Serious Weather Concerns for Western Trip

Sure there is a concern but if you pay attention to the weather reports you can avoid getting into trouble. Unlike a house with an RV if terrible weather is headed your way you can get out of the way. In 60 years of travel (as a kid with my family and as an adult) I can only think of two times where we were in danger, once from a severe thunderstorm and another time a tornado touchdown and crossed a highway about 10 minutes after we had passed. we should not have traveled that day knowing there were severe storms along our route.

We live in west central Illinois and tornadoes are a threat. But, to me weather is just a part of traveling with an RV and I don't let it influence our travel except for snow and ice and severe cold in winter. Really there are all sorts of bad things that can happen to threaten life and limb. I nearly had a falling limb hit me on a perfectly clear day and wasn't even RVing. My point is that these things happen rather randomly and aren't avoidable beyond reasonable caution. Yes, tornadoes are more likely in some places but still the probability of being hit by one is really small; much less probable than a traffic accident and many other catastrophes. But you have to decide.