I mean, his system for this was flawed. It seems like he was only going my number of federally declared disasters instead of the scale of disasters. A place like Louisiana should be top 3 just because of how much these storms slam it. It’s become like a third world country.
Did you say there are "at least THREE" wild fires burning in California? There are at least 625 wild fires burning in California. But yep, at least three.
This year is terrible with fires. One of the worst I can remember and I've been here most of my life. I'm glad I don't live in the mountains/forests but praying for those who do.
These fires are being set by some angry idiot and the lousy government does nothing but bitch about us losing all this gorgeous forest, shows how really worthless they ALL are about finding the insane individual who is successfully destroying our forest. They should all be fired with NO pay ever.
@@helenjackman8984 , the fires near me were caused by lightening. If the lousy governor we have would help the forestry clean up all the dry underbrush, we wouldn't be on fire. But no, he only cares about Northern California and to hell with the rest of it.
New Mexico is the high desert. The lowest elevation is like 2800 feet! High desert is not a joke for heat or cold! PS. California has three seasons. Earthquake, Fire, and mudslide season.
Very true! I've got to admit, though, that I miss the high desert summer nights. To me they were almost magical in an unexplainable sort of way. Plus, I get amused that Denver brags about being the "mile high city". Big deal. Santa Fe is over 7,000 feet!
Born in Texas, raised in California- I'm a badass. Lost my house in Loma Prieta 1989, was living in Downtown Santa Cruz, I was home alone--- I still sleep with my totebag and heavy shoes by the bed, and pretty much everywhere I go remind myself of what I'll do if a quake happens, where it will be safe to get cover--The Triangle of Life. Thanks!
I literally came to the comments to mention the Loma Prieta earthquake. I lived in Santa Cruz for 12 years (2000-2012). Pacific Ave. obviously got destroyed, and there were still signs from the earthquake even in 2000. I was living in Tahoe in 1989, and we felt the earthquake all the way up there.
@@StageRight123 I lived on Myrtle Street - the old ice factory was behind us-- After the earthquake that become the Logo's Emporium store before it moved back onto Pacific Ave. : )
@that guy Fires were getting under control but someone started another fire down in Big Sur- we have smoky skies again where I live now in San Mateo Co. : (
@@rhobot75 I'm from San Mateo . I moved out in 2010. I remember when the Loma prieta hit. I made a plan to get out before it falls into the ocean. Last year my 22 year old daughter moved to half moon bay. I worry everyday.
I know he said people with mullets are in Oklahoma but I think they are also in Alabama. And usually have hooked up with a few cousins . But tbf that’s probably in Oklahoma too
People say move to Alabama all the time. It's really cheap and you can find jobs there...if you can deal with the poor education, deep-red conservatism, oppressive laws and policing, natural disasters, poverty, racism, oppressive heat, and just about every other statistic that Alabama is infamous for.
Right that's like hard core no way! I don't care how nice they are! LOL! Like come on! Get a clue! It's so dangerous there. I just keep thanking God that Maine is such a safe place compared to the rest of the world O_O
I live in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and a little over a couple of weeks ago, we had a derecho come through. The news said that the wind gusted up to 140 mph. This morning there were about 240 people who were still without power. People are living in tents if front of there damage homes. Yeah, not good at all.
Luis Smith Oh look, from wsl website: In Switzerland, natural hazards such as avalanches, landslides, rockfall, debris flows, flooding and forest fires can cause considerable damage. Through our research and services, we help to protect people from natural events.
In Switzerland, 23 people are killed on average each year by avalanches alone; flooding and mass movements cause damage amounting to an average of CHF 300 million per year. As the population continues to grow, more and more buildings are located in at-risk areas.
Yes....I was 5 years old. A tornado destroyed half our town in Wisconsin. I remember the loud train sound. My mother was crying and praying. Luckily we lived on the north side, as the south side was flattened. We made forts in the downed trees. That was the only fun part. I pay attention to all weather warnings because of that.
Lived in Fairbanks Alaska when they had an earthquake, Indianapolis when they had a blizzard and tornado and Florida thru hurricanes,tornadoes and some strange weather
We don't get hurricanes in California. There's that. And part of the reason that California and Texas have so many disasters are simply because they have so much more territory than anywhere else.
I’ve lived in Georgia all my life and I’m really happy there aren’t that many natural disasters where I live. I’ve never had to fear a hurricane and the last tornado warring in my area was like 4 or 5 years ago. Unfortunately we have an incompetent governor.
I'm sitting here in CA feeling like I am sitting around the camp fire with all the smoke. Please tell this state that it's already got the number one spot and it can stop trying so hard.
That 1999 tornado outbreak took my childhood home as well as most of Haysville Kansas south of Wichita by a few miles. It was extremely impactful on my family we had to move and search through wreckage for weeks
I experienced the M7.1 quake that hit South Central Alaska in 2018. Was quite the wild ride on the hospital maternity ward, as my wife and I welcomed our third child the day before. I guess you could say she really shook things up for us.
I have been in more hurricanes than I can actually remember, and a tornado missed my house by yards ten years ago. I live in Alabama, and the tornado alley is moving more and more easterly each year. Pray for the people of Louisiana with that Cat 4 Hurricane Laura coming in tonight.
Yep, I was in Gulfport MS when Katrina hit and it was really bad, that monster blew boats large and small out of the water and they landed blocks away from the water. Homes were blown away and the whole place was unrecognizable.
Great video. Will there be an opposite one? I know positive videos get less views but I think people knowing the safest states would be a near universal interest.
LOL Suddenly the state of Maine fills up with everyone fro the worst states list! LOL! We barely get hit by anything bad but can have mudslides,earthquakes, blizzards, Twisters even. The fact is it could be way worse on fires in our forest given how much we have for forests. But we're a pretty chill state. Not to mention it's just really pretty here... I love not having to see people all the time. THe more trees the merrier! LOL! Ohhhhhhh wait wasn't that supposed tos ay people? LOL I don't hate people but I dont' wanna live in a city!
It's not a State, But Puerto Rico is. Hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, and massive corruption comparable to a 3rd world country. Hell, we'are a third world country, within the U.S.
Yeah, PR deals with some hardcore disasters, you all deal with some serious stuff. And that's coming from a California native who's currently evacuated due to fires here. Sending love to you all!
