You know what's really scary? tornadoes earthquakes floods fires
mudslides hurricanes and blizzards they're dangerous and they happen all
the time some places more often than others and that's what
today's list is all about What is going on everyone? Welcome back
to the world according to briggs have you ever been in a natural disaster
if you said no try and keep it that way they're
dangerous natural disasters happen in every state in every country so no place
is immune if you're in one of the states on this
list your chances are better than most to be caught up in a natural disaster
whether you're preparing to relocate to a new state or simply thinking about
moving to new one susceptibility to natural disasters
besides the potential loss of life in a natural disaster
they also cause a lot of expensive damage which means
you might lose all your stuff and you know the house that surrounds all your
stuff today's video is listing the states that
have had the most federally declared disasters since 1953
a lot of these states had far too many let's take a look number 10 oregon and
louisiana i think this is the first time in the
history of our great nation that louisiana and oregon have been mentioned
together since the louisiana purchase made the
oregon trail a possibility the majority of the natural disasters in
oregon have been due to fire severe storms and floods so it makes sense with
all the rivers and all of the trees we have here fires
are very common here in oregon the severe storms
i haven't seen too many since i've lived here i mean we've had some you know good
snows but no real severe storms most natural
disasters in louisiana have been due to floodings hurricanes and again severe
storms oregon and louisiana are tied for 10th
place with both states having 79 federally declared
disasters since 1953. oregon's worst natural disaster was a
little over 100 years before lewis and clark made their way to the beaver state
the cascadia earthquake on january 26 1700 was estimated to be a 9.0
earthquake that would have killed a lot of people
if it would have happened in modern times louisiana was hit with
what was then known as the worst ever which was hurricane katrina in 2005
now that was the worst until 2016 flooding came along
and to this day that's considered the worst natural disaster
in louisiana's history number nine colorado
colorado is in the middle of the country and it's seen some serious disasters
over the years not many earthquakes but they get a lot
of forest fires blizzards bad flooding and they even got a hurricane in 1992.
yeah i'm not kidding hurricane lester made its way through mexico arizona
hit new mexico and into colorado located more than a thousand miles from the
nearest ocean lester wasn't a very powerful hurricane
but it did cause some damage and flooding things like that
colorado has had 80 federally declared disasters since 1953
the most common will be severe storms and flooding
probably their worst flood was pueblo's great flood of 1921 torrential rains
swelled the arkansas river which flows right through the heart of downtown
pueblo it's estimated that 150 to 250 people died in this flood
number eight alabama alabama has its problems but like i've said before the
people aren't one of them they should definitely be a reason to move to this
state maybe i'll add it to the move to alabama video i don't know and
really that's something you need during a disaster
good people around you unfortunately alabama's seen its fair share of natural
disasters the majority of the natural disasters in this state have been due to
severe storms hurricanes and floods 1994 was a rough year to be living in
the heart of dixie tropical storm alberto caused extensive
flooding over portions of alabama georgia and florida in july of 1994.
it was the costliest storm of the 1994 hurricane season and resulted in 500
million worth the damages and 32 fatalities
wasn't even a hurricane it was just a tropical storm the 1994 ice storm was a
major ice storm that affected the southeast states from
february 9th to the 13th alabama was one of the hardest hits
many homes lost power some places had to go without power
for as long as a month the ice storm resulted in 3 billion worth of damages
they just got nailed by the tropical storm and then this that's a lot of
money going out alabama has seen 82 federally declared
disasters since 1953. number seven new mexico new mexico
doesn't always make the national news for good things unless of course they're
doing a story on sunsets they have great sunsets over that desert
nope most of new mexico's news stays in the shock and awe portion of the news
cycle they have some bad weather and bad
happenings in new mexico everything from crime drug problems
everything else including little green men crashing their sweet ride in roswell
and a blizzard yeah they had a blizzard once i'm sure they've had other ones but
they had a major one in 1967. it's not every day you hear of a
blizzard taking place in the deserts of this country
but massive one hit new mexico and arizona in december of 1967.
the storm dumped several feet of snow on the land of enchantment and
it was pretty cold some homes were completely buried in the snow preventing
the residents from even being able to leave their homes for days
the national guard had to deliver food and water to rural residents
the storm caused the death of 51 people across new mexico and arizona new mexico
has had 83 federally declared disasters since
1953. most of these declared disasters can be
attributed to fires floods and severe storms but yeah a blizzard
that one just cracks me up if you ever been to arizona
or new mexico you're probably thinking how does that happen it did
number six new york new york likes their blizzards
and ice storms and they also like to dabble in hurricanes one of the worst
was hurricane sandy in 2012 that started as a tropical storm
off jamaica and worked its way up sandy's impact
included the flooding of the new york subway system
many suburbs and all of the roads and tunnels entering manhattan
except the lincoln tunnel the new york stock exchange actually closed for two
consecutive days numerous homes and businesses were
destroyed by fire including 100 homes in breezy point queens large parts of the
city and surrounding areas lost electricity for several days now this
one affected all the states around the eastern
section of the country and it just hammered
new york new jersey and parts of new england
new york has had 95 federally declared disasters since 1953.
