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Safest places to live

February 10, 2007 by Keith Seabourn 5 Comments

I grew up in tornado country. One of my vivid childhood memories is my dad driving us a couple of miles from home to a vantage point where we watched a tornado go through downtown Dallas (1957) and praying for my mother who had not yet returned home from working downtown. 6 year olds remember stuff like that.

Tornadoes are unpredictable, hit very fast, can do tremendous damage, but are confined to relatively small areas and are over quickly.

A few years ago, I moved to Florida just in time to experience the new upswing in hurricane activity. 4 hurricanes in 1 year rapidly introduced me to plywood over windows, stores of food and bottled water, and long hours sitting inside while wind and rain build, peak, and then subside. Since I live in Orlando, the tremendously destructive winds are not nearly as severe as on the coast, so mostly, hurricanes are boring.

Two weeks ago, Floridians were reminded of our second wind danger. I learned that I’m back in tornado country.

I’ve never lived in earthquake country. I really don’t care too. But a friend in California told me that he’d much rather live in earthquake country than hurricane country. His analysis: you don’t have to prepare, it happens quickly, there is really nothing you can do, you survive or you don’t. That’s actually a healthy perspective, particularly if you are prepared for death and have confidence in your destination for eternity.

So I found this map interesting. Looking for a safe place to live? There are not a lot of choices!

Looks like Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota and Michigan are best. Or way out in West Texas. But then there are other issues like cold, snow, heat, and no rain. Oh well, guess I’ll stay in Florida.

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  1. Karl says

    February 13, 2007 at 8:39 pm

    Interesting. I’ve always said that Pennsylvania is the ideal place to live, and it’s even better when you consider mudslides and wildfires!

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  2. rob says

    February 17, 2007 at 3:02 pm

    I always heard that Wyoming was the state with the least amount of natural disasters.

    I figured it’s because there’s no one there to report them.

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  3. Tom says

    February 26, 2007 at 12:25 pm

    My house sustained major damage in the 1992 Landers and Big Bear earthquakes in California. Hurricane Andrew hit Florida less than two weeks later. Even though we were all still very nervous about aftershocks there in Big Bear, one of my friends said, “I think I like earthquakes better. At least you know what county your stuff is in.”

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  4. Keith says

    February 26, 2007 at 8:59 pm

    Great thought, Tom!

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  5. stephanie says

    November 16, 2008 at 4:51 pm

    if anyone knows of a safe place tolive in florida please let me know

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