Don't Be a Fishwife thank you!!! Hope the fires stop soon. I remember working at a call center for Motel 6 during the 2018 fire season. It was so heartbreaking hearing from people that had lost everything on a fire. I would leave that job in tears. This year has been hell. Love and hugs ❤️❤️❤️
"Have you ever been in a [California] natural disaster?" Let's see, watched three out of control fires (not smoke, fire) from my front porch, the Thomas Fire, the Maria fire, and the Simi Valley fire (different porch.) Lost our home in the 94 Northridge earthquake and as a kid lost our chimney in the first Northridge quake in 72. Sounded like a train riding over our roof in that one, but not really that bad considering. Wasn't surprised California was number one in this video.
I think you are referring to the Sylmar quake which was in Feb. 1971. I was at Pt. Mugu NAS when it occurred. it collapsed many freeway overpasses near I-5 including the Antelope Valley Freeway (14) interchange with I-5 that had just been poured. That SAME interchange collapsed in almost the same way during the Northridge quake.
Sorry for losing your house. I lost mine in the Loma Prieta- I was typing something and then thought, Oh, why is that plane landing on us and POW shaking. Moments like those, you find out how bad you want to live.
Alabama Resident here, I LOVE when we get Storms or "bad weather", I think it's Beautiful seeing trees blowing in/with the wind, also rain & thunder help me relax. I was a kid during 1994 Storms, don't remember them much, though I was about 8 years old then. Sort of SHOCKED that Bama was on this List, doesn't seem like we get much bad weather.
Lived in Florida 1964 - 2018. 2004 was the WORST ever for hurricanes. Hurricanes Frances, category 4 and Jeanne, category 3, both a direct hit and little over a week between them. Surreal. Grocery stores closed. Restaurants closed. Gas stations closed. Power out for weeks and in some locations, months. A retirement community comprised of manufactured homes was decimated. Looked like a bomb dropped. Took out a huge portion of the right-hand lane of northbound US1. Ten years later and still many houses with blue tarps, waiting for roof replacements. Insurance companies tried to leave Florida and skip out on policyholders. What a year.
I feel Blessed that I've never been in a major disaster---although I was caught driving on the interstate towards home (more than 3 hours driving time distant) just outside of Cleveland, Ohio when a massive blizzard hit. They shut down the freeway---the driving was barely manageable at around 10 mph---had to stop many times (yes, on the interstate) to clear snow off the windshield in order to see, the wipers were almost useless...but, an intervention of sorts happened and my nephew and I were able to spend the night at the home of one of his friend's parents! It was incredibly lucky we were near the exit to that woman's house. She was so gracious. She took us in, gave us supper and beds. I couldn't stop saying 'thank you' ~ that drive was terrifying at the time (and I'm USED to driving in snow!!).
Western Washington has probably the most mild climate in all of the USA. Winters for the most part are pretty mild with times of very minimal to no snowfall. And summers are absolutely glorious hanging in the 70s to 80s. It's funny how Seattle gets a bad rep for its rain. When a good amount of cities in the US have more annual rainfall than Seattle. It's probably because of more rainy days. Which is a piece of cake compared to the rest of the country with brutal winters. Best State in all of the US to be in the summer. Hands down. 🙌
@** - Well, for one Western Washington is in no threat of hurricanes, tornadoes, or blizzards. Secondly, the mild climate and rain helps in regards to forest fires. Third, Washington is never in a threat of a drought because of our frequent rainy days. Well that's all I have. 🤓
I'm a disaster magnet. Was in every major west coast earthquake from 1988 to 2000, found myself trying to escape 3 different wildfires in Oregon, managed to get hit by a tornado in Linn County, Oregon, and ended up in a EF5 in Kansas less than 72 hours after moving to Oklahoma.
Good Friday 1964 Anchorage Alaska. I was three and a half. But ya, I was there and I remember it. The funny things kids focus on. I remember the bulk candy display at the Cariboo department store. The glass front shattered and bulk candy poured all over the floor. Remember I was just a little kid then. At the time I thought that was the worst disaster of the earthquake. As I grew up, of course I knew it was a little bit worse the some spilled candy. Magnitude 9.4.
1) When I read the title I automatically thought California is going to be on top and I was right. 2) Slept through an earthquake in California back in the 80's.
I live in Alabama and we had the worst Ef4 tornado hit my area ever last year killing 23 in the town of Beauregard, Alabama. It was so strong it knocked over a 200 ft. Verizon phone tower over a major highway 280. Alabama has also had more tornadoes than the midwestern states.
Watching this in Northern California in a motel evacuated because of the fires (been here since the 18th). I knew we could make #1 ... not exactly the list you want to be at the top of. Thanks for distracting me from my problems for a few min, Briggs. xx
I remember hurricane Agnes, and also Haze. They were both bad with a great deal of flooding. We were pumping water out of the basement, and my cousin's family lost power for a week. They live downstate so they got hit worse than we did.
Lived in El Paso while was kid in school back mid 1970s - 1982. 1 year a snowstorm hit and we were out of school for a week. It was pretty deep as I remember.
NEW YORK CITY DOES NOT REPRESENT WHAT HAPPENS IN NEW YORK STATE! I have lived in the Southerntier of NY for 70 years. Most of our extreme weather events are minor compared to what other states experience. Usually just a few days of being inconvenienced.
I am a czech and I absolutely love geography and I enjoy your videos :) I never had an natural disaster because we live in the mountain area but we got some deadly tornado too here in morava
I would like to see a comparison Video of the best and worst islands to live in or not. Thank you for all the work and research you do its very helpful and informative!!
I was a little surprised not to see Hawaii on your list. I lived on The Big Island of Hawaii for seven years and delt with more natural disasters than all the years I've lived in California. Living in the Hilo area, actually above Hilo near Volcanos National Park, we endured an average of 145 inches of rain a year that did cause some flooding. The volcano would erupt every few years that would generate lots of earthquakes, lava flow into subdivisions plus thick volcanic ash.making it hard to breath. I also had to have hurricane insurance on my house as they would hit the island every few years too. Then along the coast there's a long history of deadly tsunamis which can be very deadly. Yes, there is a cost to live in paradise when it comes to natural disasters.
