“One of the reason we didn’t move to Florida”
Can you name an Eastern state that doesn’t get hurricanes? Vermont got hammered. Toronto has suffered a few hurricanes. South Carolina, New Jersey. ALL of New England got wasted by the (unnamed) storm of 1938.
Let’s not talk about Lahaina (Maui)...
A lot of us put up with the storms to avoid the bad winters elsewhere.
Well, lessee, here in the mid-South:
Tornados, including the top two track length high end (F4, F4) tornados in US recorded history:
Tri-State tornado, 1925, high end F5, highest fatalities in recorded US history (695), highest forward speed, and longest track in recorded history anywhere.
Mayfield, KY, 2022: F4, would have been longest track tornado ever recorded if it had not briefly “skipped” near KY / TN border.
Ice storms: The 2009 ice storm was one of the US’ worst ever, over 2 million without power, some for weeks.
“Super” Derechos: The 2009 Super Derecho was the genesis of the term.
Fire: None really awful recorded, but the potential for Ike-like-wind field-driven wildfires during a drought is definitely there in some areas. Fortunately our Emergency Managers are generally pretty competent. The road network is less conducive to trapping people, though trees down could be a real problem — luckily lots of people have chain saws.
Major(!) floods: The area includes both the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
Major earthquakes / Extended earthquake storms: Several months of large to major earthquakes in sedimentary soils with an efficient “wave carrier” plate below them. Catastrophic damage over an area 10x that of the famed San Francisco quake, Memphis and (maybe) St. Louis “in the zone” of destruction. The worst part would be the repeated destruction of surface transport infrastructure and the power grid (even individual residents’ solar or wind collectors). How to bring in bare minimum food, water, and fuel, I don’t know. If the quakes begin (again) in early winter its even worse...
Well, at least we don’t get coastal-strength hurricanes.
The mid-Atlantic is about the most perfect place on earth for weather, geological issues, biological issues, and sustainability.
Hell, we don’t even have fire ants. Or alligators.
Yes, we have occasional touches from hurricanes, but not much. Winters are not at all brutal, rarely a big storm, though the summer can be very hot and very, very humid.
Uh, those places were never on our list to begin with, so not sure what you’re talking about.