A lot of those houses rebuilt after being destroyed by those tornadoes are still there. This attests to the hardiness of the majority of people. They are not stupid but realize that everything is not perfect right now and they adapt.
I lived in Columbus, Ohio at the time of the Xenia tornado. Saylor Park, a suburb of Cincinnati was hit at the same time. I know many of the people who survived those storms. For the most part, they are not intimidated and Xenia is a thriving community and I lived in Saylor Park fifteen years ago and there is no fear.
When I lived in South Dakota, a place well known for its frequent tornadoes, we all lived in caution about tornadoes but never in fear. We had storm cellars and a watchful eye when conditions were ripe, but other than that we lived our life and enjoyed it.
I lived in California where there are frequent earthquakes. People live right on the San Andreas fault. I lived there during many large earthquakes. I had just moved out before the 89 earthquake that did so much damage. A very dear friend of ours was trapped beneath some furniture for some time after the initial shock of that earthquake. She moved to New York and was killed in 911.
Which is more dangerous, nature, which is out in the open, or covert man? I am more afraid of our government than I am of any natural disaster.
Tornado Alley is actually many many miles Thur several states and is a path tornado's take in certain types of conditions that produce large tornado's.Most people who live there do watch the weather and know the signs and live free like anywhere else.NO where on planet earth is safe,from some disaster or another.I could ask the same of those who live on beaches.I think in recent years there is no increase but the storms we do get are worse.
You have a mistaken idea about how often tornadoes affect people, probably because it is misrepresented on television. When storm chasers go out on days when tornadoes are likely, they may drive hundreds of miles to get to the spots where they're most likely to see them, it's still less than 10% chance that they will.
If I lived there, though, I would have a basement, which surprisingly few people do.
I lived for a while in Oklahoma. My wife asked me the same question as you. I told her: "You see all those houses? Testament that the tornados missed them." And not much of what you hear on the nightly news is true. There has been a reduction in tornado activity in recent years. Why do you say that there is an increase?
I'm wondering why they live in houses above ground. My grandfathers house has 6 feet of dirt on it- warm in the winter, cool in the summer and could stand 300 mph winds without anyone realizing it's a little breezy outside.
Because they want to?? I'm from a tropical country and just back from a visit to the UK and still cannot fathom why anyone would choose to live in such a cold environment. Honestly, your summer is like our winter! On the other hand, you could wonder why we would like to live in what would essentially be to you a humid oven-like temperature and my answer would be because we like it!
They like tomado sndwiches. With cheese. Me too.
Because it's where they have always lived.
excuse me if i am very ignorant lol because i'm from the UK and the worst weather we get is rain and our thunder storms are like little sparkles......
but I get the impression that in tornado alley, there are as much tornadoes in the alley than rain in the UK. So why put yourself in danger and live there? Also if you live there, how often do you see them and have you noticed an increase over the years?
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