When I was about 4 years old my parents and I lived in Fresno California. One evening there was an earthquake that caused a metal cabinet full of groceries fall on me. When I was 12 years old my parents and I was visiting family in Fort Lauderdale and while we was on an air boat tour a fire started in the Everglades. When I was 16 or 17 years old I was in North Carolina when Hurricane Hugo hit. Fun part...I was living in a mobile home that was facing the direction on the wind. I was almost in Hurrican Harvey. Left League City Tx about a week before it hit Houston area
I live in WA, between two natural disasters just waiting to happen: the Cascadia fault earthquake, which by all predictions should wipe out the western half of the state, (along with the accompanying tsunami) and the supervolcano under Yellowstone. So I'm just going to have a soda and kick back...
Blizzards in New Mexico are less common these days but they are still fairly common. You really need to drive north of I-10 if you ever want to understand New Mexico. Albuquerque, like Denver (Colorado) are both mile high cities. I grew up in the NW corner at 7800+ feet. Santa Fe is around 7000 ft as well. Some of the mountains in New Mexico are well over 10-11,000 ft. There are 4 busy ski areas in New Mexico and Purgatory (Durango, Colorado) is about half an hour on the other side of the state line. There has been a significant migration from Hollywood to New Mexico, for a reason. It ruined Santa Fe and the locals had to move out of town to be able to buy a house. But I digress. Blizzards are not uncommon in New Mexico and I have seen bigger blizzards in New Mexico than I ever did in Colorado. Yeah, the sunsets are okay as are most of the people. Unless you are only comfortable around fair skinned people. They have some there but they have other colors there as well. And a lot of culture, as well. Anyone around Central New Mexico with any power is not okay. Albuquerque police, city officials and the state government are so crooked that they walk funny. Crime is high some years and low other years. It fluctuates with the job market. If money is put into the state for jobs, the officials are very skilled at lining their pockets and their families pockets and it never trickles downhill. But there is a whole lot of good in New Mexico. Just stay away from the capital and you will enjoy yourself. Just saying. It doesn't hurt my feelings if you hate New Mexico. You are just missing out is all. BTW, they call the area around Farmington in the NW corner the Persian Gulf of the US. Oil and gas.
Briggs, since moving to Florida in 1997, I have been through 4 major hurricanes, Charlie in 2004 and Michael in 2018. Michael was by far the worst. 2 years later, there are still houses that were damaged or completely destroyed, still waiting to be demolished. Also went through the blizzard of 1993 in NY. Was in grad school at the time in Binghamton. Classes were actually cancelled (this never happens). Unless you were a first responder, you were arrested for being out on the roads. It took my room mate and I 4 hours to shovel out her car, after the storm ended.
New York does not mean New York City - there’s a whole update region. But that’s typical whenever anyone asks where we live - automatically assume NYC.
My brother just lost his home and my grandma was evacuated for the fires in California. I moved out of Cali a few years ago but felt the big San Francisco earthquake when I was a kid. That place is a mess. Tough place to live...but sure fun to visit.
I remember a few inches of volcanic ash in Eastern Washington because of Mt. St. Helens in 1980. Just imagine snowing gray flour. 60 miles closer to the mountain it was snowing gray beach sand.
Haha you mentioned the French ship exploding. Just recently a dredging vessel in Corpus Christi hit a submerged pipeline and exploded just a couple days ago. Refinery explosions should count for man made natural disasters in Texas.
Katrina survivor here. Some friends and I were actually planning a hurricane party for that one, until we realized the size of that thing and got the hell outta Dodge...er, well New Orleans. Fun fact, the house we were going to party at got destroyed in the storm. Mom and my stepdad picked me up maybe 12 hours before landfall. My stepdad elected to transport the nursing home residents where he worked, to another location near Lafayette; Mom and I rode with. A normally 3-hour trip took over 12 with all the frozen traffic. 12 hours of smelling old people peeing and crapping themselves because there was literally nowhere to go and they could not hold it; even gas was nearly impossible to find, with lines of cars often going all the way back onto the interstate. Everybody was complaining. Everybody was uncomfortable. It was a terrible situation. The nursing home let us stay in an unoccupied room for about a month as gratitude for his service. Cell service was out pretty much state-wide following the storm; Dad didn't even know if I was alive for days. We could do nothing but watch our home devastated on TV for weeks. Going into the city was nearly impossible for quite some time. Closest I got at the time was the Northshore (above Lake Pontchartrain), and even there it was nothing but devastation. The Causeway bridge leading into New Orleans was destroyed in the hurricane. National Guard allowed some of my uncles to get in via an alternate route to retrieve my grandparents, who were in a hospital during the storm. Little by little, I started receiving information painting the picture of the state of our homes and our city...my mom's house had water almost to the top of her closet, where she had fortunately stored family photos and home movies which were untouched. My grandma's place (where I lived at the time) fared better, being raised on a hill, but the water still flooded the den and went well into the first floor. The house which I grew up as a kid (East of New Orleans in Saint Bernard parish, which was flooded even worse due to a levee break) was completely underwater. A hot-tub literally floated and landed on its roof. To this day, that street has maybe half the number of houses it once did. It was at least a month before I got to see the picture painted in my head over text, calls, and television, with my own eyes...
So glad I live in southern Nevada now. Other than the very predictable summer heat, this place has non-threatening weather conditions. I never again want to live anywhere that gets hurricanes or tornados or major snowstorms.
A while ago I lived in Houston and lived through Hurricane Ike and my house was the only one on the street with power and running water for like a week
Planeloads of media people were headed toward Texas the day of Hurricane Ike. While they were in the air, the economic collapse started and the planes literally turned around and went back to New York and Washington D.C. There seemed to be almost no national coverage of Ike. It was really creepy.
Briggs we wish it was ONLY 3 wild fires we got 3 just in LA county it's about 50 right now... ok Now I will stop Typing Thanks Briggs Fun as always...!
Right after the lightning strikes they were reporting over 500 fires! That's insane! I live in southern Oregon so I'm no novice to wildfire but California is a scary inferno on a whole other level!
Not really everyone thinks of these two as deserts but the northern half of Az is above 6000 feet ( 2000M ) and NM is not far behind. Average snowfall in Flagstaff Az (elevation 7000ft) is the Fifth highest for cities over 100k population in the lower 48 of the US (three of the other four are in the Lake Erie area) . I have.
