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For sure, it's easier dealing with hurricanes. I grew up an hour from the Texas coast and even though the hurricanes were scary, we had days to prepare like you said, t*p. Although one year, a hurricane ripped through and spawned a tornado, which picked up our big ol' beach house and several others right along the coast and dropped them in the Gulf. Not even a nail was left and the owners could only locate their lots by the cisterns. This was all witnessed by this guy who actually rode out the storm nearby!

Several tornadoes have touched down in the section of Alabama just west of us since I've lived here and I really think that the big manmade lake between us and them tempers the weather a bit. Locals say that we've hardly had any snow since the lake was put in about 1960 but then again, the tornadoes seem to die at the state line so it's worth it.

Thanks, Benzgirl,it's been a violent 2 days weatherwise. The kids just came in and told me that a tornado did just now touch down south of here.