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
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