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Old 23-October-2007, 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Spock Jenkins View Post
One tornado once in a great while vs. the great plains and the number of tornadoes they get? Or millions of acres up in flames? Lived in Michigan for nearly 35 years and have never witnessed a tornado. Only had to go to the basement due to a warning once. I'll take my chances.
A google search turned up several F5 tornadoes in Michigan over the decades. I always found it amusing that my relatives would make a big deal out of any California earthquake they heard about (which were usually so small that nobody paid attention to them here) but essentially ignored all but the largest tornadoes in their state. In California, we've had a few F2 tornadoes over the decades, but tornadoes are rare, and usually are F0 when they occur at all.

If you want to pick a state without any kinds of natural disasters, it's going to be a short list
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