Of course I have , I live in Oklahoma. I have been through a hurricane in Maryland and witnessed sink holes in Alabama. I have seen drought in Nebraska corn fields and a haboob in Albuquerque . I have lived in the south my entire life.
Just viewed this video, brought back memories of being in the 2011 tornado 160 people lost their lives. Very sad day. Thank you for all your videos... all are very informative.
Yes I have been in a natural disaster a tornado hit between Norfolk,NE and Stuart,NE in 1996 and my mother and I drove through it!! Funny story my father and his siblings jumped in car and drove away from a tornado in 1963 west of Plainview,NE.
Although very random but worth noting; movie ‘Mr. Brooks’ (2007) with Kevin Costner was set in Portland, Oregon; though was filmed in Shreveport, Louisiana. Not many know this; however, just thought to being it up. So this may be the ‘second’ instance where Oregon and Louisiana came up in the same situation. ^^
I hate to correct you, but I live north of Amarillo, Texas...and trust me we get blizzards. In the early 1960's we measured 34 inches of snow in our front yard. That was before my dad had to get on the roof and shovel it off to keep it from collapsing. These were not drifts, but simply snow.We also get earthquakes, but they are usually pretty minor. The biggest I can remember was about a 4
Not surprised WA made the list. As a former resident, I remember when the Oslo landslide happened and have even visited the memorial site for it. Snoqualmie and Steven's Passes are also known for some pretty gnarly disasters every year - rock slides and avalanches - that create fatal car accidents, missing skier situations and other injuries. Two natural disasters I was directly impacted by was 1) the Nisqually Quake in 2001 and 2) the Snag Canyon Fire in Ellensburg in 2014.
Goodness gracious I had forgotten that ice storm in 1994. Everything was encased in ice about a half inch thick. Some spots on the ground had more like 2-3 inches of solid ice. It was shirt-sleeve weather one day and the next day the temps didn't get out of the teens. Crazy.
Been in a couple of tornadoes and one time it rained 9 inches in less than 24 hours in Chicago it sucked been in a few blizzards and lived on -57 below too
As a person from Alabama I can see this. Tornadoes here are real deal no joke. Snow also destroys us. I’ll never forget the sight In 2015 of college students rocking a bus because he wouldn’t let them on
🇧🇷The funny part is it will not matter when someone watches this CA will still have at least 3 wildfire. I grew up in LA so yes I have been in many both as a victim or first responder to the disaster. I do have to say I am surprised that my current state is tied with Louisiana. Briggs keep up the good work, I am always looking forward to your next video.
fun or not so fun exercise is when you check into a hotel, read the what to do in case of an emergency pamphlet in your room. What natural disaster are they preparing you for? Texas you would read about tornados. Washington, you read about earthquakes. etc. Marked safe from Laura.
Nowhere in the world is safe as far as natural disasters go, but we as humans still manage to thrive despite their existence because first of all, we always prepare before them and we always provide relief to each other after them. Also, they don’t even leave anywhere close to 1% of the entire world population homeless.
Who keeps disliking these videos what he is saying is the pure truth facts
I mean, his system for this was flawed. It seems like he was only going my number of federally declared disasters instead of the scale of disasters. A place like Louisiana should be top 3 just because of how much these storms slam it. It’s become like a third world country.
A California Native
Only inaccuracy is current number of California fires 🔥
Yeah, but they're hate facts. Briggs triggers, no doubbt about it. LOL LOL ROFL
@@electriccarpet4 It has *become like a third world country!?* Don't know how to tell you friend, it has always been like a thrid world country.
Did you say there are "at least THREE" wild fires burning in California? There are at least 625 wild fires burning in California. But yep, at least three.
Poor little forest creatures 🥺
I guess the listing has some restrictions based on the severity of the disaster.
This year is terrible with fires. One of the worst I can remember and I've been here most of my life. I'm glad I don't live in the mountains/forests but praying for those who do.
These fires are being set by some angry idiot and the lousy government does nothing but bitch about us losing all this gorgeous forest, shows how really worthless they ALL are about finding the insane individual who is successfully destroying our forest. They should all be fired with NO pay ever.
@@helenjackman8984 , the fires near me were caused by lightening. If the lousy governor we have would help the forestry clean up all the dry underbrush, we wouldn't be on fire. But no, he only cares about Northern California and to hell with the rest of it.
Great video. Lived through Katrina. Was hell. Praying for those in the path of Laura.
Katrina was worse than any terrorist attack.
Same I lived in Jackson Ms then
New Mexico is the high desert. The lowest elevation is like 2800 feet! High desert is not a joke for heat or cold! PS. California has three seasons. Earthquake, Fire, and mudslide season.
fakeaorta -- . . . but has some of the best weather on Earth.
Very true! I've got to admit, though, that I miss the high desert summer nights. To me they were almost magical in an unexplainable sort of way. Plus, I get amused that Denver brags about being the "mile high city". Big deal. Santa Fe is over 7,000 feet!
@jaharadie- And I live in Colorado at almost 10,000 feet. What’s your point? There is always somewhere higher in elevation.
Actually we have 4 seasons. You forgot drought.
ROFL
The one thing I love about Brigg's vids, he makes them frequently! Keep it up
@Jeff spencer and he makes them funny and fun to watch. And mainly almost no politics!!! Yay!!!
You're a busy guy Briggs.
Good luck and stay safe to everyone in Hurricane Laura’s path.
🙏🙏🙏
@Adymn Sani Thank you!
I had to evacuate from Galveston to Dallas
This hurricane is gonna be bad it’s category 4
@Deyoung Young I hope that you are safe. I also hope your house doesn’t get wrecked in the storm. I wish you well and enjoy Dallas!
Thanks for your service in the guard.
Thank you
Born in Texas, raised in California- I'm a badass.
Lost my house in Loma Prieta 1989, was living in Downtown Santa Cruz, I was home alone--- I still sleep with my totebag and heavy shoes by the bed, and pretty much everywhere I go remind myself of what I'll do if a quake happens, where it will be safe to get cover--The Triangle of Life.
Thanks!