most of these natural disasters have been due to severe storms
floods and snow number five florida okay now we're
stepping into the big leagues with the sunshine state florida
not a year goes by when florida isn't getting lined up by some hurricane or
serious tropical storm and because the state's shape with the water on each
side any city can get hit saint augustine
tampa orlando miami tallahassee you name it
it has had a hurricane or at one time or another been on alert because of one
oh and sometimes the everglades catch fire now i'm not sure if this one's
considered a natural disaster or not but this pandemic thing just this year
they've been one of the worst hit states for the coronavirus in the united
states florida gets hit a lot by a lot of different things florida's
had 130 federally declared disasters since 1953.
the majority of the natural disasters in the sunshine state
are fires hurricanes and severe storms number four washington the evergreen
state is on the list and i really didn't think it would be then i
remembered you know trees catch fire and mountain saint helens blew up once
if their forests aren't on fire and their mountains don't blow up they still
have landslides washington is one of the most
landslide prone states in the country with hundreds of events happening
every single year luckily they aren't usually devastating as the oso mudslide
in 2014 which was pretty bad it killed 41 people
and buried an entire town washington has had
136 federally declared disasters since 1953.
these declared disasters can be attributed to large number of fires
floods and severe storms number three oklahoma oklahoma is a bad
state for a lot of different reasons dudes rocking mullets in 2020 is one of
them but that's not really natural so it shouldn't be on
this list we'll move on oklahoma is in tornado
alley and like the name says it gets tornadoes but that's not all it gets
back in the 1930s oklahoma was a desert the land had become overused when a
drought hit the wind caused huge dust storms this was a dark time in
the united states the land was originally covered with grasses and
would keep the topsoil in place but farming procedures of the time
and grazing cattle caused the land to lose its topsoil these dust storms would
cause zero visibility and leave everything
covered in dirt even inside your home the dust bowl as
they called it lasted for over a decade and forced many residents
out of the state and mostly they moved west and then you get to the tornadoes
in 1999 they had one of the worst years ever
a total of 74 tornadoes touched down in oklahoma
and kansas actually in less than 21 hours 46 people were killed and over 800
were injured due to this tornado outbreak on may 3rd
1999 oklahoma has had 173 federally declared disasters since
1953 the majority of the disasters in the state have been due to fire severe
storms floods and tornadoes number two texas texas gets hit with
everything but earthquakes and blizzards it seems like tornadoes hurricanes
flooding and fires are their big ones but really
hurricanes and tropical storms have been the most
damaging to this state tropical storm allison
was the most devastating tropical storm in u.s history causing 55 deaths and
over 10 billion dollars worth of damage it formed into a tropical storm on june
5th 2001 and made landfall west of galveston later that night it
decided to stay over texas for a couple days dumping 35 inches of rain on
houston houston got battered the worst due to
the extreme destruction alison was the only tropical storm in
history to have its name retired they also had hurricane ike in 2008 that
caused 195 deaths in total not just in texas
but in total and in 2017 hurricane harvey hit this place texas
has a rough time with hurricanes they also had some other ones that weren't
natural disasters i know this is about natural disasters but i just thought i'd
tell you about a couple of these on april 16th 1947 the french ship
ss grand camp docked in the port of texas it caught fire and eventually
exploded it killed at least 580 people and
injured over 5 000 yeah that's brutal and one other one i
learned about while i was researching this
on march 18 1937 a natural gas leak caused an explosion
in new london texas at a school killing 219 students
texas has had 255 federally declared disasters
since 1953. and number one california the king of
all disaster states is california california catches fire a handful of
times each year right now there's at least
three wildfires in california i have a friend who lost her house which i've
mentioned a couple times on this channel that poor girl gets nervous every year
about this time and then you have earthquakes who could
forget the california earthquakes i've been in at least four serious ones
and god knows how many smaller ones i was even activated for one with the
national guard i've seen buildings that have collapsed bridges
that have failed i've seen plate glass windows
floating to the ground like a deadly feather
that just smashes on the ground that's scary by the way
california gets serious mudslides they get flooding
they get everything we get blizzards in some of the mountain areas but not in
any of the big cities california has them all and that's why
california has had 285 federally declared disasters since
1953 making it the most natural
disaster-prone u.s state in the country all right that's our video today i hope
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