Back when I lived in the Lower East Side of New York City, I was in daily danger of being knifed or coshed or shot on those mean streets, but I was reasonably safe from hurricanes and in no danger at all from tornadoes and floods. Now that I live in the placid Texas Hill Country, I run the risk of being viciously mugged by Mother Nature at any time of the day or night, any season of the year, according to this NY Times map.
Having seen tornadoes, hailstorms, floods, and hurricanes hereabouts already, I'm not that surprised. But Corvallis, Oregon, is rated as being the place farthest from Mother N.'s wrath. Funny; I thought the Pacific Northwest was in imminent danger of a massive quake. Oh, well. What can you do? Insh'Allah, as our Arab cousins say.
