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Originally Posted by red sky
It just blows me away that people choose to live in these areas. No disrespect obviously but in all the places in America, why choose a place such as Tornado Alley to live. Unlike cities that are on faults that have a higher chance of earthquakes, tornados are a certainty. It is just the quanity and magnitude that is unknown. Scary business.
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If you have an earthquake or hurricane it is a certainty that the event will affect numerous houses and people. You don't have that certainty with tornados. Yes they do and will happen but most often they are on the ground for mere seconds and in unpopulated areas. A tornado like this is not typical or a certainty in a normal lifetime. And while the swath of destruction seems large, it pales in comparison to the swath of destruction other natural events unleash on the public.
Nicker mentioned a blizzard and getting into a car accident and I agree with him. I can't control much of anything if I'm in an accident once that accident is occurring. I can control something if the sirens or weather radio go off. I can go to my stocked tornado shelter that is built to withstand a greater than EF4 storm and wait it out. In 2.5 years we've had 2 actual warnings issued for our area (both were doppler indicated and as far as I know no damage was ever found). The other 850ish days I have typically enjoyed the weather in comparison to anywhere I've lived before (canadian west coast, canadian prairies, US and canadian east coast). And the people quite honestly are great.
Just a great place to live and raise a family.