The wizard of oz set in Kansas because that state experiences tornadoes What other state. What could be anothe
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Any of the states in the region of the country referred to as Tornado Alley.\n\nThe site of most tornadoes a year aren't actually in Kansas, but in Texas and, in some years, Oklahoma...
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I seen where e.t. and star wars were both influenced by the wizard of oz and also lemony snicketts a series of unfortunate events has also been said to have been influenced by the wizard of oz
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Arkansas-The early French explorers of the state gave it its name, which is probably a phonetic spelling for the French word for "downriver" people, a reference to the Quapaw people and the river along which they settled.\n\nKansas-The state is named after the Kansas River that flows through it, which in turn derived its name from the Siouan word Kansa meaning "People of the south wind."
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ALL nations have some natural hazards.  Anything from flooding, earthquake, drought, hurricanes, tornadoes, landslides, take you pick.  Mongolia is VERY unlikely to ever have a hurricane, by the way
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Texas has the potential for most bad weather.  Snowstorms in the panhandle, Tornados, Thounder storms, wind storms, Floods, and Huricanes. Texas like Cal is a big state and has the potential for all types of bad weather.
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my favorite muscial is Wicked. it has some really great songs that always get stuck in your head, amazing stars, and it has a great plot- it fills in the blanks for the Wizard of Oz
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Tornadoes occur on all continents of the world except Antarctica, with the Great Plains of the United States accounting for 70% of the total number.  The area known as "tornado alley" has become a haven for storm chasers and a killing field for deadly twisters.  It stretches up through the central United States through Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, and other central states.
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Tornadoes form in storms all over the world, and though they have been recorded in all fifty U.S. states, they form most famously in a broad area of the American Great Plains, Midwest, as well as South known colloquially as Tornado Alley. In pure number of incidences, the United States reports more tornadoes than any other country, however, the Netherlands is the most tornado-prone country relative to land area.
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Arkansas, Delaware, Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, wisconsin, idaho, maine and mississippi.
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Go to Yahoo or Google and search for Tornado Alley, that is the midwest part of the u.s. where tornados are most prevalent.. hope it helps!!
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Per square mile, Oklahoma has the most tornadoes of all US states.
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I agree. The central portion of the United States is prone to violent outbreaks of tornadoes more often than other parts of the country because of its location.\n\nThe maritime tropical air masses of the Gulf of Mexico bring warm moist air up into the central states while continental polar (cold & dry) air moves down south from Canada.\n\nThe mixture of these two air masses is the perfect ingredient for the formation of violent thunderstorms & mesocyclones.\n\nThe Ohio valley is just one area where tornadoes are more frequent.\n\nTornado Ally includes but is not limited to the following states: Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, & Iowa.\n\nOklahoma has the most tornadoes in the United States per year.\n\nFlorida also has a high incident of violent thunderstorms & tornadoes. This is also because of location. Florida is a peninsula. It is surrounded by water on all sides but one. Where the warm moist air converges from both the Atlantic & Gulf is where you will have the most violent of the storms. This would be central Florida.\n\nFYI: Florida also has the most lightning strikes per year.\n\nTo answer your question directly, it is the location of Ohio in relation to the air masses that that converge over the state. Other places in the world are not so fortunate or unfortunate as it would seem to have the right mix of ingredients. The United States has more tornadoes than any other nation in the world!
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They'd have to be aerodynamic in all directions, this would take up more space than a normal home (it'd have to be flatter) on the other hand, they could all live in windmills in a tornado area and then there'd be loads of energy :)
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There are a couple reasons.  First off, Texas is the second-largest state in the US, next to Alaska.  So, there is more area in the state for tornadoes to occur.\n\nSecondly, Texas is right in the heart of Tornado Alley.  This is a place in the continental US where the airflow is just right for supercell thunderstorms (tornado-causing storms) to form, with warm, moist air rolling off of the Gulf of Mexico, dry air coming from the Mojave Desert, and cool air flowing off of the Rockies.  The combination of these air masses provide a lot of atmospheric instability, prompting thunderstorms.\n\nDue to the winds around Texas/Oklahoma, the storms are more likely to be supercells, and more likely to form tornadoes.\n\nTexas might have the most number of tornadoes in a given year, but Oklahoma actually has the most tornadoes per unit area in the US because of the wind patterns being even better for tornado formation there.
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Alaska...despite popular belif its not Wyoming
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Oklahoma has more real tornados per square mile than anywhere else in the world.  Florida has more per square mile, but most are F0 and F1, not enough to do anything.  Texas has more overall, but it's a bigger state.  According to the NOAA, Oklahoma City has had more tornados than any other city.
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been thru two in kansas.pretty scary and tears stuff up.\nenough info?