r/BlackPeopleTwitter 7d ago

Tornado Drills

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u/Bubbly_Satisfaction2 ☑️ 6d ago

I am a New Yorker. When people ask me if I would ever move out of NYC, I say “No” and I give reasons.

Truth of the matter is… I am terrified of natural disasters. Tornadoes. Earthquakes. And I am thassalophobic, so I’m also terrified of the flooding that comes with hurricanes.

I think the notion of being woken up by a tornado warning siren at 3am is enough for me to say “I prefer to live in a shoe box for $2800 a month, slap-boxing with a rat in my kitchen, in NYC”.