Above: map by Alert Systems Group

This map shows the risks of four types of natural disasters across the 48 contiguous states — earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, and tornados. It appears that the only state completely devoid of any of the four is Michigan, while portions of some states in the midwest and the central U.S. have little risk of these events.

Our readers will probably notice that at least a couple of categories of disasters are missing; notably wildfires and extreme winter weather. Plugging those in (after seeing the news Tuesday about snow on top of ice paralyzing areas in the south) that would leave …. what do you think? A few areas in New Mexico and Southwest Texas? But of course fires are not unheard of there.