I live in Colorado and chase tornado’s for “fun”. I will agree that the north east section of the state did suffer and tornado hit this year, this was a very rare occurance.
KS, SD, MS, TX and OK get the most tornado’s per year period, end of discussion. This list LOST ALL credibility by excluding KS and SD from the list. From May to July you can set your watch to the super cells forming from the Tx panhandle to the Dakota’s, it’s literally a daily occurance.
Now I will agree that states that I just mentioned are not very populated, and this list appears to highlight populated areas of the country. So I would agree based upon population, the list acceptable. But beyond that, these butt heads who created the list are giving insurance co’s another reason to raise rates-thanks CDS Mapping!
I agree. I lived 34 years in Denver and saw one tornado. I now live in DFW (6 years) area and go though tornado warnings at least once a week from Mid March through end of May (really messes with your TV schedule, LOL). Tornado hit in Allen (6 miles from my house) this year. Pilot Point last year (20 miles) and so on and so on…..I could give you 6 years worth. This is why we have 1% wind and hail deductibles where Denver does not. What does insurance companies know that this organization doesn’t. hmm that they pay the claims…..
I wonder where these nit-wits get their funding? Sure seems that a lot of these type organizations that put out inaccurate accounts or projections keep popping up & are funded by the US Government to do research. Problem is they didn’t figure on real people that live in the USA to dispute their findings, so in all probability, they will receive additional funding to have an opportunity to rebuke anthing that may be slighlty off the mark.
The reason we have 1% wind and hail deductibles in the 5 county metro area (Collin, Dallas, Denton, Rokwall, Tarrant) is the fact that 3 insurance companies (Allstate, Farmers, State Farm)cover 90% of the homes there. If you go one county away you will find much better coverages, deductibles, and pricing. It all has to do with market share and greed. The companies are allowed to do whatever they want or they tell the state of Texas they will pack up their tents and go elsewhere. The counties along the Red River (Oklahoma border) have a much higher incidence of both hail and tornados than the DFW metroplex. They are not subjected to the 1% deductible.
First of all, the data does show that the area NE of Denver was hit the hardest. We do mention that some rurual areas may be underreported.
And someone said something about downtown Miami. Again, it is an area in the immediate vicinity of Miami. But probably not downtown. But hey, how would you describe that? Exactly.
Look, the analysis was sound. It relies on 20 years of statistics. One of the real reasons that this data is valuable, is that it works against pre-concieved notions…
It lists tornado activity from 1950 until 1995 in FL. I’m sorry, but based upon the numbers, in 45 years it is pretty damn small amount. Those numbers can’t even begin to compare to tornado ally. The numbers look like one tornado season in the ally. I totally get the population thing, but this report is just fundamentally wrong and done to hype the media, I urge underwriters to ignore it.
They claim to have the most tornados in the US, personally I think KS get’s hit the worst, but I digress.
Someone made the comment that this report is based upon populations of 50K or more, and when they mention Denver, they actually mean the north east corner of the state. So they mean the small towns of Greeley and Sterling, CO. I believe they’re trying to throw Ft. Collins in there to, but Ft. Collins is not North east of Denver. They are creating hype and fundamentally using the wrong numbering system. I live in Colorado and I have traveled this state extensively, there is nothing but rolling plains and cows north east of Denver. So once again thank you for giving insurance carrier ammunition to justify raising rates and implementing wind and hail deductibles based upon media hype.
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I live in Colorado and chase tornado’s for “fun”. I will agree that the north east section of the state did suffer and tornado hit this year, this was a very rare occurance.
KS, SD, MS, TX and OK get the most tornado’s per year period, end of discussion. This list LOST ALL credibility by excluding KS and SD from the list. From May to July you can set your watch to the super cells forming from the Tx panhandle to the Dakota’s, it’s literally a daily occurance.
Now I will agree that states that I just mentioned are not very populated, and this list appears to highlight populated areas of the country. So I would agree based upon population, the list acceptable. But beyond that, these butt heads who created the list are giving insurance co’s another reason to raise rates-thanks CDS Mapping!
I agree. I lived 34 years in Denver and saw one tornado. I now live in DFW (6 years) area and go though tornado warnings at least once a week from Mid March through end of May (really messes with your TV schedule, LOL). Tornado hit in Allen (6 miles from my house) this year. Pilot Point last year (20 miles) and so on and so on…..I could give you 6 years worth. This is why we have 1% wind and hail deductibles where Denver does not. What does insurance companies know that this organization doesn’t. hmm that they pay the claims…..
I wonder where these nit-wits get their funding? Sure seems that a lot of these type organizations that put out inaccurate accounts or projections keep popping up & are funded by the US Government to do research. Problem is they didn’t figure on real people that live in the USA to dispute their findings, so in all probability, they will receive additional funding to have an opportunity to rebuke anthing that may be slighlty off the mark.
The reason we have 1% wind and hail deductibles in the 5 county metro area (Collin, Dallas, Denton, Rokwall, Tarrant) is the fact that 3 insurance companies (Allstate, Farmers, State Farm)cover 90% of the homes there. If you go one county away you will find much better coverages, deductibles, and pricing. It all has to do with market share and greed. The companies are allowed to do whatever they want or they tell the state of Texas they will pack up their tents and go elsewhere. The counties along the Red River (Oklahoma border) have a much higher incidence of both hail and tornados than the DFW metroplex. They are not subjected to the 1% deductible.
Also, it puts an asterisk next to Denver -but not one next to Miami?? So down town Miami is on the list??
The list is based on Metro Areas with a population of at least 50k. Call CDS and they will explain. That’s what I did.
Watersprouts are included..that’s why some places in FL are on the list. I did a little research.
First of all, the data does show that the area NE of Denver was hit the hardest. We do mention that some rurual areas may be underreported.
And someone said something about downtown Miami. Again, it is an area in the immediate vicinity of Miami. But probably not downtown. But hey, how would you describe that? Exactly.
Look, the analysis was sound. It relies on 20 years of statistics. One of the real reasons that this data is valuable, is that it works against pre-concieved notions…
They are tornado prone because they don’t face the constant threat of tornados. The list is not of the 10 most hit areas but the 10 most prone areas.
I came across this website that listed Florida tornados, since Florida is listed in 5 out of 10 the top 10.
http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/fltorn.htm
It lists tornado activity from 1950 until 1995 in FL. I’m sorry, but based upon the numbers, in 45 years it is pretty damn small amount. Those numbers can’t even begin to compare to tornado ally. The numbers look like one tornado season in the ally. I totally get the population thing, but this report is just fundamentally wrong and done to hype the media, I urge underwriters to ignore it.
I came across this report also, so are there no big cities in the State of TN??? http://www.wsmv.com/weather/16276883/detail.html
They claim to have the most tornados in the US, personally I think KS get’s hit the worst, but I digress.
Someone made the comment that this report is based upon populations of 50K or more, and when they mention Denver, they actually mean the north east corner of the state. So they mean the small towns of Greeley and Sterling, CO. I believe they’re trying to throw Ft. Collins in there to, but Ft. Collins is not North east of Denver. They are creating hype and fundamentally using the wrong numbering system. I live in Colorado and I have traveled this state extensively, there is nothing but rolling plains and cows north east of Denver. So once again thank you for giving insurance carrier ammunition to justify raising rates and implementing wind and hail deductibles based upon media hype.