Replies

“I sure don’t miss the tornados.”

You are probably saying that in jest. I really doubt if 95% of those living in Kansas or Oklahoma have even seen a tornado.

Risk = propability of a disaster hitting you * impact of the disaster

Tornadoes do not go the same tract every year ... so, even if there are tornadoes going through your town every couple of years, they rarely actually impact you. Even if we assume that the probability of tornado hitting you is greater than the earthquake hitting you, the impact of tornadoes is very minimal. Earthquakes affect at the macro-level. And they are unpredictable. There is no escaping the earthquake.

Tornadoes, on the other hand, can easily be escaped by going into the shelter. Beside that, there is ample warning with a tornado. You get tornado warning some 15-30 minutes before hand. And tornado conditions are discussed days in advanced. Those that heed the warnings and are prepared, they do not usually die from tornadoes. Homes and properties are all insured, so they can be replaced quite easily.

Sorry for my rant, but I just want to make sure that the hype of tornadoes is just a hype. Those are are prepared, like everything in life, can easily escape tornado. You just have to be weather aware in spring time and have a plan in place in case there is a warning.

Grew up in KS in the 50’s. Never personally hit, but most every year we saw destruction somewhere in the state.

We had a huge basement and a buried railroad tank car, which I think was there as a civil defense shelter. Us kids used it as a submarine.

Been in CA many decades now and have been thru many quakes, a few really dramatic. So far the worst has been a cracked driveway.

I lived in Kansas for a time and Virginia for years. I saw my first tornado (small) outside of Sacramento in March.

Being a geologist, I’ve always been stoked to be in a decent quake. Felt a few pansy level ones, they end up having a 5.8 back in Virginia where I lived...

DOH!