why do people live in tornado alley??

first off, it's extremely sad watching the news and seeing all the missing people and children who have died as a result of the tornadoes in the Missouri. it's a horrible tragedy i hope i have never have to deal with.

Why does someone live in Florida or near the east coast when there are hurricanes?
Why do people live in California when there are earthquakes?
Why do people live in Wyoming or Colorado where droughts have occurred?
Why do people live in Hawaii where there are volcanoes?

It's hard to find a spot to live in the US that isn't susceptible to a natural disaster. I would imagine for most people that these are the places they grew up and this is the place where all there family and friends are.

By your rationale 500 million people who live in the 'ring of fire' should pack up and move immediately, all people living in coastal areas around the world should do the same as there is no protection from hurricanes or typhoons or tsunamis, 100 million people in tornado alley should simply go away. Maybe they can move to Ontario, I heard the cash giveaways are great.

i'm not saying everyone move. i'm saying the people who live in tornado alley who do not have a secure shelter are taking a chance with their lives. 

and i'm not saying they have no right to live there. i'm just saying if you live in those areas you must accept the risk that you could get wiped out.

There's probably more chance of being murdered or killed in a car accident than being killed in a natural disaster in some states

im not sure what you are arguing here. you are saying the people who live in places that are susceptible to tsunamis and earthquakes shouldnt move because there isnt 'too much you can do" when one hits? reasonable logic would suggest that these people are in fact more stupid because they live in a place with less means of protection from their respective natural disaster....yet you get onto the people that deal with probably the least lethal natural disaster in the world for not building a shelter? 

AUandGBfan,

if govt would stop subsiding the system that allows for ppl to both be indemnified and achieve profit by natural disasters from their locations. 

why do people live within 25 miles of a crime laden ghetto and deal with potential home invasions for crack/meth money?

drJ,

It's what you've grown up with for alot of people like myself.  I lived in NE Kansas for 32 years and I only personally seen one tornado.  Got chased to the basement a few times just in case though.

Yeah I grew up with it as well living in OKC, yet I have never seen one myself.  But what are you going to do, you know?  I mean, you grow up in a part of the country, have family and friends there, established a career or own a business... are we going to move b/c the area is prone to tornadoes?  I'm in Dallas now, and a potentially deadly system just made its way across the DFW metroplex literally like 5-10 minutes ago.  Does everybody in Dallas and Fort Worth need to get out of dodge?

And as far as the people in Tuscaloosa that died, I don't think they were really prepared.  Not for sure, but I don't think that part of the country is commonly hit by major tornadoes.  In 1999, I think OKC got hit with one of the strongest tornadoes in history, yet not nearly as many people perished as in Bama or Joplin.  I'm pretty sure it's b/c we were prepared and lots of people Do have storm shelters.  Not sure how prepared they were in Joplin; doesn't seem like they were though.

  

Glad to see you made it safe through the DFW one.  I would have thought the people in Joplin would be ready, but I also heard that the wind was so strong they couldn't hear the sirens.  I can see Alabama not being ready.  I would hate to see what it would be like here in Houston.  We have more time to run from the hurricanes.

Cuz they love a good blow job...

I think your sphincter is cutting off your air supply causing you to speak nonsense...

odds are so low that a tornado hits your house.....