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Subject: Re: Places with the least natural disasters Posted on: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 20:12:13 +0000 (UTC)


Dave Smith wrote:
> PeterL wrote:
>
> >
> > The tornado alley is out also. So is Buffalo NY, and the northeast
> > states.
> >
>
> Why is Buffalo out? It can count on a good snowfall every year. That
> means a few extra snow days in the winter but it is not a disaster.

It depends on your perspective don't it?

I
> live on the other side of the border about 30 miles from Buffalo. Winter
> temperatures seldom drop below 0 F, and there are a few weeks in the
> summer where it seems hot and sticky, but nowhere near as hot and humid
> as the south eastern US. The last hurricane that reached this far was
> Hurricane Hazel in 1954. We had about 10 hours of heavy rain from
> Katrina. The last blizzard we had was in 1976.

The last big one in the west coast hasn't happened yet.


>The only earthquake I
> recall was about 10 years ago and was centered more than 400 miles away
> so we hardly felt it. We seldom get tornadoes, and those that we get are
> relatively small.