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GardensJohn said:I have to admit, tornados don't bother me as much as earthquakes. You can go down the basement to wait out a tornado. You never know how long or how bad an earthquake will be. And you can never tell what is going to fall on you! But I guess it depends on what you grew up with. I grew up in Iowa so tornados were things that came and went quickly.

I've lived in Virginia for 21 years and hurricanes are a different animal all together! A tornado is either going to hit your house or not. It's either going to damage your house or not. There is no little bit about it. Once it's moved past you and your area it's over.

Hurricanes, on the other hand, last for days and can slowly tear your house apart! So when hurricane season starts (about June until November) we just watch the track of storms across the Atlantic and hope for the best. Fortunately for us, the storms usually hit Florida first and move up the coast. By the time they hit us they are usually no more than a category 1 or a tropical storm.

But everyone keeps saying that it isn't a matter of "if" it's a matter of "when" a big one will come straight at Virginia. I hope it doesn't happen during my lifetime!! We thought Florence a couple of years ago was coming as a Cat 4 or 5 straight at us, but turned south and didn't hit us at all. But we skedaddled anyway! We went to some friends in Ohio for a week! When we got back folks around here smiled and giggled at us. But I figured better safe than sorry.

I have been thru a 7.5, a 7.2 and a 7.4 earthquake. I have slept thru 5 and 6 magnitude shakers and never felt them. Guess I'm use to it from spending almost 50 years here. It's just like I have talked with people from the Midwest and they freak out with earthquake but not tornadoes.

Sadly I'm moving to where it's more reasonable cost of living. Also ready for change. It will just take a bit to adjust and get use to it is all.