Where is it safe in the USA?

[DawnCt1]

Florida, the Gulf States, the Southeast Coastline and occasionally the northeastern seaboard are suseptible to hurricanes. New England is at risk for paralyzing snow storms. The states that are home to the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers are at risk for serious flooding, The entire east coast could be inundated up to 100 miles inland by a mega tsunami. The west coast will some day fall into the ocean when the "big one" along the San Andreas fault hits. Hawaii is gradually sinking into the Pacific while the Big Island is still growing. Yellowstone Park is a giant caldera that may someday be the site of a supervolcano. Then there is Mt. St Helen's in the northwest. Minnesota, North Dakota and Alaska are too cold. Where is there a safe place to live??

 

[Jenn Lynn]

Minnesota, North Dakota and Alaska are too cold. Where is there a safe place to live??

Just because it's cold doesn't make it not safe.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Just because it's cold doesn't make it not safe.

Doesn't make them pristine living conditions either.


Many people cannot live in extreme cold.

Many cannot afford heat even if they could otherwise live in an extremely cold climate.

 

[DukeStreetKing]

LOL, Dawn I have been thinking the same thing lately. While snow is not necessarily a danger, I moved south to avoid it. I'm thinking New Mexico is a pretty safe place. Just don't wander off into the desert.

 

[Barb D]

Bottom line is that there is no guarantee of absolute safety any where in the world. All we can do is pray and be prudent.

 

[mom2boys]

I feel relatively safe here about 60 west of Baltimore. The weather isn't too extreme. No volcanos, hurricanes, more than 100 miles inland, earthquakes unlikely. Oh & we live on the mountain side, so if we have flood problems then most of Maryland will have been obliterated. There has been an occassional twister but not often - again the mountain shields us.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Bottom line is that there is no guarantee of absolute safety any where in the world. All we can do is pray and be prudent.

Very profound and true statement!

 

[Pugdog007]

You forgot tornados

 

[DawnCt1]

LOL, Dawn I have been thinking the same thing lately. While snow is not necessarily a danger, I moved south to avoid it. I'm thinking New Mexico is a pretty safe place. Just don't wander off into the desert.

But doesn't a lot of the Southwest get its water from the diversion of the Colorado River? What happens when you run out of water?

 

[MScott1851]

I think that north Alabama and southern/middle Tennessee are just about perfect. Of course, I'm biased.

Temperate weather, little risk of hurricane/earthquake/flooding, and most people think we have nothing worth bombing down here...Sure, we get the occasional tornado, but those are so hit or miss, not designed to devastate an entire region.

Shhhh! I don't want everyone running down here and driving property values up!

 

[Rafiki Rafiki Rafiki]

Well, you could come to North Mississippi, but you might safely die of ennui....

 

[DawnCt1]

You forgot tornados

Yup, that eliminates Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas right off the bat.

 

[WatchinCaptKangaroo]

The moon.

As an interesting tidbit due to plate tectonics and where the states are on the plates t is impossible for the western states to fall off the USA and become an island. It's just an urband legend.

But, we can also be consumed by a tusanmi as well as earthquakes and tornados (yes, we do get the ocassional tornado).

 

[MomofKatie]

I think that north Alabama and southern/middle Tennessee are just about perfect. Of course, I'm biased.

Temperate weather, little risk of hurricane/earthquake/flooding, and most people think we have nothing worth bombing down here...Sure, we get the occasional tornado, but those are so hit or miss, not designed to devastate an entire region.

Shhhh! I don't want everyone running down here and driving property values up!

Y'all get tornadoes!! We lived in Birmingham for 5 years, and we had 3 tornadoes touch down within 3 miles of our house.

Besides the twisters, N AL and TN are just dandy.

 

[ChrisnSteph]

We haven't been rockin' or rollin' lately....

 

[Fantasmic303]

Actually, it's interesting that you bring this up, because soon after Katrina hit, there was a feature on msn.com about "The Safest Place to Live". It took into account all of the weather disasters you've mentioned as well as some other conditions, and by the end of their study, they decided....



....drumroll please.....


...that the area around Storrs, CT was the best place to live. They did mention the potential for ice storms, but they had some sort of thing that like cancelled them out or somthing. I'll look and see if I can find the actual article. It was interesting to read, but I think it's a debatable subject, depending on what you'd prefer to "battle".

ETA: Um, sorry about that - I KNOW I read it (cause I live in CT and I was thinking, "what? are you crazy? no one is moving here for the WEATHER"), but perhaps it was in local news, and they were judging the best place in the Northeast.

Try this instead - it's a list compiled by Forbes....http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9131261/

 

[binny]

Honolulu is ranked #1 safest and my good old Boise is ranked #2 as the safest cities in America to live

ETA sorry Fantasmic

I was quoiting that Forbes list before I read that you posted it

 

[Kimberly]

Can't think like that. You know the eastern seaboard will actually be at risk for earthquakes and volancanoes in the next millenia? The techtonic plate that the eastern seaboard is located on has been proven to be "stretched" to capacity, and fault lines have been forming between the oceanic and the continental crust. The worst earthquake in history was actually recorded at... can you guess the city?


















































































































St. Louis, MO. In the winter of 1811 and 1812 the Central Mississippi Valley was struck by three of the most powerful earthquakes in U.S. history. The Great New Madrid Earthquake was actually a series of over 2000 shocks in five months, five of which were 8.0 or more in magnitude. Eighteen of these rang church bells on the Eastern seaboard. The very land itself was destroyed in the Missouri Bootheel, making it unfit for farming for many years. It was the largest burst of seismic energy east of the Rocky Mountains in the history of the U.S. and was several times larger than the San Francisco quake of 1905.

Pros and cons where-ever you live. The worst risk, is never taking one.

 

[Kahana-ri]

I lived in CA and although sure there were a few earthquakes-its certainly blown out of proportion.
Now living in New England, I feel very safe. Sure we get snow, and even got a blizzard last year-but nothing was 'paralyzing' about it. It was a day off to enjoy the snow and the kids were out of school for a few days. RI has many elderly people and everyone pitches in to take care of each other.

 

[poohandwendy]

Y'all are welcome to come to my house...no real danger from natural disasters in Pittsburgh, PA.

No earthquakes, tsunamis or hurricanes. Tornadoes don't stand a chance against our hills. Flooding? Well, you don't have to go far to reach higher ground. Even our snow storms are not all that dangerous, if you use the proper precautions. (and they don't take us by surprise anyways) It gets cold, but nothing like the northwestern states.

Seriously, we have very few casualites due to natural disasters.