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Florida is the ‘Scariest State’

July 23rd, 2014 by flanews

You’re living in the scariest state in the country according to a national real estate poll. As Matt Galka tells us, it wasn’t crime that did the state in, but the weather.

People in Florida should be scared. That’s because we live in the scariest state in the country according to a national real estate study from Estately.com.

Florida ranked 1st in three common “fear” categories. We should be on the lookout for hurricanes, tornadoes, and sharks, according to the poll.

Sam Miller with the Florida Insurance Council says that’s at least partially valid – the state just finished paying off claims from the last hurricane that hit nearly a decade ago.

“It took us 9 years to retire the debts from Hurricane Wilma in 2005, it’ll take another decade next time if not longer,” said Miller.

Severe weather and other coastal factors are part of the deal for living in Florida. But experts say don’t let what goes on in the movies skew your perspective on the state.

The poll says Florida is most likely to get hit by a “sharknado.” While that’s clearly tongue in cheek, the state consistently leads the country in shark attacks.  Biologist Tom Harah says they’re not as common as you think, though.

“You’ve got a 1 in 1 point three million chance of getting struck by lightning in the United States, and you’ve got a one in sixteen million chance of getting bit by a shark, not even seriously injured,” said Harrah, who works with the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab.

As far as being the scariest state, the National Weather Service says the fears are overblown.

“I’m not sure that I’d say it’s the scariest, I think anywhere you live there are going to be certain dangers,” said NWS Meteorologist Katie Moore.

According to the study, Florida was in the middle of the pack for fear of murder…but top 10 for fear of incarceration.

Reporting in Tallahassee, I’m Matt Galka

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