Very cold winters. Major league missle sites.
Wrong, no missles they are all in Montana. Its cold, but there is little crime. People been living here way before electricity and fuel oil furnances and even running water.
I live probably in the best place in ND. I am between two military installations that will more than likely be nuke targets. Instant evaporation, I don't think I'd like to see the world after WWW III.
North Dakota Ranks High in Disaster Declarations
January 8, 2006
In-Forum
FARGO, N.D.
When it comes to disasters, North Dakota has definitely had its fair share.
Presidents have declared disasters in North Dakota at least once every year since 1993, the longest such streak in the country. There have been 17 declarations in that time span, including one issued last week for four southeastern counties hit by a late-November ice and snow storm.
North Dakota qualified for three disaster declarations last year, after never having more than two in any one year.
"When you add them up, it's kind of shocking," said John Enz, North Dakota's state climatologist. "Certainly, to an extent, these disasters are an indication of how variable our weather is in the Great Plains."
Disaster declarations mean big dollars for states. For the 16 previous disasters in North Dakota, the state received more than $711 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The figures do not include money available through the U.S. Small Business Administration or farm disaster payments through the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Gov. John Hoeven said the disaster declarations are important to help replenish local and state coffers used to respond to a disaster and to rebuild hard-hit areas.
"We have extreme weather and a lot of rural area," he said. "We have people living there. It's not just empty, rural area."
Heidi Haaven, a spokeswoman for Cass County Electric, said the November storm caused about $200,000 in damages to the power cooperative's infrastructure. Federal money will help offset the cost of permanent repairs that will take until spring to complete, she said.
To qualify for aid, states must meet federal criteria related to damage costs including exhausting local and state funds for disaster response. A formula is used to calculate damages in counties on a per-capita basis.
Most North Dakota disaster declarations have been the result of overland flooding, heavy snowfall or severe summer rain storms.
"In 18 years, I haven't seen the same type of disaster," said Lonnie Hoffer, disaster recovery chief for North Dakota's Department of Emergency Services. "They are all different. There are just a lot of differences in the nature of disasters."
Last year, presidential disasters also were declared after severe storms swamped much of southeastern North Dakota in June and a snowstorm buried parts of western North Dakota with 2 feet of snow in early October.
"We're in an interesting time," Hoffer said. "A lot of stuff is going way beyond what it has in the past."
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