More of an artificial nuisance.
Languor, it's called Tornado Alley, for the record.
This region isn't much for disasters. The most common disaster (if you can call it that) is drought. We rely on melting snow in the mountains to provide us with water during the summer and fall. If we have a relatively snowless/iceless year (like this one, the least snowy winter I can remember, it really only lasted about three weeks then it was like spring), we're in trouble. Especially since we're an agricultural community. Hmm. I wonder who thought of putting a bunch of orchards and farms in the middle of a desert?
On the other hand, some years we have enough snow and low enough temperatures to qualify as a disaster.
In the spring a mixture of melting snow and heavy rainfall can sometimes cause our rivers to flood, washing out roads and whatnot.
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