Observations from a neighbouring country: In Toronto where I live, I never expected to see things like winds from actual hurricanes, earth quakes, total electrical blackouts, deadly flu virus epidemics, debilitating ice storms, terrorist attacks, severe flooding... But I've experienced all the above within recent years. Some very mild. Some very destructive. But all are things I never expected to see here. And with those we still deal with killer heat waves and cold snaps, fuel production plant explosions, and tick borne diseases. Right here in the city called "Toronto The Good."

Avoid the obvious disaster-prone or expecting places (you've listed a few of your own) and even still, do not expect Nirvana. There is no American Garden of Eden to discover. It's just not there. Or anywhere.

There’s some possibility of disasters pretty much everywhere. The midwest has tornadoes, floods, blizzards, etc. places that rely on aquifers for water are going to have problems, if they aren’t already. Places that depend on rivers are already fighting over them. Global warming will make these things worse.