Tornadoes

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by LucyKKG

Yeah...has there ever been a tornado in California? I'd be so scared! At least I appreciate how spoiled I am with this good weather.

Hang in there, everybody!

Hurricanes, I can handle - like I said you at least get a couple day's notice so you can board up and buy supplies, or pack up and head for higher ground...

Tornadoes? Umm while they can be sporadic, the weather guys usually will say if we should be on the lookout.. and we have sirens to tell people to take cover immediately as soon as a funnel cloud is spotted.

California does have beautiful weather - I travel to San Fran & San Diego pretty frequently - but - they have random earthquakes, and there is usually no warning (not even a 5-minute-before siren!) for those. Eeeeep!

[LucyKKG]

Originally Posted by texas*princess

California does have beautiful weather - I travel to San Fran & San Diego pretty frequently - but - they have random earthquakes, and there is usually no warning (not even a 5-minute-before siren!) for those. Eeeeep!

Yeah, earthquakes always get brought up when people talk about CA weather, but they happen so rarely. There was a decently sized one (i.e. one you could actually feel) a few months ago. There hasn't been a huge one that caused any damage for quite some time, though. There was that big one in 1989, but besides that...I'm not sure.

On the other hand, I see what you're saying about the lack of warning. I guess seismologists can kind of see them coming, but not really.