I literally came to the comments to mention the Loma Prieta earthquake. I lived in Santa Cruz for 12 years (2000-2012). Pacific Ave. obviously got destroyed, and there were still signs from the earthquake even in 2000. I was living in Tahoe in 1989, and we felt the earthquake all the way up there.
@@StageRight123 I lived on Myrtle Street - the old ice factory was behind us-- After the earthquake that become the Logo's Emporium store before it moved back onto Pacific Ave. : )
@that guy Fires were getting under control but someone started another fire down in Big Sur- we have smoky skies again where I live now in San Mateo Co. : (
@@rhobot75 I'm from San Mateo . I moved out in 2010. I remember when the Loma prieta hit. I made a plan to get out before it falls into the ocean. Last year my 22 year old daughter moved to half moon bay. I worry everyday.
“move to alabama” -said no one ever.
I know he said people with mullets are in Oklahoma but I think they are also in Alabama. And usually have hooked up with a few cousins . But tbf that’s probably in Oklahoma too
People say move to Alabama all the time. It's really cheap and you can find jobs there...if you can deal with the poor education, deep-red conservatism, oppressive laws and policing, natural disasters, poverty, racism, oppressive heat, and just about every other statistic that Alabama is infamous for.
Right that's like hard core no way! I don't care how nice they are! LOL! Like come on! Get a clue! It's so dangerous there. I just keep thanking God that Maine is such a safe place compared to the rest of the world O_O
I live in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and a little over a couple of weeks ago, we had a derecho come through. The news said that the wind gusted up to 140 mph. This morning there were about 240 people who were still without power. People are living in tents if front of there damage homes. Yeah, not good at all.
Any help from FEMA? Maybe Trump will send Eric...
I lived in switzerland for 21 years and there was not a single natural disaster
Most of Europe doesn't get much. As far as I'm aware, Italy gets the worst of the disasters.
If you are a millionaire, that’s the best place in the world.
Luis Smith Oh look, from wsl website: In Switzerland, natural hazards such as avalanches, landslides, rockfall, debris flows, flooding and forest fires can cause considerable damage. Through our research and services, we help to protect people from natural events.
In Switzerland, 23 people are killed on average each year by avalanches alone; flooding and mass movements cause damage amounting to an average of CHF 300 million per year. As the population continues to grow, more and more buildings are located in at-risk areas.
@@653j521 At least they gave us the cuckoo clock and..... and..... the ummmmmm... Clocks yay!
@@653j521 that's true. There are a lot of avalanches here but i meant in Thun where I live :)
Feeling safe in London, England tonight. Please stay safe everyone! ♥️🙏🏻♥️
Yes....I was 5 years old. A tornado destroyed half our town in Wisconsin. I remember the loud train sound. My mother was crying and praying. Luckily we lived on the north side, as the south side was flattened. We made forts in the downed trees. That was the only fun part. I pay attention to all weather warnings because of that.
Lived in Fairbanks Alaska when they had an earthquake, Indianapolis when they had a blizzard and tornado and Florida thru hurricanes,tornadoes and some strange weather
Just move out of country. Maybe try out the luck. 😃
We don't get hurricanes in California. There's that. And part of the reason that California and Texas have so many disasters are simply because they have so much more territory than anywhere else.
California does get some tornadoes though. They aren't as powerful as tornadoes in the midwest.
I’ve lived in Georgia all my life and I’m really happy there aren’t that many natural disasters where I live. I’ve never had to fear a hurricane and the last tornado warring in my area was like 4 or 5 years ago. Unfortunately we have an incompetent governor.
Add in tornadoes snd louisiana becomes even worse. We are at the beginning of Dixie Alley, with the tornadoes becoming worse.
I'm sitting here in CA feeling like I am sitting around the camp fire with all the smoke. Please tell this state that it's already got the number one spot and it can stop trying so hard.
That 1999 tornado outbreak took my childhood home as well as most of Haysville Kansas south of Wichita by a few miles. It was extremely impactful on my family we had to move and search through wreckage for weeks
I experienced the M7.1 quake that hit South Central Alaska in 2018.
Was quite the wild ride on the hospital maternity ward, as my wife and I welcomed our third child the day before.
I guess you could say she really shook things up for us.
I have been in more hurricanes than I can actually remember, and a tornado missed my house by yards ten years ago. I live in Alabama, and the tornado alley is moving more and more easterly each year. Pray for the people of Louisiana with that Cat 4 Hurricane Laura coming in tonight.
Yep, I was in Gulfport MS when Katrina hit and it was really bad, that monster blew boats large and small out of the water and they landed blocks away from the water. Homes were blown away and the whole place was unrecognizable.
Great video. Will there be an opposite one? I know positive videos get less views but I think people knowing the safest states would be a near universal interest.
Probably
Yes absolutely! We need one
LOL Suddenly the state of Maine fills up with everyone fro the worst states list! LOL! We barely get hit by anything bad but can have mudslides,earthquakes, blizzards, Twisters even. The fact is it could be way worse on fires in our forest given how much we have for forests. But we're a pretty chill state. Not to mention it's just really pretty here... I love not having to see people all the time. THe more trees the merrier! LOL! Ohhhhhhh wait wasn't that supposed tos ay people? LOL I don't hate people but I dont' wanna live in a city!
It's not a State, But Puerto Rico is. Hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, and massive corruption comparable to a 3rd world country. Hell, we'are a third world country, within the U.S.
Yeah, I would expect P.R to be on here. Even though it's a Territory.
Yeah, PR deals with some hardcore disasters, you all deal with some serious stuff. And that's coming from a California native who's currently evacuated due to fires here.
Sending love to you all!
It should be a state! I was disgusted to hear that D.C. is on the shortlist for statehood ahead of PR.
Rho Bot on account of dc pays s lot of taxes.
Don't Be a Fishwife thank you!!! Hope the fires stop soon. I remember working at a call center for Motel 6 during the 2018 fire season. It was so heartbreaking hearing from people that had lost everything on a fire. I would leave that job in tears. This year has been hell. Love and hugs ❤️❤️❤️
"Have you ever been in a [California] natural disaster?" Let's see, watched three out of control fires (not smoke, fire) from my front porch, the Thomas Fire, the Maria fire, and the Simi Valley fire (different porch.) Lost our home in the 94 Northridge earthquake and as a kid lost our chimney in the first Northridge quake in 72. Sounded like a train riding over our roof in that one, but not really that bad considering. Wasn't surprised California was number one in this video.
