Someone pointed out, the other day, that if you live in Phoenix ...
* We're landlocked, until CA falls into the ocean, so no threat of hurricanes/cyclones/etc.
* Rarely have tornadoes. Occasional hail.
* Rarely have snow, much less heavy snow,
the shoveling of which kills bunches of people every year.
* Rarely have an earthquake.
* If the
Yellowstone Supervolcano goes off, we're in the safe zone.
We do have ...
* Monsoons that can flood certain areas. Simple solution: don't live in those areas. I don't.
* Temps up to 122 degrees F in the summer.
However, the heat kills fewer folks than snow.
*
Valley Fever.
* Scorpions, Black Widows, and rattlesnakes. All of these will leave you alone if you leave them alone. After about 20 years of living out here, I've never seen a scorpion or rattlesnake "in the wild."
* Idiots that don't know how to drive after it rains.