Coping with Tornados

Tom-D said:
18 Killed, Over 1 Million Without PowerEmergency declared in Mississippi; 300+ homes hit in Louisiana

I can't understand you anyone would live there.
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Like living in an area with volcanos that could go active at any time?

Or

Does Seattle get bad wind storms?
The Puget Sound region experiences strong windstorms, including ones with hurricane force winds known as mid-latitude cyclones. ... Puget Sound is sheltered compared to the Washington Coast, but it can still receive sustained winds of 60-70 mph and gusts up to 90mph.
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Had one go about 1.5mi from the house last night, and it went through the neighborhood where we used to live. Bad, friends of ours lost their house last night and all three cars. Luckily, they survived, and the insurance co is already on it, but bad. Other friends have property damage and big messes...
 
Not much “coping” involved in living with tornadoes in the SE. My odds are far greater from dying or being injured in a car crash vs tornadoes.
 
Bell206 said:
Probably for the same reasons people live on fault lines, in forests, open plains, along rivers, on beaches, or near volcanoes......what could possibly go wrong.:rolleyes:
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There was a time I had to live there, No more, Island living :) 1 mountain blew it's top there there as 57 killed. How many killed this year with Tornados ?
 
Tom-D said:
There was a time I had to live there, No more, Island living :) 1 mountain blew it's top there there as 57 killed. How many killed this year with Tornados ?
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You forgot to add 250 homes, 47 bridges, 15 miles (24 km) of railways, and 185 miles (298 km) of highway were destroyed.
 
Tom-D said:
How many killed this year with Tornados ?
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This year? The season just started. But for general reference, more people die annually from heat/drought, non-tornadic severe weather, winter weather, and flooding before you get to the tornado category. Google is your friend.;)
 
Why do folks live in Phoenix in the summer?

Why do folks live in Fairbanks in the winter?
 
I for one am very happy people have different priorities/desires when choosing where to live. Many places are too crowded as it is.
 
Big mess here in Southeast Tennessee. A good bit of devastation a few miles from the house, we got lucky! Power is out and the phones are dead - sporadic at best.
 
Dave Theisen said:
I’ve lived in Georgia for 25 years now. I worked in Oklahoma for 6 months. The only tornado I’ve ever seen in person was in Pennsylvania. Go figure.
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Lived in OK for all 37 years of my existence. I’ve never seen one in person. I have seen some wicked weather, and some wall clouds prior to spawning a tornado. I’ve just never witnessed an actual lowering/tornado on the ground.

I will say that due to where Tulsa is generally located in relation to the typical dry line, when tornadoes do spawn here they usually happen around 10pm-midnight so it’s pretty hard to “see” anything.
 
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Tornados are actually not that a common of a thing. They happen every year, but someone could live their entire life in Mississippi without seeing one. Pretty much the same as the entire central part of the country.

Hurricanes on the east coast. Earthquakes, forest fires and mudslides on the west. Nor'easters in the north east. Blizzards in the mountains and in the north.

Everybody has something.
 
bflynn said:
Tornados are actually not that a common of a thing. They happen every year, but someone could live their entire life in Mississippi without seeing one. Pretty much the same as the entire central part of the country.

Hurricanes on the east coast. Earthquakes, forest fires and mudslides on the west. Nor'easters in the north east. Blizzards in the mountains and in the north.

Everybody has something.
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Yeah, I've seen all of one tornado, one copperhead, and one rattlesnake, living in the midwest. I've also seen 100+ mph straight line winds, which will do awesome things.
 
FormerHangie said:
It's very difficult to find an area that has no natural disasters.
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I'm a little biased, but where I live in Central NH, we really don't get anything I'd consider a "disaster". The worst thing we get are nor'easters, and we have plenty of notice before they get here, and they don't cause the same kind of destruction as a tornado or hurricane.
 
FormerHangie said:
It's very difficult to find an area that has no natural disasters.
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YES!

Warm / tropical places:
-"why would anyone live where there are hurricanes/typhoons/cyclones?"

Cool / cold places:
-"why would anyone live where there is so much rain and snow?"

-Everywhere else:
-"why would anyone live where there are X?"
--for X insert your favorite choice of
---earthquakes
---volcanoes
---floods
---tornadoes
 
Yep, lived thru this quake as a kid and decided I’d never go back to that area. Very traumatic experience. Now, as an adult, I just live with the fact that natural disasters can strike anywhere. Plenty of other ways to die prematurely, severe weather in the southeast isn’t very high on my list. Cheap cost of living and generally favorable flying year round make up for it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Imperial_Valley_earthquake
 
raging brush fires
small tornadoes
annual windstorms
snakes and black widders are a daily thing
occasionally microbursts
seasonal megathundertorms with crazy hail (2 vehicles totaled last summer) and localized flooding
But, it's a beautiful day today, I'm heading to the airport....and I wouldn't want to live any where else!
(everyone copes with the things their choices bring)
 
Velocity173 said:
Yep, lived thru this quake as a kid and decided I’d never go back to that area. Very traumatic experience. Now, as an adult, I just live with the fact that natural disasters can strike anywhere. Plenty of other ways to die prematurely, severe weather in the southeast isn’t very high on my list. Cheap cost of living and generally favorable flying year round make up for it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Imperial_Valley_earthquake
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It is only a matter of time before the Salton Sea goes berserk. They say the numerous small quakes there are good as it relieves the stress incrementally, but that is a very geologically active area. The boiling and bubbling mud pots out there are worth a 4-wheel adventure and weekend camping trip.. or if you have a bush capable plane you *can* hike it from the sand runway by Ocotillo.. though I would not recommend it
 
FormerHangie said:
It's very difficult to find an area that has no natural disasters.
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True enough.

