Why?

4/16/2011 6:18:11 AM

Tornadoes are like reason #8 I wouldn't want to live in this region.

4/16/2011 6:32:42 AM

Tornadoes are like reason #1 that I would want to live in this region.

4/16/2011 7:14:48 AM

it's the only reason to live out there, at least for about the 3 months you get storms

other than that, it's hot as fuck in the summer with no rain, then very cold and windy in the winter

4/16/2011 7:22:29 AM

Cowgirls are like reason #1 that I would want to live in this region.

4/16/2011 7:22:56 AM

I understand if rich people want to live in Tornado Alley. They have the money to rebuild, like on the beach.

But poor people living in Tornado Alley is just confusing and sad.

4/16/2011 9:30:48 AM

We have to put those people somewhere.

4/16/2011 9:36:13 AM

Why live near the ocean? There could be a tsunami.

Why live near a fault line? There could be an earthquake.

Why live near on a mountain? There could be a mudslide.

Why live near a creek? There could be a flash flood.

Why live on earth? There could be a catastrophic meteor that destroys the entire planet.

Oh wait.

4/16/2011 9:45:18 AM

I lived on the cusp of tornado alley for a year. It wasn't so bad. You get used to the siren testing and identifying storms.

I actually get more nervous now living in NC because there aren't any sirens to alert of me of a possible tornado.

4/16/2011 9:46:35 AM

Cool logic except the likelihood of these things occuring is A LOT SMALLER than guaranteed tor nadas.

nah mean?

4/16/2011 9:47:17 AM

Yeah but if we get a freak tornado in the middle of the night in NC we are more likely to wake up to being crushed than a siren warning us to run for cover.

4/16/2011 9:48:35 AM

Yeah but its not like tornado alley is otherwise a great place to live. It sucks ass (I'm in tornado alley) AND it has tornadoes.

California is freakin awesome. Amazing beaches, amazing mountains, amazing nature, amazing parks, amazing cities and a laid back culture so when people say why do people live in a place with so many disasters its understandable.

4/16/2011 9:49:26 AM

I get it, so if the place is pretty its worth being crushed by an overpass during an earthquake.

4/16/2011 9:52:17 AM

Overpasses don't crush people in quakes anymore. Thats so 1989.

4/16/2011 9:54:07 AM

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"Yeah but if we get a freak tornado in the middle of the night in NC we are more likely to wake up to being crushed than a siren warning us to run for cover."

and you probably don't have a basement to take cover in anyway!!

4/16/2011 10:16:22 AM

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"Why live near the ocean? There could be a tsunami."

Well, people who live near the ocean are generally given a few weeks to prepare and to GTFO.

People who live on the beach end up paying out of the ass for flood insurance, or they're fucking idiots.

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"Why live near a fault line? There could be an earthquake."

Our ability to make a building that can withstand an earthquake has gotten so much better. The real hazard now isn't so much the building falling, to shit falling and hurting you.

But putting a city near a fault line... WTF.

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"Why live near on a mountain? There could be a mudslide."

I can see this being more of a concern in China...

4/16/2011 11:10:29 AM

There is pretty much nowhere in the world worth living that is free of potential problems, man-made or natural. Shit, major hurricanes hit here with more regularity than major earthquakes hit California. Not even really close, either.

4/16/2011 11:21:27 AM

Better people in Tornado Alley. Better food too, for the most part.

4/16/2011 11:26:06 AM

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"Better Fatter people in Tornado Alley. Better Cheesier food too, for the most part."

4/16/2011 11:44:15 AM

Tornado Alley is a misleading name.

The highest amount of thunderstorms in the nation annually are in FL as well as tornadoes, but it's not "tornado alley."

Another fun fact: there's more argon in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide.

Fun facts are really fun when people get their numbers and information from what Ted Turner, Rupert Murdock, and Bill Gates all want them to think.

You can pretty well gauge within a standard deviation what people think about things based on the agenda of the major media.

4/16/2011 12:31:46 PM

merbig tried soo haaaaaaaaaaaard!!!

4/16/2011 12:32:54 PM

Florida tornadoes are weaker tornadoes.

[Edited on April 16, 2011 at 12:35 PM. Reason : ^ Obviously mad.]

4/16/2011 12:34:50 PM

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"Tornado Alley is a misleading name. The highest amount of thunderstorms in the nation annually are in FL as well as tornadoes, but it's not "tornado alley.""

Because tornadoes and thunderstorms are totally the same thing. . . . Your statement makes no sense.

4/16/2011 12:50:52 PM

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"Better people in Tornado Alley. Better food too, for the most part."

NANS

4/16/2011 12:51:17 PM

^ ^ alright, well it makes sense to me, and this is the website that I think explains my point the best after checking out a few

http://www.tornadochaser.net/tornalley.html


Calculating weather patterns is an inexact science, and putting politically defined boundaries of either census designated places or state borders as being the containment areas for increased risk for tornadoes is bogus.

