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To: OESY
North Dakota has on average 21 reported tornadoes a year (1950-2004). The numbers range from only two in 1950, 1951 and 1961 to as many as 65 in 1999. Most tornadoes in the state occur from 3 pm to 11 pm local time in the months of June, July and August.

South Dakota had record 67 tornadoes which hit the ground over eastern South Dakota on 24 June 2003. The usual number is about 25 tornadoes per year. However, floods are among the most serious, devastating and costly natural hazards that affect South Dakota. Also, winter storms regularly destroy property and kill livestock and people.

Anywhere you go, a disaster may happen.
3 posted on 09/27/2005 5:57:50 AM PDT by bookworm100
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To: bookworm100
Anywhere you go, a disaster may happen.

None here in the Appalachians. The worst that can happen is an ice storm or perhaps a localized flood. But nothing major has happened in decades. Maybe centuries.

9 posted on 09/27/2005 6:04:02 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: bookworm100
Anywhere you go, a disaster may happen.

Oh please; this line is routinely trotted out by Californians and people on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts to try to kid themselves that everyone everywhere is exposed to the same natural disaster risk.

It usually consists of the weird obesession with the idea that people in the midwest typically have their house destroyed every other year by tornadoes.

Tornadoes have very narrow tracks and even in Oklahoma, the chance of a given acre of land being hit by a tornado in a 100 year period is shockingly small; much smaller than the chance a given acre in California experiences strong quake shaking, or a segment of coast on the Gulf coast experiences storm surge.

Insurers don't fret about tornadoes. Quakes and hurricanes give them the willies. There's a reason that you don't have to pay extra to buy tornado coverage, and you do for quake and flood coverage.

10 posted on 09/27/2005 6:04:12 AM PDT by Strategerist
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To: bookworm100
Anywhere you go, a disaster may happen.

Southern Arizona. The only "natural disaster" here is flash floods. And we don't build houses where they happen (dry washes).

12 posted on 09/27/2005 6:28:25 AM PDT by CPOSharky (The more I'm around people the better I like my dogs.)
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