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There are blizzards in California. Maybe not where you are, but they do occur. Tornadoes have occurred in every single state, as well. It’s a matter of frequency and severity. Our tornadoes are very seldom as large or as lengthy as midwestern ones. A true blizzard is practically an unheard-of thing here. Earthquakes, we’re at moderate risk due to proximity to Charleston, but I’ve experienced nothing stronger than a tremor in my lifetime.

To me, it would be nerve-wracking to live in a place where there was a severe risk of any of these. It’s possible to get any of them here but it’s not a severe risk. Worst thing that has ever happened to me was sleeping through the roof being blown off my house by Hurricane Hugo. Sounds like that sort of thing would wake you up, but the wind howling kind of masked it, I guess.

Oh, trust me I know we have blizzards here; 2 years ago my barn got flattened by a little over 7 feet of wet slushy snow on the roof, but they are relatively rare. I have yet to have what we call out here a typhoon come through my farm.
A couple of pretty destructive El Ninos, but it is usually just to much rain all at the same time without the 70 to 100 mile an hour winds. I usually get about 8 to 10 feet of snow a year, but it usually comes in at about 1 to 3 feet per storm and that is manageable.
All places have their problems and the weather will be what it wants to be. In the Mojave you have to drill a thousand feet to get water, up here some times I get a lot more than I really need. I been on the Mojave desert when there was 3 feet of snow at Barstow and been out there when it's 118 in the shade, if you could find any.
That's why I moved to Northern California and I still get snookered.