On 12 Sep 2005 10:24:52 -0700, richardfangnail@excite.com wrote:
>Where would you live in the US if your only concern was natural
>disasters? Note: it has to be in a city of at least 25,000 people.
>
>West coast states are out - earthquakes.
>The Gulf coast is out - real out.
>Iowa is out - flood of 1993.
When we decided it was time to retire and leave the San Francsico
Bay Area we decided to return to Tucson, Arizona, We were pleased
to see that National Geographic magazine had recently published a
map showing Tucson to be an area of mimimal natural disaster.
There was an earthquake in the 1880s but it was epicentered some
distance away in Mexico and did little damage to even the
primitive adobe buildings here. Every decade or so there are some
heavy rains that cause flooding on our normally dry rivers, but
the areas affected is a pretty small percentage of the Tucson
Valley and are clearly delimited. There was a minimal tornado
some decades ago that managed to wreck a couple of trailer homes
(what else?). Dust devils are common and sometimes one gets
strong enough to damage a carport roof. From time to time a dust
storm cause a multiple car pileup on I-10 between here and
Phoenix.
That's about it. Unless you count 113F temps in the summer as a
"natural disaster".
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