Sweet Home Alabama Quiz

Alabama receives an average of 56 inches of rain per year. It also reports more thunderstorms per year than any other state in the U.S., making flash floods a common, dangerous occurrence.

Alabama, along with Kansas, has reported more F5 tornadoes, the most powerful rating, than any other state according to the National Climatic Data Center from 1950 to 2006. The northern part of the state, which lies along the Tennessee Valley, is one of the most tornado-vulnerable areas in the U.S. Alabama is one of the few places in the world that has a secondary tornado season from November through December, in addition to the spring through summer severe weather season.

Flooding is the most frequent natural disaster in Alabama, taking more lives and causing more damage than hurricanes and tornadoes combined.

If you find a game trail leading to a water hole, you absolutely do NOT want to set any traps near the water hole because that’s where the animals are most aware and cautious. Instead, set any traps along the game trail so that you can catch your dinner either coming or going from the water source.

Wild pigs reside in Alabama and they are nothing to snort at. Considered pests across the U.S., wild pigs are hunted and shot by local farmers because the pigs do tremendous damage to crops. Weighing in at 50 to 60 pounds, these animals are powerful, aggressive and dangerous. Armed with tusks and sharp teeth, a wild pig is capable of inflicting serious injury. When cornered, a wild pig will squeal for assistance from other pigs, so you have to dispatch your foe quickly to have any chance of not getting impaled.

It is imperative to get a fire going at dark because nighttime temperatures drop well below freezing during fall, winter and spring in Alabama.

Alabama is home to one of the highest concentrations of caves in the world. In fact, only about one-quarter of Alabama’s cave systems have been explored.

Caves are a good place to find food and freshwater. They are often chockfull of insects, salamanders, bats and rodents, and underground river and stream systems meander through their depths.

Alabama is home to six types of venomous snakes: Eastern diamondback rattlesnakes, timber rattlesnakes, pygmy rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, copperheads and coral snakes.