoes hurricans and floods wow that realy scary i am for real
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statistic link, scary
