[laurabf]

Hey guys since I am looking in MI. I posted in small and rural towns for input on areas in WI and MI. If you have ideas I'd love to hear.
//www.city-data.com/forum/rural...-town-usa.html

[believe007]

Originally Posted by magellan

I have a feeling this was not in Michigan. I don't think there's ever been a multi-state supercell in Michigan.

All of Michigan's deadliest were interestingly back in the 50s and 60s. Maybe due to better warning technology?

10 deadliest Michigan tornadoes: A look back at the history of fatal twisters in the state | MLive.com

Even the Dexter one that someone posted above did $9.1 Million in damage. That's piddly compared to the $2 billion in destruction in the F5 in Oklahoma City a few years ago. Or Hurricane Sandy which did $68 Billion in destruction in 2012.

We don't have a tornado problem here. Lightning storms probably do more damage than the few tornadoes that mostly hit open cornfields and throw a couple of cows and tractors around.

Eh it was the Super Outbreak of 1974....
Idk how it affected Michigan.....
It's listed as one of the states it hit though.....
I'm not in Mich.
But it's still the Midwest.
The OP will be fine, I'm sure

[jaynarie]

Michigan's version of "tornado alley" tends to be the along I-69 corridor between Lansing and Port Huron.
That is where Michigan's deadliest hit in 1953 (Beecher). Last year, Birch Run was hit (no casualties). I think Deckerville was hit last year, too, or at least a town near it.

[skyl4rk]

[Bimmerfanboy]

Really curious as to why you'd want to move out here...the Seattle area is much better and there are plenty of small towns all over WA state. Come to think of it, the entire state is very rural outside of the Seattle/Tacoma corridor.

Tornadoes aren't really much of a concern, but like most of the country there is extreme weather here. After the Pacific NW, the cloudiest part of America is Michigan. I actually prefer WA weather...nothing extreme like in MI (no thunder, lightning, humidity, cold and snow), and beautiful summers whereas in MI it frequently rains in the summer.

[Unsworth]

I would be more concerned about a big ice storm in Michigan than a tornado.

[MsVaslovik]

I grew up in Michigan and never saw a tornado in that time. I would not worry about tornadoes there. I'd worry a lot more about the economy of that state being in the tank and the state government clueless as to what to do about it.

[mjlo]

Originally Posted by MsVaslovik

I grew up in Michigan and never saw a tornado in that time. I would not worry about tornadoes there. I'd worry a lot more about the economy of that state being in the tank and the state government clueless as to what to do about it.

Oh yay another Michigan ex-pat that hasn't looked at economic data since they moved.

[MS313]

Originally Posted by mjlo

Oh yay another Michigan ex-pat that hasn't looked at economic data since they moved.

He should have... I replied to him in another thread. I'll post it again:

Michigan unemployment rate: 4.8%
National unemployment rate: 5.0%