West Central Missouri including Sedalia, Warrensburg, and Boonville could see hot and humid conditions, triple digit heat indices, and a potential for severe storms tonight, August 2, 2023.
A swarm of 7 earthquakes along the New Madrid fault at the end of June 2022 leads to fears about another major quake on middle America's strongest faults.
And, well, they don't do it in a lot of different countries in the world, and they're doing fine. Heck, they don't even do it in some states in the USA (Arizona, I'm looking at you).
Sitting in your lawn chair... maybe the kids sitting on the curb.... or sitting on the bleachers in front of the courthouse... and what happens? Cold butt syndrome.