I think you are referring to the Sylmar quake which was in Feb. 1971. I was at Pt. Mugu NAS when it occurred. it collapsed many freeway overpasses near I-5 including the Antelope Valley Freeway (14) interchange with I-5 that had just been poured. That SAME interchange collapsed in almost the same way during the Northridge quake.
Sorry for losing your house. I lost mine in the Loma Prieta- I was typing something and then thought, Oh, why is that plane landing on us and POW shaking. Moments like those, you find out how bad you want to live.
I've been waiting for a Video like this, THANKS Briggs!
Alabama Resident here, I LOVE when we get Storms or "bad weather", I think it's Beautiful seeing trees blowing in/with the wind, also rain & thunder help me relax. I was a kid during 1994 Storms, don't remember them much, though I was about 8 years old then. Sort of SHOCKED that Bama was on this List, doesn't seem like we get much bad weather.
Lived in Florida 1964 - 2018. 2004 was the WORST ever for hurricanes. Hurricanes Frances, category 4 and Jeanne, category 3, both a direct hit and little over a week between them. Surreal. Grocery stores closed. Restaurants closed. Gas stations closed. Power out for weeks and in some locations, months. A retirement community comprised of manufactured homes was decimated. Looked like a bomb dropped. Took out a huge portion of the right-hand lane of northbound US1. Ten years later and still many houses with blue tarps, waiting for roof replacements. Insurance companies tried to leave Florida and skip out on policyholders. What a year.
I feel Blessed that I've never been in a major disaster---although I was caught driving on the interstate towards home (more than 3 hours driving time distant) just outside of Cleveland, Ohio when a massive blizzard hit. They shut down the freeway---the driving was barely manageable at around 10 mph---had to stop many times (yes, on the interstate) to clear snow off the windshield in order to see, the wipers were almost useless...but, an intervention of sorts happened and my nephew and I were able to spend the night at the home of one of his friend's parents! It was incredibly lucky we were near the exit to that woman's house. She was so gracious. She took us in, gave us supper and beds. I couldn't stop saying 'thank you' ~ that drive was terrifying at the time (and I'm USED to driving in snow!!).
Western Washington has probably the most mild climate in all of the USA. Winters for the most part are pretty mild with times of very minimal to no snowfall. And summers are absolutely glorious hanging in the 70s to 80s. It's funny how Seattle gets a bad rep for its rain. When a good amount of cities in the US have more annual rainfall than Seattle. It's probably because of more rainy days. Which is a piece of cake compared to the rest of the country with brutal winters. Best State in all of the US to be in the summer. Hands down. 🙌
@** - Well, for one Western Washington is in no threat of hurricanes, tornadoes, or blizzards. Secondly, the mild climate and rain helps in regards to forest fires. Third, Washington is never in a threat of a drought because of our frequent rainy days.
Well that's all I have. 🤓
You're fuck'n hilarious. You're saucy. You're informative. LOVE this channel. Keep up the awesome job.
I'm a disaster magnet. Was in every major west coast earthquake from 1988 to 2000, found myself trying to escape 3 different wildfires in Oregon, managed to get hit by a tornado in Linn County, Oregon, and ended up in a EF5 in Kansas less than 72 hours after moving to Oklahoma.
Good Friday 1964 Anchorage Alaska. I was three and a half. But ya, I was there and I remember it. The funny things kids focus on. I remember the bulk candy display at the Cariboo department store. The glass front shattered and bulk candy poured all over the floor. Remember I was just a little kid then. At the time I thought that was the worst disaster of the earthquake. As I grew up, of course I knew it was a little bit worse the some spilled candy. Magnitude 9.4.
1) When I read the title I automatically thought California is going to be on top and I was right.
2) Slept through an earthquake in California back in the 80's.
Yeah, Z.S. me too. I also thought that it would make #1.
Zenas Starchild old head
Yep, I survived a major natural disaster...
Hurricane Andrew (Cat 5), August 24, 1992
I was 8 years old.
Once in a lifetime experience.
I live in Alabama and we had the worst Ef4 tornado hit my area ever last year killing 23 in the town of Beauregard, Alabama. It was so strong it knocked over a 200 ft. Verizon phone tower over a major highway 280. Alabama has also had more tornadoes than the midwestern states.
Thank you for educating me on this subject, I appreciate knowing this ❤️
Watching this in Northern California in a motel evacuated because of the fires (been here since the 18th). I knew we could make #1 ... not exactly the list you want to be at the top of.
Thanks for distracting me from my problems for a few min, Briggs. xx
I remember hurricane Agnes, and also Haze. They were both bad with a great deal of flooding. We were pumping water out of the basement, and my cousin's family lost power for a week. They live downstate so they got hit worse than we did.
California is just waiting for the 10.0 quake to drift it off to the ocean.
Imagine if the state starts floating.... i need to stop saying stupid stuff
Lived in El Paso while was kid in school back mid 1970s - 1982. 1 year a snowstorm hit and we were out of school for a week. It was pretty deep as I remember.
I was in the ice storm in 94' in Memphis .30 foot pine trees bent over double, touching the ground. Left alone and finally stood back up.
I’ve lived in FL for 20 years and without watching a second if this video I know for a fact it’s on this list top 3.
Yet, you were wrong.
I'm born In Florida and lived in Florida for 22+ years and I can say you are wrong.
NEW YORK CITY DOES NOT REPRESENT WHAT HAPPENS IN NEW YORK STATE!
I have lived in the Southerntier of NY for 70 years.
Most of our extreme weather events are minor compared to what other states experience.
Usually just a few days of being inconvenienced.
Love these informative videos. always entertaining .
I am a czech and I absolutely love geography and I enjoy your videos :) I never had an natural disaster because we live in the mountain area but we got some deadly tornado too here in morava
I would like to see a comparison Video of the best and worst islands to live in or not. Thank you for all the work and research you do its very helpful and informative!!
Please do a video on the safest states from natural disasters. Thank you.
