Fact or Fiction? Granite in the St. Cloud Area Deters Large Storms

I have heard this for years.  People have always said that the large amounts of granite in the St. Cloud area deters large storms.  I've never thought that was actually true, but it's worth checking out.  Because sometimes it does seem that the larger storms tend to go around the area.  Not that I'm complaining, but it's at least worth looking into.

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I have also heard that tornadic activity tends to stay away from heavily populated areas.  It's not often that you hear about a tornado ripping through a downtown area like Minneapolis, destroying the business buildings and tall skyscraper type buildings.  But look at what happened in Joliet, Illinois years ago.  Again, that's not Chicago, but it's close.

According to quick research on the internet - because that never lies - whatever the ground has in it, such as granite, has nothing to do with a storm that is tens of thousands of feet up in the sky.  That is a solid myth.

There are many stories about how bad weather seems to break up as soon as it reaches the St. Cloud area.  It has all been taken as theory, and not fact.  There is nothing that backs up the theory that the granite or any other factor in the earth has anything to do with that situation.  Can we call it coincidence?  Maybe.

Meterologists say that there is no scientific evidence that storms break up around the St Cloud area becuase of something geological.  There is another theory that it's the Urban Island effect.  Basically stating that it's too hot, and storms will gravitate towards a more rural area.