Kroneborge

I do have a question for those of you that live in areas like this.....why do you stay there?

Is there any place that is not subject to disaster though?  Out west there is earthquakes, middle in torandoes, south and east hurricanes

granted some places are worse than others, but none that are really safe I don't think.

Thanks for the responses, those of you who have answered. Krone, I think you're missing my point though man. I know that no one is completely safe, but my question is, when you know for sure you are in an area that has proof of constant mother nature destruction, why stay there and risk your family and all that you've built?
 
Here in NJ where *I* live..about 40 minutes from Philly, we get stuff like tail ends of hurricanes, severe wind, black ice a few major snow storms per year and that's about it. They claim we have gotten tornadoes here, but it's hype and the news making it worse than it is. We get severe wind that can be damaging...what could it be, an F-0.5? LOL!
 
We don't get earthquakes, we don't get mudslides, we don't have fires like Cali unless we start them, we rarely see temps below 0 degrees F without wind-chill, so the risk to live here (other than the insane property taxes and car insurance lol) is quite low. Wind blows a tree on someones house here, right away they say a tornado hit. Granted, I've heard wind so severe, I've heard that freight train thing and it scared me...but in my years of living here (since 1971) I've never physically seen a tornado and have never been hit with a full hurricane or any other natural disaster thank God. I can't see myself ever buying a house in an area that is prone to natural disasters. I'm not discrediting anyone that has that situation, I just wonder why. I just can't see why one would risk that possibility man. 

Totally understand where you are coming from, but my point is, in the 40 some years that I have lived where *I* live in NJ, there has never been anything that has made me say or think "wow, I think I gotta get out of here...this is happening too much to where it's scaring me". I know anything can happen anywhere....I'm just saying, for places where things are more prone to happen more often, I would just personally do my best to avoid living in places like that.