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mac56

(17,649 posts) Sat Jan 11, 2025, 05:14 PM Jan 11

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It's amazing that people in Tornado alley, low lying swamplands, and Coastal hurricanes routes can complain... LakeArenal Jan 11 #1

As one that lives in a tornado prone area, NO, we don't complain about others suffering from disasters. SWBTATTReg Jan 11 #2

Indeed. Swede Jan 11 #3

Actually MLWR Jan 11 #4

Welcome to DU ! KS Toronado Jan 11 #6

Damn straight PJMcK Jan 11 #8

Wish the Meme started with "Hey Mr tRump if you think...." KS Toronado Jan 11 #5

Exactly what drove me to find DU in 2006, txwhitedove Jan 11 #7

LakeArenal

(29,934 posts)

1. It's amazing that people in Tornado alley, low lying swamplands, and Coastal hurricanes routes can complain...

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Sat Jan 11, 2025, 05:25 PM

Jan 11

….about anyone burned out by raging winds and dry land fires.

SWBTATTReg

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2. As one that lives in a tornado prone area, NO, we don't complain about others suffering from disasters.

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 05:45 PM

Jan 11

Don't 100% tag all of us w/ statements like this.

One point, tornado alley is usually in large grasslands, which are very prone to large grass fires too. Disasters which if your home is in the path of one of these grassfires, you're often out of luck, the rural volunteer fire departments are often overwhelmed, and homes are lost. These grassfires are often large, whipped up by winds too like in Calif., and happen every year it seems.

1 Siberian Taiga Fires 2003 55,000,000 acres Russia
2 Australian Bushfires 2019/2020 42,000,000 acres Australia
5 Black Dragon Fire 1987 2,500,000 acres China and Russia
10 Taylor Complex Fire 2004 1,305,592 acres Alaska
-- Texas wildfires in 2024, 1.1 million acres

There are tons of other fires I didn't list here. Too many to list.