No hurricanes, one tornado in the last 100 years, and around here we average 17 inches of precipitation per year (rain and snow and hail and sleet etc. combined). Beautiful mountains, and the winter temp rarely goes below 0 F. Deer, elk, cougar, bear, voles, butterflies, moose, bison, rattlesnakes, wolves, coyotes, but no alligators or copperheads or water moccasins -- and all that wildlife knows its place.
Of course, this is a seismically and vulcanly active area....