Wow. Do people have this odd idea that somehow tornadoes just ravage the midwest?
In my 23 years living there (now in Texas, but same goes here), I never once saw a tornado.
Not once.
A funnel cloud, but that’s it.
We went into a warning at least once a year, but hardly ever for a confirmed tornado, just radar indicating one could drop at any time.
I don’t know anybody who has had their house struck by one, nor anyone who even has family impacted in a similar way.
The average tornado only goes for a few miles and is typically just a few yards wide.
An earthquake will devastate everything and kill many, a tornado will damage or destroy a small area in most cases and often doesn’t kill anybody even if it directly hits a town because of the advance notice.
You don’t get those with earthquakes.
I’ll take the twisters.
In modern America, floods, tornadoes and hurricanes cause the most damage and are the biggest killers.
This is not debatable, it's a fact.
On the warnings, as long as you are preparred, ignorance is bliss. Tornado warnings are hours of scary.
But, I know what you are talking about on tornados. They are like someone rolled a big bowling ball through the countryside. Unless you are in the path, not a lot happens.
I’ve seen one side of a street taken out while homes on the other side of the street were completely untouched.