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Tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes happen almost everywhere. No matter where you choose to go there is always danger of one sort or the other. If you live on the coast you are subject to flooding and tsunamis. California may fall into the sea someday. If the Madrid fault collapses we will have an new great lake in the center of the country. You probably have a much better chance of being killed in a car accident or murdered. BTW, since 1960 there as been 400,000 people murdered in the US.
I have a home in New Mexico within a mile of a volcano in the Rio Grande Valley which contains the State's most seismic areas. I also have a farm in a Texas county that is the number # 2 Texas county for having the most tornadoes since the 1950s.
There's not much I can do about the New Mexico dangers but for Texas I have a weather radio and a storm cellar. For both places, I have faith that when the Grim Reaper comes looking for you, he'll find you no matter where you try to hide.
[quote=donsabi;23275902]Tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes happen almost everywhere.
Not true. Not here. Phoenix does not have tornadoes, hurricanes or earthquakes, which is why I am wondering if I should move out of this area. We are relatively safe weatherwise here, although the dirt storms can make it hard to breathe !
It definitely has made me reconsider the NC area...seems Tornado Alley has widened to include everywhere from Texas to Illinois to Indiana, to Georgia to Florida...
I live inan earthquake prone area and have never gotten used to it, but these tornado patterns are very scary to me too. Personally, I'd rather have a snowstorm once in a while.
It definitely has made me reconsider the NC area...seems Tornado Alley has widened to include everywhere from Texas to Illinois to Indiana, to Georgia to Florida...
I live inan earthquake prone area and have never gotten used to it, but these tornado patterns are very scary to me too. Personally, I'd rather have a snowstorm once in a while.
Shucks. We can have both. But don't "they" say that variety is the spice of life?
I grew up about 45 miles SE of here and don't remember it being so bad. I wouldn't relocate here again, but the tornadoes/storms are just one of the reasons. But to choose an area with earthquakes vs tornadoes with everything else the same...give me earthquakes .
That is my feeling exactly. Unless one has experienced both, one just doesn't get it. I agree, too, that the violent weather is NOT the only reason to want to get out of the south. Of course, I'm sure there are exceptions that some who "know" both prefer tornado weather to earthquakes
I was born in California and lived there for over 50 years. Earthquakes hit with no warning and they can be very scary and destructive. Three years ago we retired to an area in Kentucky that has occasional tornadoes but there is usually plenty of warning (we were warned days ahead of time before the recent tornadoes). People need to heed the warnings but sadly some don't. There are places to go where you will be safe. Instead people decide to drive during bad storms, stay in their homes (but not underground), stay in their trailers and refuse to leave, ignore the sirens, etc.
If you wish to be free of natural disasters move to Svalbard. That's why the International Seed Bank is there. As a bonus there's virtually no crime. They do, however, require people to be suitably armed when going outside of settlements as polar bears occasionally eat people. The weather's a bit nippy but not all that bad.
It definitely has made me reconsider the NC area...seems Tornado Alley has widened to include everywhere from Texas to Illinois to Indiana, to Georgia to Florida...
I live inan earthquake prone area and have never gotten used to it, but these tornado patterns are very scary to me too. Personally, I'd rather have a snowstorm once in a while.
The eastern half of NC does not get the tornado's the weather map might suggest. The Charlotte half gets a few more but that is many miles from Raleigh. Raleigh may be in a weather map zone but the probability of being hit by one is so very low. However my son was in a shopping center where the one last year went through the other half and I was driving parallel to one a few years ago in Maryland was only about 1/2 mile from it wondering where it was. I mean there are trade offs and I would be less worried about Tornado's in the Eastern half of NC than I would thunderstorms. Now if thunder boomers frighten you forget NC. As I was warned and now know we can get epic ones and get them often. My tall trees/wooded tree line are beautiful but when they sway to much I am prone to going inside and not watching the storm first hand from the porch. Yes watching a storm roll in over the trees from the second story porch is something I had to get use to. Went from listening to it from inside a closet to watching it live. Took some doing!
wow...I didn't realize that about the T-storms in that area...I learn something new every day on these forums The only time I experienced that kind of thunder was in upstate NY one summer (way out in the country), it was soooo loud and intense, I was really afraid and I'll never forget it..
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