good ole boring Illinois

so.... looking at some pictures this morning of the latest California wildfire i had a thought.... as much as we (we being the general population of suburbian Chicago) complain that Illinois is boring, that in reality can be a good thing. Yes, it's true, there's no much in the way of topography and interesting natural features. It's no Grand Canyon, no Mt. Hood, no Marco Island beach, and no rocky coast of Maine. On the plus side, however, we are not prone to earthquakes, volcanoes, threat from tsunamis, huge landslides, hurricanes, or raging wildfires. just, you know, the occasional tornado - and even those not so much. so, for all it's boring-ness, the Chicago area is a pretty safe place to live, naturally speaking. I'll try to keep that in mind next time i want to go friggin do some interesting.