Seems like I read somewhere that the largest loss-of-life
wildfire in the US took place in Minnesota, late 1800s.
Some small town got completely wiped out, IIRC. If I can
find the reference I'll post it.

best regards, Jack

---- Mike Hord <mike.hord@gmail.com> wrote: 
> > Bull pucky. It's dangerous to buy a home without thinking about what might
> > happen to it first.
> 
> Exactly.
> 
> > You can buy a house in Minnesota, out in the woods, with a poor quality
> > heater and freeze to death during a blizzard: "I guess that's the price
> > people are willing to pay to live near Lake Woebegone."
> 
> But the house will still be there!  Actually, I feel VERY safe living in
> Minnesota because there are very few options for home-destroying natural
> disasters here.
> 
> Go down the list- what natural disasters can wreck a home?  Flood,
> fire (forest or brush- leave normal home fires out), tornado, hurricane,
> earthquake.  Include tsunami under flood.
> 
> Flood, brush and forest fires can be mitigated by risk assessment before
> the home is purchased.  Living less than a quarter mile from downtown
> Minneapolis on top of Lowry Hill, I'm not too likely to see any of them;
> however, every year, the spring thaw floods dozens or hundreds of homes
> in Minnesota, and occasionally entire towns are wiped out by brush or
> forest fires in outlying parts of the state.
> 
> Tornadoes can hit anywhere, but here they're less common than in, say,
> Oklahoma.  I feel fairly safe that earthquakes (and definitely tsunami)
> are out of the question, and hurricanes as well.  All in all, my little
> apartment is quite unlikely to suffer from any natural disaster, as will
> be the house I ultimately buy in the same neighborhood.
> 
> Of course, there are those who consider winter in Minnesota to be a
> natural disaster unto itself.
> 
> Mike H.
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