Do you have any/many natural disasters where you live?

So far I have dodged a bullet. Here are some things that I have just missed:
Engine failure of C-47 in Korea
Fire in the York Minster
TWA flight 800 explosion
Militants in Egypt shooting up the temple of Queen Hasteput
Blowing up of the USS Cole in Yemen
Sylmar earth quake-I was in Colorado
Northridge earthquake-I was on a cruise
Midair collision of 2 planes over Misty Fjord
 

National Disasters: I've seen long-time structures vanish overnight, heard stories about people holding on to rooftops or tying themselves to trees, and the sad news of others who didn't live to tell their story.
 
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Except for the occasional hurricane, we don’t have many natural disasters in South Carolina.

However, since December 2021 until today’s date we have had a total of 64 earthquake tremors, mostly in the Midlands area. Most are around 3.5 or less.

It’s unusual for us but no one seems very concerned about it. makes me uneasy as we have 4 nuclear power plants in the state.
 

I have experienced a tornado. Was playing outside with my younger brother and took his hand to try to get him back in the house. The wind kept blowing him off his feet. We made it inside but my mom could not get the door closed behind us.
I have experienced a super typhoon with flying debris knocking out louvered windows and water coming in one side of the house and exiting the other.
I have experienced an earthquake with cars looking as if they were jumping up and down in the parking lot and warnings to stay away from the beach because the earthquake might have caused a tsunami to form. Thank goodness, the tsunami did not happen.
 
A few, not so many as some places, but we have drought, fire and the occasional earthquake.

When I was in High School a man took me deer hunting who had lost his wife to the 1959 Yellowstone earthquake. They were sleeping in tent when it struck a large boulder fell or rolled right on top of her, crushing and killing her instantly. The man I knew was injured but not too badly. That is a famous incident and has been the subject of a few books, much more than what happened to my friend's wife.

Fortunately such events are rare, there was however the Gros Venture landslide in the 20s, just south of Yellowstone, a somewhat similar story.
 
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We lived in Wichita, KS., for about 4 years, in the late '60's. Every year, the sirens went off a couple of times, and we dove into the tornado shelter. One time, one hit a small shopping center about 1/2 mile away, and pretty much destroyed it. The next day, there were store items scattered all over the neighborhood. I was really glad when the company offered us a chance to move to Kansas City...I said Yes, quickly.
 
Here in south central Kentucky we have occasional tornadoes, some of which have been fairly severe. And being that we are over a cave system, sink holes have caused some havoc. Not as bad as Florida, but when they occur it causes a major impact. (Corvette plant as an example.) There is also the New Madrid fault line that runs along the western edge of Kentucky that's kind of scary.
 
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Here in south central Kentucky we have occasional tornadoes, some of which have been fairly severe. And being that we are over a cave system, sink holes have caused some havoc. Not as bad as Florida, but when they occur it causes a major impact. (Corvette plant as an example.) There is also the New Madrid fault line that runs along the western edge of Kentucky that's kind of scary.
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It looks like I'll have to add major flooding to my original post. 😢
 
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OMG, I saw how terrible it is. You're ok I presume? I hope your friends and family are safe. I see that 16 are dead. :cry:
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We're all safe here, thanks! We had torrential rain here in south central Kentucky but nothing like eastern KY. All I can think is that the storm just stalled over eastern KY and it rained and rained... Either that or, because of the drought conditions, the ground was so hard it couldn't absorb the water and it just ran off and flooded everything. A lot of those people have very little to begin with and to have that taken away is just sad.
 
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