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Yeah, those.

I grew up in Kansas. I have a healthy respect for tornados but I don't live in terror of them.

A few years back, I worked/volunteered at a museum. One of my favorite exhibits to operate was the Earthquake simulator, which, every three minutes, would simulate the next earthquake in a list of ten historical quakes.

There was a family (almost elderly) visiting all the way from /Ukraine/, who were like, "How do you even /live/ in an earthquake zone? I'd be too scared!"

And I nearly asked how they managed to live in Ukraine, what with Pripjat and Russia and everything, but decided to keep my trap shut.

I grew up in Southwest Iowa. Only thing that will wake me up most months is the monthly tornado test. and it's more of a "Do I have to duck and cover? Or is it just a test of the systems?" thing for me. Last time I heard the sirens outside of a test, I was already in the basement, and had captured the cats (at the time, we just had the cats) and boxed them up. Turns out the tornado hit the next town over, and damaged or destroyed a barn (Can't remember now, even though it was just a year and a few months ago).

Worst wind storm I can recall ripped the roof off the middle school when I was in 5th grade. then one year, we had a storm that had a tornado hit a mile from town, and I thought it was a mile from where I was, so I was freaking out with worry for my mom... everyone was okay.

Tornadoes and wind storms scared me more as a kid than they do now. It's just part of growing up near the middle of Tornado Alley. You learn how to deal, or you move somewhere else.

I had a friend growing up who had a tree branch thrown through the ceiling of her bedroom in a tornado. That did kinda hit close to home. But I don't think she was IN the room at the time.

I am definitely more concerned about windstorms. We don't get them a whole lot but when we do they get nasty, in large part because of all the trees. My brother has had windows smashed or nearly smashed from rogue tree branches. My sister has had to replace her gate twice from downed trees, and nearly had her van crushed. The type of trees made a difference. We currently have a dangling branch, probably from the last windstorm, over our property that we're trying to figure out how to get down.