The “safest” places to live in the United States
We, as people, are quick to think of “the end of the world” as soon as a natural, or another overly publicized disaster strikes. When the dust settles, and we have all made peace with the devastation, we understandably start worrying about ourselves. Searches like “safest countries” and “countries with the fewest natural disasters” have more than tripled in the last few weeks. “What if something like that happens where I live?” is a common thought that passes through almost everyone’s mind at a time like this.
According to the data available from the Centre of Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, the safest countries are Estonia, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Andorra. Since most of us aren’t willing get up and move to Estonia where we might be “safe” from a natural disaster, a similar study was done to hit closer to home. A company called, Sustain Lane, with all things considered has found Mesa, Arizona as the safest overall big city to live in the United States. Miami, Florida with it’s well-known hurricanes was found to be the least safest.
What if you are deadly afraid of all natural disasters and don’t want to move from the United States, where would you move to? The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) keeps track of the number of incidents considered as an emergency. Now, the list they have for the “safest” states shouldn’t be taken as a hundred percent surefire list. For example, if there is a very large earthquake in a part of the country with a population of hundred might not be considered an “emergency” state where as a small earthquake in a densely populated area might be.
Now with everything said, the ten states that have the least number of natural disasters since 1953 are as follows:
- Rhode Island
- Utah
- Wyoming
- District of Columbia
- Delaware
- Conneticut
- South Carolina
- Colorado
- Nevada
- Montana
Rhode Island, Utah and Wyoming have declared eight disasters each in the last 58 years. Texas is considered the most “dangerous” as far as natural disasters with 84, followed by California with 77, and Oklahoma with 66 in the same time frame. If these are seem interesting enough and worth the investment, get your bags packing; we’re all moving to Rhode Island.