Mountains (just shy of 7000ft elevation) of Northern New Mexico, USA:
Wild fires biggest danger. But in 9 yrs we've had maybe 3 times the smoke from 'nearby' ones so bad there was an air quality alert (as if one's nose and eyes wouldn't tell us). Never had visible flames, except when something in my yard caught one day and neighbors poured in and had it half out before the Volunteer Fire Dept responded to DD's call. But the fact that winds could whip such small fires up motivates everyone to keep a look out and to pitch in when spotted.
In Laramie there were occasional tornadoes as the mountains not as close as the ones we live in now. Up there corridors of relatively flat stretches allow relatively small but still potent ones to form--tho most we ever heard was a barn or shed roof lost to them. Down here we get 'dust devils', which are mini--tornados biggest i've ever seen was barely 3ft tall 2 wide at the top--picture the cartoon image of the 'Taz, the Tasmanian Devil' before he stops moving. Still, i wouldn't want a pet to get hit by one, nor would i approach one myself except to save some other living thing.
We actually have earthquakes fairly frequently. Shouldn't be surprised several dormant volcanoes in the state, and some fault lines. They are rarely strong enough to even feel--1.2-4.5 generally. But one day this summer we felt two on the same day and tho i recognized the feeling from having been thru a medium shake in Honolulu i of course checked online and that's when i found out how common they are here. While they've found evidence of ones thousands of years ago that were like 7+ on the scale most these days under 5.