Zeldman said:
Why do folks live in Phoenix in the summer?
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I have no idea. I've seen 114 in the shade in May in that area. No thanks.

Velocity173 said:
Yep, lived thru this quake as a kid and decided I’d never go back to that area. Very traumatic experience. Now, as an adult, I just live with the fact that natural disasters can strike anywhere. Plenty of other ways to die prematurely, severe weather in the southeast isn’t very high on my list. Cheap cost of living and generally favorable flying year round make up for it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Imperial_Valley_earthquake
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Try this one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake

Epicenter was 6 miles from our house. The wife of a second cousin was one of the people pulled alive from the collapse of the Cyprus Street section of the freeway in Oakland. The architect of the seismic upgrade of the building I was in at the time of the earthquake (and to whom I probably owe my life) was one of the people killed in that collapse. Our son was just shy of 13 years old and was home playing video games with a friend. Pulled the friend into a doorway and when the quake ended went out and shut off power and gas to the house. Then went looking for his sister nearby. My wife was taking a class at San Jose State. She went out to the car in the parking garage and booked for home before traffic got nuts. I was in my bosses office at work. Two native Californians who, once we realized it was a big earthquake and not an annoyance, couldn't get out of their chairs and watched as stuff fell off the walls of his office. Once it ended I went to my office where there was virtually no damage. Difference? His office was between pillars that held up the building and mine had one running through it. I got on the club repeater and within 5 minutes we knew more than security about the situation around the company. Didn't hurt that in that time the president of the company (also a ham) was on our net, as well.

Plenty more stories, but that will give you an idea.

Oh, and my mom's parents were survivors of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco.

Now I just deal with rain, very occasional snow and too many clouds much of the year.
 
FormerHangie said:
It's very difficult to find an area that has no natural disasters.
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Exactly. The older I get (and more places I live) the more true I find this to be. Go anywhere and the people there will say "Yeah, it's not a big deal." Which goes to show you how little (basically zero) it impacts most people.

Dave Theisen said:
I’ve lived in Georgia for 25 years now. I worked in Oklahoma for 6 months. The only tornado I’ve ever seen in person was in Pennsylvania. Go figure.
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We saw a tornado out our back window very shortly after moving to Kansas. After that, I made this warning sign because my wife was busy posting pictures to Facebook (she's from Nebraska, so they got 'naders too):

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Funny thing, I had coworkers who'd lived their entire lives here, never saw one. We've had ones come very close to our house since (one that damaged the roof on the neighbor's farmhouse - about 1/2 mile away as the hawk flies but we can see out our bedroom window) but that's been it.

Groundpounder said:
I'm a little biased, but where I live in Central NH, we really don't get anything I'd consider a "disaster". The worst thing we get are nor'easters, and we have plenty of notice before they get here, and they don't cause the same kind of destruction as a tornado or hurricane.
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I felt that way growing up in New York City too, but you get bad snow storms that can knock out power and highways for long periods. People ultimately die in those and sometimes property can get damaged/destroyed, although the damage isn't usually as good for headlines since it's pretty snow instead of demolished buildings.
 
Of all the bad thing that you folks have talking about, we don't have.

it was 66 degrees today and clear, mild breeze, no smog :)
 
Tom-D said:
Of all the bad thing that you folks have talking about, we don't have.

it was 66 degrees today and clear, mild breeze, no smog :)
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Tom,

The oceans are rising. :) There you go! And maybe the bridge over Deception Pass could fall down some day.

Despite all that, I still want to retire on Whidbey some day.
 
flhrci said:
Tom,

The oceans are rising. :) There you go! And maybe the bridge over Deception Pass could fall down some day.

Despite all that, I still want to retire on Whidbey some day.
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The water must get to 136 feet before we are a worry :) bring it on. We would like beech front

Deception pass to Whidbey, 2 ferries, And lots of boats.
 
Tom-D said:
The water must get to 136 feet before we are a worry :) bring it on. We would like beech front

Deception pass to Whidbey, 2 ferries, And lots of boats.
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Yep, still plenty of ways off and on. Actually, without the bridge, the amount of people would go down probably. Which would be better. It was so nice there in the early 2000's. I miss it.
 
bnt83 said:
Don't confuse them with facts!

I have been out there, beautiful area to visit. Live there? Nah.
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I agree. All those mountains and the damn tall trees get in the way of the view...:D

Zeldman said:
Why do folks live in Phoenix in the summer?

Why do folks live in Fairbanks in the winter?
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And why does anybody live in Houston at any time of the year? :confused:
 
GRG55 said:
And why does anybody live in Houston at any time of the year? :confused:
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I used to drive a truck in Houston a few times a month making fuel deliveries. At least at the end of the day I was heading OUT..!!!
 
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