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Old 10-31-2007, 04:38 PM   #52
Clodfobble
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Originally Posted by Shawnee123
I thought Texas had a lot of tornadoes.
As a state, we probably have more than most, but they have a lot of room to spread out. Plus, they really only form in the big open flat areas, which tend to be much less inhabited. All the major cities are built on the more appealing land, i.e. hills. The last major one that I remember making the news was about 8 years ago, and it hit a little podunk town called Jarrell. It was mostly... trailers.
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