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Originally Posted by Steve6
America is unlucky because mother nature hits it hard...
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We do seem to be in an area of the world where we get everything:
Winter snow – Washington, DC was shut down twice last winter due to two 2-3 foot snowstorms in a week;
Summer heat – this past summer has been record-breaking multiple 90+F and triple-digit highs over a large portion of the US;
Hurricanes – so far just a glancing blow from Earl over Cape Cod and Nantucket and a slightly heavier blow up at St. John’s in Canada, but we remember Katrina from 2005 in New Orleans and MS, Andrew in 1992 in FL, Ike in 2008 in Galveston with its Category 5 storm surge (15 feet+) which brought to attention their record of having the worst US deadly natural disaster in an unexpected hurricane in 1900;
Earthquakes – California has a long record and it carries on
Volcanoes – Mount St. Helen’s in 1980 with its unforgettable photos of losing its top, and constant action in Hawaii;
Tornadoes – Tornado Alley in the mid-section of the US, but tornadoes can occur anywhere, as Dallas TX proved recently, and Salt Lake City and Atlanta had their turns before;
Floods – The Mississippi River in mid-US, plus the rivers to its north have caused 100-year floods in the last few years; in the last few months we’ve seen an increase of long-hours storms that give at least 4” of rain and usually up to 10-12” in less than a day, and the resulting horrible floods, i.e. Nashville, TN in early May and recently a tropical storm dumped on TX, OK and MO.
Did I miss anything? That's enough!
But we can still have glorious weather, like right now in late summer we are having low 70s F daytime, sunny with dry air and low humidity and cool nights, at long last, for pre-foliage, apple-picking season.
I must say I love the photos of Ireland with the green fields and the coastal water, along with other similar areas in the UK.