D.R. Cattle":2nh4c3j2 said:
Ann Bledsoe":2nh4c3j2 said:
Can't believe you moved to hurricane central. Too expensive. I'm working my way to the Carolinas.
I just don't see that it could be that much worst that living in "tornado central"! Or "blizzard central"!!
At least there is warning before a hurricane, a Nebraska tornado is on top of you with no more then a few minutes warning. We lived 2 miles from the debris path left by the tornado that removed Hallam, Nebraska from the face of the earth (F4 -- winds well over 200 mph). We sustained some damage from that one, it lifted a train off of the tracks and set it down in a field, turned the grain elevator into big crushed can, there was only 1 house left standing and it's interior was sucked out through the windows.
Nebraska routinely gets tropical (and even hurricane) force winds. April 2001 we lost part of the roof to our barn in 100 mph winds on an otherwise clear and sunny day.
I actually get a chuckle out of some of the weather forecasts down here -- wind advisories for 20 mph wind, in Nebraska we call that a "light breeze"! Nebraska is so windy that in the pioneer days, people actually went "wind crazy" from listening the wind whistle all the time.
And the cold!
I definitely won't miss having to keep a sledgehammer handy to bust the 3-4 inches of ice out of water tanks after those nights that the tank heaters couldn't keep up, -30 below zero isn't uncommon.
The only way a Floridian can experience anything that compares to a Nebraska winter is to go get inside your deep freezer!
I sure won't miss dragging bales of hay through the snow! And digging out after a blizzard is isn't any picnic. But I would have to say that ice storms are the worst -- or I should probably say, the storms that lay down an inch or two of ice and then a foot or so of snow on top.
Sub-zero temps, roads closed, and no electricity -- I thing I'd prefer to take my chances down here!
Every location has it's threats -- at least down here, once you get past the hurricane season, the rest of the year is paradise and even if you're without electricity, you're not going to freeze.
The one thing I will miss is the deer hunting. We haven't found a place to hunt down here yet. But, I must admit, that sitting in a tree stand when it's sub-zero isn't a whole lot of fun -- but a nice buck on the ground does warm you up real quick!
My husband and son like alligator hunting though, they took a 9 ft 3 inch male the other night.
Ann