Here are my goals - which US state?
Mar 5th 2015, 9:08 pm
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Re: Here are my goals - which US state?
I'd happily live there, certainly. There is a divide between the Carolina's over the school systems, with people on both sides of the state line swearing that their side is better. Lots of people from the Charlotte area have "fled" down to Rockhill and Fortmill, SC, often citing Charlotte schools as a reason to leave (like many big cities Charlotte schools have all sorts of "urban problems", but even so have been appalling badly managed, with the actions of the recently fired school district manager taking decisions that led to 30% teacher turnover in a single year! 
) ..... But I digress. 
Anyhow, yeah, Greenville SC is a nice area, very similar to my neck of the woods.
) ..... But I digress. Anyhow, yeah, Greenville SC is a nice area, very similar to my neck of the woods.
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Mar 5th 2015, 10:17 pm
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Re: Here are my goals - which US state?
This NCSU page on tornadoes begs to differ:
Tornados in North Carolina | North Carolina Cooperative Extension
Although North Carolina has fewer tornadoes than the Midwest, we still face an average of 31 tornadoes a year.
Mar 5th 2015, 10:36 pm
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Re: Here are my goals - which US state?
What?? Carolina has "low-no" tornadoes?
This NCSU page on tornadoes begs to differ:
Tornados in North Carolina | North Carolina Cooperative Extension
There have been more than a few hurricanes too...
This NCSU page on tornadoes begs to differ:
Tornados in North Carolina | North Carolina Cooperative Extension
There have been more than a few hurricanes too...
There haven't been hurricane force winds reach the Piedmont since hurricane Hugo in 1989, and it was so remarkable exactly because there was no history of hurricane force winds coming that far inland.
So far as tornadoes go, (i) they are mostly in the coastal plains to the south and east of the Piermont, and (ii) the tornadoes in the Piedmont, and most of those in the coastal plains are barely more than pipsqueak-jokes. Sure they are best avoided, but the most they usually do is remove some guttering or a few roof shingles, like the mini tornadoes that occur about 100/yr IIRC in the UK. They are almost nothing compared to tornadoes in Texas, Oklahoma, and the Mississippi valley, or even as far east as Tennessee. The one that partially demolished a Lowes in the Raleigh area (on the coast plain, I would add) a few years ago, like hurricane Hugo, was so newsworthy because that much damage from a tornado was unprecedented here.
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Mar 5th 2015, 10:50 pm
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Re: Here are my goals - which US state?
Unfortunately, the thieves also knew this and came to town and robed whole bunches of homes during the day and no one thought anything of seeing an out of state car driving through the streets a few times because it was geared up for skiing and looked like any old tourist.
May 29th 2015, 4:22 pm
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May 29th 2015, 5:29 pm
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Er, I didn't make a blanket recommendation of the Carolinas!
There haven't been hurricane force winds reach the Piedmont since hurricane Hugo in 1989, and it was so remarkable exactly because there was no history of hurricane force winds coming that far inland.
So far as tornadoes go, (i) they are mostly in the coastal plains to the south and east of the Piermont, and (ii) the tornadoes in the Piedmont, and most of those in the coastal plains are barely more than pipsqueak-jokes. Sure they are best avoided, but the most they usually do is remove some guttering or a few roof shingles, like the mini tornadoes that occur about 100/yr IIRC in the UK. They are almost nothing compared to tornadoes in Texas, Oklahoma, and the Mississippi valley, or even as far east as Tennessee. The one that partially demolished a Lowes in the Raleigh area (on the coast plain, I would add) a few years ago, like hurricane Hugo, was so newsworthy because that much damage from a tornado was unprecedented here.
There haven't been hurricane force winds reach the Piedmont since hurricane Hugo in 1989, and it was so remarkable exactly because there was no history of hurricane force winds coming that far inland.
So far as tornadoes go, (i) they are mostly in the coastal plains to the south and east of the Piermont, and (ii) the tornadoes in the Piedmont, and most of those in the coastal plains are barely more than pipsqueak-jokes. Sure they are best avoided, but the most they usually do is remove some guttering or a few roof shingles, like the mini tornadoes that occur about 100/yr IIRC in the UK. They are almost nothing compared to tornadoes in Texas, Oklahoma, and the Mississippi valley, or even as far east as Tennessee. The one that partially demolished a Lowes in the Raleigh area (on the coast plain, I would add) a few years ago, like hurricane Hugo, was so newsworthy because that much damage from a tornado was unprecedented here.
May 29th 2015, 5:48 pm
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May 29th 2015, 5:51 pm
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