"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
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Dee Flint wrote:
"Frank Gilliland" wrote in message
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On 5 Sep 2005 18:27:06 -0700, wrote in
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Besides there is no place on earth that isn't subject to some type of
natural disaster or another.

True. Even here in the woods of PA, there are occasional flirtations with
disaster. In 1985 a tornado touched down in Penfield near Parker Dam State
Park, and continued on the ground for 99 minutes in a 60 mile long path to
just north of Lock Haven PA. Blew down 26K of forest in a path that varied
from 300 yards to 1.5 miles wide. A real monster that happened on some of
the more mountainous terrain in PA. Fortunately, it was in a virtually
uninhabited area.

So it can happen anywhere. The odds are a little better here than in the
alley tho'.

- Mike KB3EIA -

Though it seems with tornados that the most severe occurances tend to be
outside tornado alley. Almost as if they have to be bigger to be able at
all. I.e. the greatest number are in tornado alley but the severest ones
are outside it.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE