My family moved from a tornado ally to the Gulf Coast. We lived there for about 30 years and got the pleasure of riding out several big hurricanes. They are a bit scary but still a lot better than a tornado. You know that they are coming for a long time and have plenty of time to batten down the hatches. LOL, I was honestly never very bothered by them but when I would go out to Los Angeles I worried about an earthquake. I guess that you can get used to anything. We moved about a hundred miles inland when the economy based on the oil industry crashed in the 80s. The weather and natural threats here are almost boring. It is very nice, not very cold in the winter and even though it is hot in the summer it is nothing like the heat that came with the 100% humidity you have on the coast was like.