"Hatunen" wrote in message
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> 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".
Well, when you are as pigmentally challenged as I am with absolutely no
ability to tan, that might just qualify...
James
>
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