City vs city
Cool vs East Palo Alto, CA
Cool currently scores 5 points higher overall than East Palo Alto, with the largest gap in ingested air quality.
Use this comparison for relocation decisions, insurance shopping, and hazard-prioritized mitigation planning.
Hazard breakdown
Scores describe each city’s reference grid tile, not every property. A missing model is unavailable, not zero risk. Air quality uses an ingested EPA AirNow snapshot and may not reflect current conditions; other factors describe baseline exposure. The overall score blends different hazards and is not a probability of damage. Read the scoring methodology and sources.
Overall
Cool: 37/100 · East Palo Alto: 32/100
Cool is 5 points higher.
Flood
Cool: 30/100 · East Palo Alto: 68/100
East Palo Alto is 38 points higher.
Cool: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
East Palo Alto: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 20 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Cool: 4/100 · East Palo Alto: 2/100
Cool is 2 points higher.
Cool: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
East Palo Alto: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Cool: 2/100 · East Palo Alto: 0/100
Cool is 2 points higher.
Cool: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
East Palo Alto: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Cool: 0/100 · East Palo Alto: 0/100
No gap.
Cool: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
East Palo Alto: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Cool: 1/100 · East Palo Alto: 4/100
East Palo Alto is 3 points higher.
Cool: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
East Palo Alto: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Cool: Unavailable · East Palo Alto: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Cool: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
East Palo Alto: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Cool: 87/100 · East Palo Alto: 62/100
Cool is 25 points higher.
Cool: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
East Palo Alto: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Cool: 95/100 · East Palo Alto: 22/100
Cool is 73 points higher.
Cool: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
East Palo Alto: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.