Would you rather live in a hurricane-prone area or in a tornado-prone area?
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I grew up in earthquake central (San Francisco) and spent almost a decade in Colorado (which does have some tornado areas). I've been living for the past year near the Gulf Coast and this has been my first hurricane season.
What I find interesting is that the people here mark certain years by the hurricane name rather than the actual date. "That happened before Ike!"
The people that inhabit these hurricane areas know full well that one could come along wipe everything out, but as long as they have enough warning to get out of the way, they'll take the risks and are willing to come back, rebuild and start over.
I would prefer the hurricane area over the tornado simply because with todays technology, you have more time and warning.
I find that comforting since I grew up in the land of shake, rattle and roll without any warning at all!
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While both are quite deadly, I may be able to have an underground shelter in a tornado area, in a hurricane prone area the risk of flooding makes such shelters impractical.
http://tornadosheltersonline.com/media.html
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Tornadoes come like a thief in the night, sometimes literally. While you sleep they can take lives and property in only a few minutes, without warning.
While hurricanes are devastating, you have warning of its coming and time to evacuate.
I would much rather live in a hurricane-prone area. Hurricanes often spawn tornadoes but since I had warning of the hurricane, I wouldn't be there to experience the tornadoes.
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Where I live in New Hampshire we have hurricanes sometimes but they are not very strong by the time they reach me and tornadoes are even rarer (we did have one in 2008 http://www.wmur.com/weather/20132880/detail.html ) but they are not common at all.
I am used to what a hurricane can do and I like to track them. Hurricane Bill earlier this year was more of a surfing event her than a weather or safety concern. The state of Maine was not so lucky a little girl died after being swept out to sea from the shores of Acadia National Park. Below is a Coast Guard rescue from the waves of Hurricane Bill.
I know where to go during a hurricane and overall the residents here will have a good notice on where the hurricane is and will be going.http://www.wmur.com/hurricanes/index.html
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As described here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion,_Illinois_tornado_outbreak we even occasionnally get clusters of tornados that hit several parts of the region simultaneously or in rapid succession. The land I live on now had everything on it destroyed in the 1982 tornado.
Southern Illinois is occassionally hit by the remnants of hurricanes. Ike was still a tropical storm when it hit us and we are on the New Madrid fault line, so we on occasion get tiny earthquakes as well. I've got to say, of the three, an earthquake scares me the most, because of huge amount of widespread damage. The last 5.2 earthquake to hit here damage buildings in three states. The very biggest ones, more than 100 years ago, made the Mississippi River run backwards for awhile.
But the real reason I prefer living in tornado alley to a hurricane prone region is the May 8th derecho that hit our region. We had sustained winds of 106 miles per hour, only about a force 3 hurricane. The rain found cracks in buildings where none were obvious and 1000s of trees in our region were destroyed. Some weather forecasters called it an inland hurricane or a meso-cyclone. Pictures can be seen here: http://www.associatedcontent.com/slideshow/17010/inland_hurricane_damage_from_southern.html?cat=8
It left 50 square miles with no power for a week and many people are still working on repairs to their homes. One family I know still has a tarp roof with winter coming fast. Give me a simple tornado any day!
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Main difference is that a Hurricane is a wide large-scale storm with an 'eye' of several tens of miles wide, which can last a few weeks.
A [Tornado, on the other hand, is a short, violent event with an 'eye' of less than a mile. Tornadoes can actually be the result of hurricanes.
With that in mind, I think I would rather live in a tornado-prone area. The damage done is less, and the time involved with the event (Tornado/Hurricane) is much shorter. Plus, it is easier to weapon oneself against a short Tornado attack, which will pass in less than an hour, in contrast to a Hurricane, which will keep blasting for a day or longer. Check Super Typhoon Philippines and Typhoon Lupil for some recent typhoons/hurricanes.
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Tornadoes, on the other hand, can come up rather suddenly and be unpredictable in strength and direction.
I lived in hurricane-prone areas for most of my life and have personally experienced a category 4 hurricane. Recently, I moved to a tornado-prone area, and I have to say I was a lot more comfortable about storms when I lived in the hurricane-prone area! I've yet to experience a tornado, and I hope I never do.
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