I love living in North-West Lower Michigan,on Lake Michigan.
No hurricanes,floods,earthquakes,tsunami,mudslides,or tornados. A very few waterspouts and a snowstorm or two are as bad as it gets here.
I do feel very sorry for the people who are innocent victims of natural disasters.
I always chuckle a bit when people start complaining about why people keep living near the ocean where there are hurricanes. Hell, I live around Seattle where I am surrounded by live volcanoes. Not active, but not dormant either (as Mt. St. Helens proved). I am also living on top of the 2nd largest earthquake producer after CA. If you live on WA's coast, you are the most likely to get hit by a tsunami. Why do people persist in living in an area dubbed "Tornado Alley"? In the north it is cold and snow and sometimes, tornadoes. In the south it is heat and sometimes tornadoes or hurricanes. The SW has heat, CA and WA state have earthquake dangers.
Mother Nature wants to kill you.
We choose where to live for many reasons, and, like me, you just hope that the "big one" doesn't hit while you are there.
I grew up in Berrien County. There were some nasty tornadoes in places within an hour’s drive and we had some killer lightning/thunderstorms. A bunch of folk were killed in Flint in the late 50s (date unsure). Also a Palm Sunday tornado cluster that took out a good share of Elkhart IN. I remember driving through the town afterward with my parents. Horrible.