Re: Hurricanes and tornadoes


richardfangnail@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> How would you define the exact area in the US where a hurricane could
> hit; and where a tornado could hit?

Hurricanes are mostly southesthern coastal phenomenons. A tornado
could hit just about anywhere, but mostly along the "tornado alley".

>
> When I say "could hit" let us define it as meaning one has hit in the
> last 110 years. I don't want to say 100 as that would leave out
> Galveston.
>
> Is Hawaii free of natural disasters? It has a volcano but it mostly
> just sits there.

Hawaii is not free of natural disasters. There are Pacific storms.
Volcanos mostly just sit there until it erupts. Mt. St. Helens just
sat there until one day...

Being free of natural disasters is a relative term.

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