Mookie, et al, you all appear to think that the good ol' US of A is the only place to live, but this is where you find your hurricanes, your tornadoes, your ferocious octopi, etc. Fear not there is another world in which is beyond your borders, and it's not all A-rab terrorists, or communists, or Canadians (some, but not all!)
In Blightly, we had a once in a blue moon earthquake - ooh a few pots fell over, hurricanes (apart from Michael Fish's in '87) are at the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, coincidently based where RAF Tornadoes were based, and as for octopi - we just cover it in a beer-batter, fry it and eat it! Perfectly safe
And we wont grill you for two hours at the airport on your arrival