I feel kinda' bad for all the folks who moved to the South West. It turns out that the 20th century was an unusually wet one for that part of the US, and now things are back to the normal, very dry situation. So there's gonna be some big water shortages there.
We're lucky here, in that we have this nice big freshwater lake a few miles away.
In the Kansas City area we get tornadoes, high winds, hail, and isolated flooding. All in all, not a lot of natural disaster risk.
Has Godzilla or any other monster ever attacked a city in the Midwest? I mean, if you're a lazy monster who's non-native to the US, cities on the coasts are much easier to destroy....
I don't think the Midwest is subject to giant monster attacks. Maybe there has been a giant insect or two, but I'm not sure. I guess I could consult the reference
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I bet you can't even get giant monster insurance in New York.
NC. In the 25 years I've been here the state has offered me hurricanes, floods, forest fires, tornadoes, severe drought, ice storms, and one amazing blizzard that dumped 3+ feet of snow onto a county that has maybe one working snowplow.
No major earthquakes yet, though. Or volcanoes. Or Godzillas.
Vanity Fair parodies New Yorker cover.
Boxing cat video: [link]
It's amazing at how many punches he can throw while remaining standing on only his hind legs.
I don't think the Midwest is subject to giant monster attacks.
Sounds like someone hasn't seen The Beginning of the End. Peter Graves is all that stands between Chicago and giant locusts!
Peter Graves is all that stands between Chicago and giant locusts!
We can always find giant newts to eat the giant locusts.
There's always Paul Bunyan run amuck to worry about. Or Babe the Blue Ox going feral.