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America's Safest Weather Cities
weather.com ^ | Aug 9, 2012, 5:44 AM EDT | Jon Erdman

Posted on 08/09/2012 8:52:35 PM PDT by re_nortex

Virtually no location in the U.S. is 100% safe from dangerous weather.

According to the National Weather Service, the combination of flooding, lightning, tornadoes, tropical cyclones, snow/ice storms, extreme heat, extreme cold, high winds, and rip currents claims almost 600 lives each year in the U.S., on average. Of course, catastrophic events in any year (Hurricane Katrina, spring 2011 tornadoes) can skew the averages.

However, there are locations in the U.S. where the weather is generally "safer."

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Weather
KEYWORDS: cities; flood; hurricane; safecities; safeweathercities; tornado; weather
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To: eartrumpet

I moved to the Pocatello, ID. The principa hazard is high winds. The seasons are pretty normal. Precipitation averages 15 inches annually.


61 posted on 08/09/2012 10:23:40 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Myrddin
I’ve experienced some really awful storms in San Diego since 1960. Heavy rain that washes mobile homes 30 miles to the ocean. Huge fires that wipe out tens of thousands of acres. High winds that topple trees with ease after days of rain. Mudslides. It’s a real paradise.

What I'm about to say is probably sacrilege to some San Diego partisans. I was in La Jolla back in 1986 for business. It didn't impress me in terms of weather. The morning fog was clammy and I never could get comfortable. I was also taken aback by the flight path into Lindbergh Field. It's so close to downtown and I got the impression that I could see the office workers in the nearby buildings since we were at the same altitude while in descent.

I couldn't wait to get back to the Texas heat and the wide open spaces of the prairie. Note the absence of a /sarc tag.

62 posted on 08/09/2012 10:30:40 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: re_nortex

Isn’t International Falls, MN one of the coldest places in the lower 48? I would say San Diego has about the best weather in the Lower 48.


63 posted on 08/09/2012 10:35:04 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Obamaid has to go.)
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To: Mike Darancette
Isn’t International Falls, MN one of the coldest places in the lower 48? That it is along with Grand Forks, ND. As I recall, it was International Falls serving as inspiration for Rocky and Bullwinkle.


64 posted on 08/09/2012 10:40:15 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: re_nortex
The first winter I lived in Fort Worth it was below zero for two weeks straight. I thought people were kidding when they told me that it was never like this normally. But I quickly noticed that almost no one there knew how to drive in the snow.
You don't get much snow in San Diego like Fort Worth but there are some nearby mountains that do get snow.
They told directions once "go to the top of the hill and turn left. I never did find that hill.
I think I had lived in Texas two years before I saw an Armadillo that was still alive.
I did like the lights that left you turn left after the green arrow was gone.
I always hoped to see someone I Knew in the El Cortes hotel in that restaurant on top while landing. I lived about 30 miles inland while I lived near San Diego so we didn't usally get that morning fog.
65 posted on 08/09/2012 10:59:23 PM PDT by ThomasThomas
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To: re_nortex

Having spent most of my life in San Diego, I really prefer my home on Jdaho. I wish my work arrangements were more favorable to being home. I completely agree with the cold, clammy assessment. I’m in Clairemont. Cold and wet.


66 posted on 08/09/2012 10:59:30 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: re_nortex

How could anything be safer than Manhattan Beach, CA?


67 posted on 08/09/2012 11:38:42 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Yaelle; re_nortex
LOL!

There are only about six regions on this planet with Mediterranean style year round weather and the coastal plain of Southern California, is certainly one of them.

In fact, the near perfect year round perfect weather is worth a fortune to us.

68 posted on 08/10/2012 12:07:38 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion or tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2
In fact, the near perfect year round perfect weather is worth a fortune to us.

I found Bakersfield quite appealing to my tastes both in terms of the weather and the people. My perception is that the region is quite sunny and warm -- applicable to the climate and the personalities of the inhabitants. It's my favorite part of California and beats the cold, clammy Bay Area by far. I also recall seeing more American flags there than any other part of California that I've spent any time in.

The caveat is that fond recollections of Bakersfield were formed some 20-30 years ago. It has more than likely changed over that interval but I would suppose the weather has remained a pleasant constant.

69 posted on 08/10/2012 1:20:30 AM PDT by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: re_nortex
...Flooding, lightning, tornadoes, tropical cyclones, snow/ice storms, extreme heat, extreme cold, high winds, and rip currents claims almost 600 lives each year in the U.S...

Considering that 30,000 people in the U.S. are killed by auto accidents every year (not to mention those that are seriously maimed and injured), that statistic really surprises me. I would have thought that many more people died in weather-related incidents, given the enormous media coverage every time a hurricane or blizzard heads up the coast.

It would seem that rather than find a place with tranquil weather, you are better off finding a place with no automobiles!

70 posted on 08/10/2012 2:13:16 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: re_nortex

Lexington is a great town. Central KY tends to be far enough south to avoid the worst of bad Midwestern Winter weather, and because they’re south of the Ohio river, the rolling hills help keep down tornado activity that is worse to the north.


71 posted on 08/10/2012 2:40:40 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: jessduntno

I sort of like fresh lobster. Fresh blueberries are nice too


72 posted on 08/10/2012 3:07:23 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Legalize Freedom!!)
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To: PA Engineer

Albuquerque; That about covers it.


73 posted on 08/10/2012 3:58:36 AM PDT by joelt
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To: ozaukeemom
>>I would think anywhere in Maine would have interesting weather.<<

We've a place *north* of Caribou ...you must adjust to the winter and *cold*....winter never quits.


74 posted on 08/10/2012 3:58:58 AM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: re_nortex

The overlooked Albuquerque, New Mexico as well as Santa Fe: no tornados, no hurricanes, no earthquakes, no flies, mosquitoes.


75 posted on 08/10/2012 4:09:56 AM PDT by IbJensen (If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed)
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To: re_nortex

Phoenix should be on the list. Hot in the summer, but no tornadoes, hurricanes, freezing, ice storms, or earthquakes.


76 posted on 08/10/2012 4:15:33 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually (Hendrix))
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To: re_nortex

Having lived all over the U.S. (including years in CA and TX), I’d have to toss in Raleigh, NC....my home of over 17 years; far longer than I’ve lived anywhere else. It’s beautiful, and it has four true seasons. A dash of snow once or twice per winter; that’s about it. Gorgeous autumns. Summer...ok, it gets hot and humid, true. Spring is breathtaking. Hurricanes? Three have affected me in all those years, only one badly (Hurricane Fran took down tens of thousands of very large trees; this was back in the ‘90’s....very scary).

Anyway, it’s a great place for numerous other reasons, but the weather really is outstanding.


77 posted on 08/10/2012 5:16:35 AM PDT by RightOnline (I am Andrew Breitbart!)
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To: re_nortex

Roanoke is pretty mild, but it’s not without its weather troubles. Most recently, the Derecho that swept through knocked most of the city and surrounding communities off the grid for up to a week.

In 1985, there was a devastating flood when the remnants of a minor hurricane stalled out over it, drenching the city for 5 days.

As a rule, the area is protected by its mountain ranges from tornados. Only if a hurricane comes up from the Gulf, do we get hit, although there have been exceptions (Hugo comes immediately to mind).


78 posted on 08/10/2012 5:51:19 AM PDT by Darnright ("I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
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