I was a little surprised not to see Hawaii on your list. I lived on The Big Island of Hawaii for seven years and delt with more natural disasters than all the years I've lived in California. Living in the Hilo area, actually above Hilo near Volcanos National Park, we endured an average of 145 inches of rain a year that did cause some flooding. The volcano would erupt every few years that would generate lots of earthquakes, lava flow into subdivisions plus thick volcanic ash.making it hard to breath. I also had to have hurricane insurance on my house as they would hit the island every few years too. Then along the coast there's a long history of deadly tsunamis which can be very deadly. Yes, there is a cost to live in paradise when it comes to natural disasters.
When I was about 4 years old my parents and I lived in Fresno California. One evening there was an earthquake that caused a metal cabinet full of groceries fall on me. When I was 12 years old my parents and I was visiting family in Fort Lauderdale and while we was on an air boat tour a fire started in the Everglades. When I was 16 or 17 years old I was in North Carolina when Hurricane Hugo hit. Fun part...I was living in a mobile home that was facing the direction on the wind. I was almost in Hurrican Harvey. Left League City Tx about a week before it hit Houston area
I live in WA, between two natural disasters just waiting to happen: the Cascadia fault earthquake, which by all predictions should wipe out the western half of the state, (along with the accompanying tsunami) and the supervolcano under Yellowstone. So I'm just going to have a soda and kick back...
@** it could affect the us
Blizzards in New Mexico are less common these days but they are still fairly common. You really need to drive north of I-10 if you ever want to understand New Mexico. Albuquerque, like Denver (Colorado) are both mile high cities. I grew up in the NW corner at 7800+ feet. Santa Fe is around 7000 ft as well. Some of the mountains in New Mexico are well over 10-11,000 ft. There are 4 busy ski areas in New Mexico and Purgatory (Durango, Colorado) is about half an hour on the other side of the state line. There has been a significant migration from Hollywood to New Mexico, for a reason. It ruined Santa Fe and the locals had to move out of town to be able to buy a house. But I digress. Blizzards are not uncommon in New Mexico and I have seen bigger blizzards in New Mexico than I ever did in Colorado. Yeah, the sunsets are okay as are most of the people. Unless you are only comfortable around fair skinned people. They have some there but they have other colors there as well. And a lot of culture, as well. Anyone around Central New Mexico with any power is not okay. Albuquerque police, city officials and the state government are so crooked that they walk funny. Crime is high some years and low other years. It fluctuates with the job market. If money is put into the state for jobs, the officials are very skilled at lining their pockets and their families pockets and it never trickles downhill. But there is a whole lot of good in New Mexico. Just stay away from the capital and you will enjoy yourself. Just saying. It doesn't hurt my feelings if you hate New Mexico. You are just missing out is all. BTW, they call the area around Farmington in the NW corner the Persian Gulf of the US. Oil and gas.
Briggs, since moving to Florida in 1997, I have been through 4 major hurricanes, Charlie in 2004 and Michael in 2018. Michael was by far the worst. 2 years later, there are still houses that were damaged or completely destroyed, still waiting to be demolished.
Also went through the blizzard of 1993 in NY. Was in grad school at the time in Binghamton. Classes were actually cancelled (this never happens). Unless you were a first responder, you were arrested for being out on the roads. It took my room mate and I 4 hours to shovel out her car, after the storm ended.
I was in a horrible flood in Huston, Texas in 1977. It was awful! My family, from Michigan, were lucky to survive it!
New York does not mean New York City - there’s a whole update region. But that’s typical whenever anyone asks where we live - automatically assume NYC.
Upstate New York is beautiful. NYC is too insane, crowded and expensive. Good for a visit but not to live.
Worst natural disaster..Andrew Cuomo
My brother just lost his home and my grandma was evacuated for the fires in California. I moved out of Cali a few years ago but felt the big San Francisco earthquake when I was a kid. That place is a mess. Tough place to live...but sure fun to visit.
I have lived in Alabama and now Florida. I love a good storm as long as it doesn't cause destructive flooding and such.
Andy Drew, yeah, nothing like a good thunderstorm with lightning. As you say, as long as no damages etc. That and some beers.👍
@@ernestcassell3227 I completely agree! Definitely with beers 😋 🍻
I remember a few inches of volcanic ash in Eastern Washington because of Mt. St. Helens in 1980. Just imagine snowing gray flour. 60 miles closer to the mountain it was snowing gray beach sand.
Colorado gets a ton of hail
I'm glad I'm watching this video so i could know which states are safe and which aren't
Hey Briggs! My folks live in New Orleans and went thru Katrina! Yes really devastating!!! I pray for everyone every hurricane season. Great list!
Thank you for doing these lists
My pleasure!
Haha you mentioned the French ship exploding. Just recently a dredging vessel in Corpus Christi hit a submerged pipeline and exploded just a couple days ago. Refinery explosions should count for man made natural disasters in Texas.
Katrina survivor here. Some friends and I were actually planning a hurricane party for that one, until we realized the size of that thing and got the hell outta Dodge...er, well New Orleans. Fun fact, the house we were going to party at got destroyed in the storm. Mom and my stepdad picked me up maybe 12 hours before landfall. My stepdad elected to transport the nursing home residents where he worked, to another location near Lafayette; Mom and I rode with. A normally 3-hour trip took over 12 with all the frozen traffic. 12 hours of smelling old people peeing and crapping themselves because there was literally nowhere to go and they could not hold it; even gas was nearly impossible to find, with lines of cars often going all the way back onto the interstate. Everybody was complaining. Everybody was uncomfortable. It was a terrible situation.
The nursing home let us stay in an unoccupied room for about a month as gratitude for his service. Cell service was out pretty much state-wide following the storm; Dad didn't even know if I was alive for days. We could do nothing but watch our home devastated on TV for weeks. Going into the city was nearly impossible for quite some time. Closest I got at the time was the Northshore (above Lake Pontchartrain), and even there it was nothing but devastation. The Causeway bridge leading into New Orleans was destroyed in the hurricane. National Guard allowed some of my uncles to get in via an alternate route to retrieve my grandparents, who were in a hospital during the storm. Little by little, I started receiving information painting the picture of the state of our homes and our city...my mom's house had water almost to the top of her closet, where she had fortunately stored family photos and home movies which were untouched. My grandma's place (where I lived at the time) fared better, being raised on a hill, but the water still flooded the den and went well into the first floor. The house which I grew up as a kid (East of New Orleans in Saint Bernard parish, which was flooded even worse due to a levee break) was completely underwater. A hot-tub literally floated and landed on its roof. To this day, that street has maybe half the number of houses it once did.
