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This is assuming you have proper time to rebuild.
ik you would have brand new infrastructure in that specific area, but would there be any more drawbacks/benefits? like would houses be cheaper? im very curious and would like to know! (please lmk if this is inconsiderate)
an area that has had a powerful tornado run over it, if you open up google maps on satellite and look at places like Moore Oklahoma or Joplin, MO, you can see an area that has like, less vegetation? idrk how to describe it but you can tell when you look.
This is assuming you have proper time to rebuild.
ik you would have brand new infrastructure in that specific area, but would there be any more drawbacks/benefits? like would houses be cheaper? im very curious and would like to know! (please lmk if this is inconsiderate)
You live in NC but are thinking of buying in OK or MO? Will you be moving there?
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an area that has had a powerful tornado run over it, if you open up google maps on satellite and look at places like Moore Oklahoma or Joplin, MO, you can see an area that has like, less vegetation? idrk how to describe it but you can tell when you look.
Personally, you wouldn't catch me living in any of those tornado states. No thank you.
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You live in NC but are thinking of buying in OK or MO? Will you be moving there?
Personally, you wouldn't catch me living in any of those tornado states. No thank you.
I agree, same with hurricanes. Even with great insurance, your deductible is typically 5%. On a $500k home that's $25,000 out-of-pocket. That's in addition to the inconvenience, having to replace all of your belongings, and possible injury or death. No place is 100% safe from mother nature, but at least here our earthquakes are rare and where I live is on solid bedrock. Our earthquake insurance has a 10% deductible, but in 29 years here we have only felt one, with damage only in Seattle 23 miles away.
I agree, same with hurricanes. Even with great insurance, your deductible is typically 5%. On a $500k home that's $25,000 out-of-pocket. That's in addition to the inconvenience, having to replace all of your belongings, and possible injury or death. No place is 100% safe from mother nature, but at least here our earthquakes are rare and where I live is on solid bedrock. Our earthquake insurance has a 10% deductible, but in 29 years here we have only felt one, with damage only in Seattle 23 miles away.
Pretty much all states get tornadoes. The only thing that differs is the rate at which they get them. In fact weren't there tornado warnings in the Seattle area just this past fall?
But the chance of your property getting destroyed by a tornado is exceedingly slim even in 'tornado states'. There's IMO really only two areas where it should enter your line of thinking at all - central OK and central/north-central MS/AL ("Dixie Alley") and even there there's many thousands of homes that have never been in the path of tornadoes.
You live in NC but are thinking of buying in OK or MO? Will you be moving there?
Personally, you wouldn't catch me living in any of those tornado states. No thank you.
I live in a tornado state. (Missouri) I have LOTS of relatives all over Oklahoma, another tornado state. I was born in Florida, a hurricane state. LOL Yet, I've never seen a tornado with my own eyes, and no one I know has ever been hurt by a tornado.
My parents, however, DID have to have a roof replaced, due to tornado damage. A lot of people did that year. lol
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Pretty much all states get tornadoes. The only thing that differs is the rate at which they get them. In fact weren't there tornado warnings in the Seattle area just this past fall?
But the chance of your property getting destroyed by a tornado is exceedingly slim even in 'tornado states'. There's IMO really only two areas where it should enter your line of thinking at all - central OK and central/north-central MS/AL ("Dixie Alley") and even there there's many thousands of homes that have never been in the path of tornadoes.
We get 1-2/year in our state, but very short duration and little damage, if any. The last destructive one that caused injuries was 1972, a category 3 at the Vancouver WA/Portland Oregon border, lasting 6 hours.
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