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Earthquake zone. As much warning as you have with hurricanes you'd have to live almost exclusively around the gulf and southeast and I just couldn't do that.
The northeast doesn't get hurricanes to the same extent, but they do get them. I find it interesting that parts of FL have few strikes.
Because earthquakes do in fact hit those areas, just significantly less frequently. Charleston, SC for example suffered a major earthquake.
If Charleston SC had a major earthquake in the 1800s, would you not consider it earthquake prone?
The New Madrid and Wabash Valley have not produced a damaging earthquake since 1812, yet most of the cities in the zone have earthquake codes for their buildings.
Earthquake zone. As much warning as you have with hurricanes you'd have to live almost exclusively around the gulf and southeast and I just couldn't do that. Plus wouldn't you have to deal with damage every couple of years compared to every few decades? Honestly, I live in a tornado area and would rather move back to where there aren't really any natural disasters... Denver.
no place is immune to natural disasters.
Tornados/Floods/Blizzards can hit Denver too.
Plus the mountain range has earthquake risks too.
Personally I rather deal with Tornados in Indiana. I have a 15 minute warning on average and it sure in hell doesn't take that long to go down into the basement
Earthquakes are low risk in Indianapolis and Hurricanes cant hurt us. We only get the left over rain from them.
no place is immune to natural disasters.
Tornados/Floods/Blizzards can hit Denver too.
Plus the mountain range has earthquake risks too.
The safest places in the USA to avoid risk from natural disasters is the western coastal interior of Washington and Oregon. Places like Corvallis and Olympia on the east edge of the coast hills. They do get earthquakes, but the geology and building codes keeps damage to a minimum. Olympia was near the epicenter of the 6.8 magnitude Nisqually Earthquake and suffered minimal damage.
These areas does not get dangerous heat waves, dangerous cold snaps, drought, major tornado events, hurricanes, or tsunami.
The safest places in the USA to avoid risk from natural disasters is the western coastal interior of Washington and Oregon. Places like Corvallis and Olympia on the east edge of the coast hills. They do get earthquakes, but the geology and building codes keeps damage to a minimum. Olympia was near the epicenter of the 6.8 magnitude Nisqually Earthquake and suffered minimal damage.
These areas does not get dangerous heat waves, dangerous cold snaps, drought, major tornado events, hurricanes, or tsunami.
Prevailing winds take the ash east. Only areas the get messed up are the river valleys down stream from said volcano. Orting for example is at risk, South Hill a few miles west is perfectly safe. You will be safe in Seattle.
Having been through several earth quakes ,and seen the devistation of tornados , I prefir the earth quake every time.
I live i n southern california.
Have you hears of the new madrid fault in the mid west ? that one makes the california fault insignificant.
If I'm not mistaken, Katrina claimed over 1400 lives, Sandy claimed about 280 lives.
On the other hand, the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, a 6.9 earthquake in San Francisco claimed 63 lives. The 1994 Northridge earthquake, a 6.7 earthquake in Los Angeles claimed 57 lives.
Keep in mind you are comparing maximum strength hurricanes to "average" earthquakes. Earthquake-prone zones in the US have been lucky in recent memory. A Katrina-force earthquake equivalent would be a 9.0 quake hitting LA.
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