Balancing weather interests with societal concerns

I don’t want cat 4 or 5 hurricanes. Otherwise no.

I always root for cool + wet in the western half of the country because drought is really bad here and not interesting. 

Otherwise I’m more on the side of interesting weather unless it causes damage to my property.

The best climate in my opinion doesn’t have any natural disasters. I don’t care about interesting weather.

Winters should be cold and too dry for blizzards.

Summers should have decent precipitation so the landscape doesn’t turn brown, but no precipitation should come as thunderstorms.

No hurricanes, tornadoes and temperatures above 95F either

No droughts except during winter since the plants would be dormant due to the cold anyway

Earthquakes are not related to weather but whatever.

I swear, I’d rather live in the middle of Antarctica instead of somewhere that gets “interesting weather”

What you see as “interesting weather” I see as “a potential threat to human life or property”

I couldn't care less about society or people other than myself. So yeah.

I'm the exact opposite lol. I don't care that much about the weather myself, I only care about what other people think.

I've always been interested in extreme weather events, want to see how they begin, evolve and ultimately impact a place, a region, a State, a Country and a Continent.
Tropical storm systems fascinate me....do I want them to cause widespread destruction and death ? Certainly not !
I'm one of those sad people ( as most weather/climate nerds are ) who reads all the charts/models/forecasts, takes pics of storms, goes out storm chasing etc.

I like strong storms for interest, but not extreme deadly events. A storm knocking out power for a bit or heavy snow blocking the roads is fine. So is flooding or drought that causes property damage...but not widespread famine. Tornadoes are too much. I'd be happy if I never saw a tornado in person. I'd be unhappy if thunderstorms suddenly disappeared. I love sitting out under a covered porch with a beer in hand watching the storm roll through.

Nah, weather I like causing death and destruction doesn't stop me from liking it, or finding it interesting to follow or experience. Grand majority of weather related deaths are from people being stupid anyways. Destruction, such as from a Category 4/5 hurricane or an F4/F5 tornado is of course very sad, and I don't really root for that type of weather anyways.


One thing that should be mentioned is that literally any type of weather in extreme excess has the potential to cause death and destruction.

Relevant time to dig up this thread

Natural disasters that cause death and destruction are a hard no for me. I'm fine with a storm that knocks out power for a bit, or a day or two of extreme heat, but there's a certain point where it's too much and the societal impact cannot be ignored.