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Originally Posted by IROC

I lived in North Alabama for 21 years. Tornadoes were a very real threat, but the chances of any one individual being adversely affected by one was very small. So...no big deal. I have seen EF4 and 5 damage, though (was within a mile of the 1989 F4 in Huntsville when it happened) and it is truly shocking.

I'm from Florida, although I've only lived there about 17 years total. In that 17 years, I was never personally impacted by a tornado, and I think I've seen water spouts maybe a handful of times.

Here in the Houston area (I've been here 27 years now), Tornados are a thing (not like tornado alley, more like FL). I've heard of them hitting various places around Houston, but never experienced one. I think I may have seen one try to form in the clouds (form, start toward the ground and then dissipate, but never touchdown) maybe a handful of times. (knock on wood).

I have been through a couple of hurricanes, although I was far enough inland where they weren't too bad. I was without power for 5 days once. I had a tree come down in the back yard and just miss destroying the outdoor AC unit and roof over the back porch.

I've been lucky during flood events to have always just escaped flooding.