A tornado is a column of air that is the product of a thunderhead, so while I agree with you that they aren't the same thing, one is predicated by the other. The other key is "recorded" tornadoes. I throw that in there because there are probably more tornadoes in FL by most estimates but they just aren't as recorded as well.

Really you should talk to an insurance adjuster if you want more info about this.

4/16/2011 12:58:29 PM

The trailer that was here had people in it all of whom are now dead. The guys brother lived across the road, said it happened so fast and the power was out he had to find his way to the hall in the dark, his house did not suffer damage but when he went outside he saw his brothers entire house was gone...but somehow the steps and the flowers beside them are still there.

4/16/2011 1:07:55 PM

Well, I live out here in Okie because I forecast and chase said tornadoes, so this is the place to go. Lately, we've had a bigger problem with wildfires, at least here in SW Oklahoma. Tornado Alley fluctuate due to El Nino or La Nina from time to time. This season, many of the tornadic supercells have been in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama. Even last year, Minnesota and Wisconsin were in the crosshairs of tornadoes. It's just something you plan for when you live here. You have a weather radio, you have a safety plan, you have a storm shelter, you have a way to stay tuned to the forecast, you go about your day. It's just life out here.

4/16/2011 1:20:17 PM

It's just as bad in Dixie, but Tornado Alley gets more press b/c they have tornadoes during a set season. Dixie gets them all year-round.

North Raleigh was hit by an F4 in 1988 too. It sucks because we have lots of hills and trees so you can't always see them coming.

http://www4.ncsu.edu/~nwsfo/storage/cases/19881128/

[Edited on April 16, 2011 at 1:44 PM. Reason : asdf]

4/16/2011 1:41:25 PM

I hate that I missed the tornado in '88 as I was still in Charlotte at the time. I did get Hugo directly the following year.

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"Really you should talk to an insurance adjuster if you want more info about this."

I think I'll rely on my meteorological education from the venerable institution of NC State rather than some insurance adjuster if you don't mind...

4/16/2011 5:55:58 PM

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"Another fun fact: there's more argon in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide."

Argon is inert and doesn't do anything.

4/16/2011 6:07:35 PM

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"Tornado Alley is a misleading name. The highest amount of thunderstorms in the nation annually are in FL as well as tornadoes, but it's not "tornado alley.""

Having the most thunderstorms is not why people call the middle of the country Tornado Alley. I think it has something to do with having the most tornadoes or something.

4/17/2011 12:00:25 AM

It's kind of funny that I made this thread before all the activities from the storms went down today...

4/17/2011 12:02:11 AM

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"I actually get more nervous now living in NC because there aren't any sirens to alert of me of a possible tornado."

there were sirens going off on hillsboro street yesterday before the rain hit. I was in the NCSU library. it scared some poor girl pretty bad.

(they were from outside the building)

[Edited on April 17, 2011 at 7:48 PM. Reason : .]

4/17/2011 7:47:43 PM

who the hell bases their decision to live somewhere on the fear of a tornado hitting them? Its not like you are choosing to build on the side of an active volcano.

4/17/2011 7:52:56 PM

^Huh? Living in the more active parts of tornado alley really is like choosing to live near an active volcano.

4/17/2011 8:28:43 PM

I base my choice of location to live based on the distribution of sickle cell anemia #notintendedtobeafactualstatement

4/17/2011 8:41:50 PM

Bham has the tornado sirens and they always scare the bejesus out of me... I hate these damn things

4/17/2011 8:50:55 PM

^^^ no it isnt. Even if you live in a place with a lot or tornadoes the chance of you being seriously affected are pretty slim (and the minor stuff you are aware of and can prepare for ahead of time)

4/17/2011 8:55:00 PM

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"It's kind of funny that I made this thread before all the activities from the storms went down today..."

That's because you're a sack of shit.

4/17/2011 9:15:11 PM

^ lol. Mr. Vulcan is still mad.

4/17/2011 9:58:44 PM

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"I lived on the cusp of tornado alley for a year. It wasn't so bad. You get used to the siren testing and identifying storms. I actually get more nervous now living in NC because there aren't any sirens to alert of me of a possible tornado."

I am originally from Iowa and everyone back there has a basement, so it isn't too dangerous. My grandfather died at age 99 in 2006. The farm his family owned for over 100 years still has never been hit by a tornado. When my dad was in 8th grade he said they had one get within a quarter mile of the farm though. Tornados are like lightning, the odds of being hit by one aren't that good.

[Edited on April 18, 2011 at 2:35 AM. Reason : .]

4/18/2011 2:34:24 AM

dang...told you about that dixie alley

4/30/2011 3:26:58 PM