It was at least a month before I got to see the picture painted in my head over text, calls, and television, with my own eyes...
So glad I live in southern Nevada now. Other than the very predictable summer heat, this place has non-threatening weather conditions. I never again want to live anywhere that gets hurricanes or tornados or major snowstorms.
A while ago I lived in Houston and lived through Hurricane Ike and my house was the only one on the street with power and running water for like a week
Planeloads of media people were headed toward Texas the day of Hurricane Ike. While they were in the air, the economic collapse started and the planes literally turned around and went back to New York and Washington D.C. There seemed to be almost no national coverage of Ike. It was really creepy.
If you consider Corona a natural disaster - quite a different list of most dangerous states can be made...
Hey Briggs. I like the video and the kickass background music !😎
Used to live in California, been through all of the earthquakes between '72 and '16 as well as the fires, landslides, floods and the traffic.
Briggs we wish it was ONLY 3 wild fires we got 3 just in LA county it's about 50 right now... ok Now I will stop Typing Thanks Briggs Fun as always...!
Right after the lightning strikes they were reporting over 500 fires! That's insane! I live in southern Oregon so I'm no novice to wildfire but California is a scary inferno on a whole other level!
@@LindysEpiphany yup after years of neglecting our forest lands this is what we get....
What really surprised me the most about this video was that New Mexico and Arizona had a major blizzard in the 60's. Tha-That's a shocker.
Not really everyone thinks of these two as deserts but the northern half of Az is above 6000 feet ( 2000M ) and NM is not far behind.
Average snowfall in Flagstaff Az (elevation 7000ft) is the Fifth highest for cities over 100k population in the lower 48 of the US (three of the other four are in the Lake Erie area) .
I have.
If you haven’t made one yet could you make a top 10 safest?
Of course I have , I live in Oklahoma. I have been through a hurricane in Maryland and witnessed sink holes in Alabama. I have seen drought in Nebraska corn fields and a haboob in Albuquerque . I have lived in the south my entire life.
Just viewed this video, brought back memories of being in the 2011 tornado 160 people lost their lives. Very sad day. Thank you for all your videos... all are very informative.
Yes I have been in a natural disaster a tornado hit between Norfolk,NE and Stuart,NE in 1996 and my mother and I drove through it!! Funny story my father and his siblings jumped in car and drove away from a tornado in 1963 west of Plainview,NE.
FYI Due to fracking Texas now has earthquakes too.
I’m an Oklahoman and the storm from 7 years ago was scary
Downtown Portland is its own disaster... though not natural 😳
We actually get a bunch of blizzards here in New Mexico-it’s surprisingly snowy for a desert state!
Thanks for the video. Peace from Philly PA
Although very random but worth noting; movie ‘Mr. Brooks’ (2007) with Kevin Costner was set in Portland, Oregon; though was filmed in Shreveport, Louisiana. Not many know this; however, just thought to being it up. So this may be the ‘second’ instance where Oregon and Louisiana came up in the same situation. ^^
I hate to correct you, but I live north of Amarillo, Texas...and trust me we get blizzards. In the early 1960's we measured 34 inches of snow in our front yard. That was before my dad had to get on the roof and shovel it off to keep it from collapsing. These were not drifts, but simply snow.We also get earthquakes, but they are usually pretty minor. The biggest I can remember was about a 4
I have been in two earthquakes in Washington State. 1st in Bremerton 1999, 2nd in Silverdale WA in 2001.
Not surprised WA made the list. As a former resident, I remember when the Oslo landslide happened and have even visited the memorial site for it. Snoqualmie and Steven's Passes are also known for some pretty gnarly disasters every year - rock slides and avalanches - that create fatal car accidents, missing skier situations and other injuries. Two natural disasters I was directly impacted by was 1) the Nisqually Quake in 2001 and 2) the Snag Canyon Fire in Ellensburg in 2014.
Goodness gracious I had forgotten that ice storm in 1994. Everything was encased in ice about a half inch thick. Some spots on the ground had more like 2-3 inches of solid ice. It was shirt-sleeve weather one day and the next day the temps didn't get out of the teens. Crazy.
I live outside of Dayton OH. I had last year’s EF4 Dayton tornado go right over my house. It destroyed my town and surrounding towns. Crazy night.
I'd guess all the western, southern and eastern coastal states.
The center gets tornadoes.
The north is cold as hell.
I would have thought Kansas would have been up there with Texas and Oklahoma
When you said Hurricane Lester the first thing that came to my mind was Lester Crest from GTA 5
Been in a couple of tornadoes and one time it rained 9 inches in less than 24 hours in Chicago it sucked been in a few blizzards and lived on -57 below too
The Galveston hurricane around 1910 destroyed the entire town.
It was actually 1900.
As a person from Alabama I can see this. Tornadoes here are real deal no joke. Snow also destroys us. I’ll never forget the sight In 2015 of college students rocking a bus because he wouldn’t let them on
🇧🇷The funny part is it will not matter when someone watches this CA will still have at least 3 wildfire.
I grew up in LA so yes I have been in many both as a victim or first responder to the disaster. I do have to say I am surprised that my current state is tied with Louisiana.
Briggs keep up the good work, I am always looking forward to your next video.
The last time I was this early Chop didn’t exist
Survivor of Loma Prieta, Mad Cow, and SARS here!!
Hail! Texas
fun or not so fun exercise is when you check into a hotel, read the what to do in case of an emergency pamphlet in your room. What natural disaster are they preparing you for? Texas you would read about tornados. Washington, you read about earthquakes. etc. Marked safe from Laura.
Nowhere in the world is safe as far as natural disasters go, but we as humans still manage to thrive despite their existence because first of all, we always prepare before them and we always provide relief to each other after them. Also, they don’t even leave anywhere close to 1% of the entire world population homeless.
I guess europe is quite safe from natural disaters. Eastern south america too
Great job! It's good to get a reality check.
I live in Wisconsin, blizzards are nothing. Just as long as you are prepared for them. Have plenty of food and water and maybe a generator.
Alabama also has its fair share of tornados. April 27 2011 was one of the worst tornado outbreaks with 216 tornados that touched down in a single day.