Have 3 questions regarding Salt Lake City (tornado, live, moving to)

[PacificWest]

1) Is Salt Lake City a bicycle-friendly city?

2) Do Salt Lake City have Severe Thunderstorms, Tornadoes similar to parts of the South & Midwest?

3) Are there a lot of bugs, mosquitoes, roaches & rats like you find in much of the South & Midwest?

Thanks!

[SouthernBelleInUtah]

yes, no, no

[sbartek1974]

Great questions and excellent answers.

[mezman]

Originally Posted by PacificWest

1) Is Salt Lake City a bicycle-friendly city?

2) Do Salt Lake City have Severe Thunderstorms, Tornadoes similar to parts of the South & Midwest?

3) Are there a lot of bugs, mosquitoes, roaches & rats like you find in much of the South & Midwest?

Thanks!

1. Seems to be as there are bicycles everywhere. And there are dedicated bike lanes on some streets.

2. No, nothing like what we experienced in Kansas City.

3. No, some mosquitoes but not as much as the Midwest/South. The box elder bugs are annoying but harmless...

[Katzpur]

Originally Posted by PacificWest

1) Is Salt Lake City a bicycle-friendly city?

2) Do Salt Lake City have Severe Thunderstorms, Tornadoes similar to parts of the South & Midwest?

3) Are there a lot of bugs, mosquitoes, roaches & rats like you find in much of the South & Midwest?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by SouthernBelleInUtah

yes, no, no

Originally Posted by mezman

1. Seems to be as there are bicycles everywhere. And there are dedicated bike lanes on some streets.

2. No, nothing like what we experienced in Kansas City.

3. No, some mosquitoes but not as much as the Midwest/South. The box elder bugs are annoying but harmless...

Ditto.

[UTES]

I agree.

Bill

[SWFL_Native]

Originally Posted by pacificwest

1) is salt lake city a bicycle-friendly city? One of the most cyclist friendly cities i've lived in; however, be careful with dawn/dusk work commutes as there are frequent stories of cyclist injuries/deaths during these hours.

2) do salt lake city have severe thunderstorms, tornadoes similar to parts of the south & midwest? Not at all; i heard of one rare nado touchdown in downtown that had some fatalities. Otherwise zilch...

3) are there a lot of bugs, mosquitoes, roaches & rats like you find in much of the south & midwest? Not at all really.

Thanks!

ttt

[Code Stemi]

1. People bike all the time around here, and there are a zillion trails.
2. We occasionally have severe thunderstorms with hail and high winds, but never bearing tornadoes.
3. There will be mosquitoes near waterways around here, ponds, lakes, other than that, minimal bugs. No rats/roaches seem to be reported

[Ankhharu]

I never thought I'd miss Thunderstorms, but since moving to Utah, I have. Weird how you miss certain things. They are definitely rare here. I noticed there aren't a lot of bugs here. That is awesome. I don't miss the roaches and other varmints of the deep south.

[berger123]

Usually not to many severe storms but I'll never forget the SLC tornado of 1999.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2gTeXwdtPw