I grew up back there and only saw tornadoes off in the distance so I'm sort of half and half on that. Unless someone has been in a tornado, the feedback I've gotten from family and friends back there is that they would prefer taking a chance living in tornado country than being in earthquake territory.
Their rationale has been the predictability of tornadoes, that you can seek shelter versus having zero warning of an earthquake.
The 1994 quake was no fun for me personally. The Landers quake and another big one were quite startling but did nothing to prepare me for the Northridge quake.
The quake in San Francisco where the freeway collapsed trapping people in their cars, I felt in Southern California - not good, not good.
Again, I've never been in a tornado, and haven't heard that terrifying train sound they say you hear right before you get hit. AKKKKK!
Well, I tell you, if the animals are not eating, or they seem to be running in the other direction; you can bet your bottom dollar it's a storm with lightning coming up or an earthquake.
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Urgent - Immediate Broadcast requested
Tornado Watch number 85
NWS storm prediction center Norman ok
350 am CST Mon mar 13 2006
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
Tornado Watch for portions of
East Central Illinois
Northern and Central Indiana
Effective this Monday morning from 350 am until 1100 AM CST.
Tornadoes...hail to 2 inches in diameter...thunderstorm wind gusts
to 80 MPH...and dangerous lightning are possible in these areas.
The Tornado Watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles
north and south of a line from 25 miles west of Decatur Illinois
to 45 miles southEast of Muncie Indiana. for a complete depiction
of the watch see the associated watch outline update (wous64 KWNS
wou5).
Remember...a Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.
persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening
weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible
warnings.
Other watch information...this Tornado Watch replaces Tornado
Watch number 77. Watch number 77 will not be in effect after 350
am CST. Continue...WW 78...WW 79...WW 80...WW 81...WW 82...WW
83...WW 84...
Discussion...convective line with embedded bows was moving into East
Central IL and will shift EWD into NRN/Central IN during the
morning. Strong deep layer shear remains favorable for supercells.
although the main threat appears to be damaging winds and severe
hail...50-60 KT low level jet and 1 KM shear near 50 KT indicates
tornadoes are possible.
Aviation...tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500.
Mean storm motion vector 26030.
...Imy