Tornados, Earthquakes, and hurricanes!

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  • Tennessee2019
    Tennessee2019 Posts: 676 Member
    I'm California born & raised, so I really can't comment on anything other than earthquakes. We did travel the US in '76 & were under a tornado watch in a KOA campground on the east coast once, but I was only 9 at the time & don't really remember it that well. The Loma Prieta earthquake in '89 was the worst one I've had to deal with.
    I guess when we move to Hawaii after my husband retires, I'll have to deal with hurricanes, tsunamis & earthquakes too. So i might have a different vote on which one I fear the most then.
  • maidentl
    maidentl Posts: 3,203 Member
    I think it can depend on how close you've been to one. Sure, it's hilarious if nothing bad happened to you as a result. Like Q said, lose everything to one, not so amusing. As a kid experiencing a tornado literally going through our back yard, I'll pass thanks. When the tornado sirens go off I get my kids up out of their beds and into a safe spot. I am not amused when my friends laugh and say they just ignore them.
  • MindyLynn77
    MindyLynn77 Posts: 126
    Hurricanes are fun! Bring on the party... I live on the gulf of Mexico and we get our fair share. Just pop a top on the beer and hop in the back of a truck to watch the show (no judegment please :smile: ). Tornado's dont really scare me that much either, but earthquakes on the other hand.... NO THANKS!

    LOL.. We used to have Hurricane Parties all the time.. Ppl would be in the store buying water and canned foods, we would be buying chips and beer and stuff to BBQ!!!
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    Hurricane Parties? Hurricanes are fun? I just hope you're never in a really bad one, then.
  • Cortx
    Cortx Posts: 103 Member
    TORNADO.

    Althoug Hurricanes are bad on there own, everytime i have been in one, or when one is coming, the only thing i am really scared about it a tornado coming with it, and how the electricity is going to be out for days.
  • yoshi91610
    yoshi91610 Posts: 177 Member
    I would say Hurricanes, but I lived with there threat for so long (I used to live in SC and moving to NC in a few months) that I know I can handle it and get to safety.

    In Michigan we used to have a lot of Tornado warnings, but I never seen/experienced one, but I still feel like I would know what to do if something happened.

    As far as Earthquakes, I have only experienced one but I was asleep and it was only a 2.9. (I think)
    So right now i would have to say none scare me the most, but each are scary in their own right.

    Although it's not on the list I think Volcanoes are the scariest natural disaster.
  • macpatti
    macpatti Posts: 4,280 Member
    Hurricanes are fun! Bring on the party... I live on the gulf of Mexico and we get our fair share. Just pop a top on the beer and hop in the back of a truck to watch the show (no judegment please :smile: ). Tornado's dont really scare me that much either, but earthquakes on the other hand.... NO THANKS!

    Please do not make jokes in the 'chit chat fun and games' section. Come to think of it, should you really be joking about alcohol, either? Remember that people can be easily offended..........even the ones who scoff at how sensitive others are.
    But, next time we have a hurricane warning and we're all 'hunkering down', I'll know where to find the beer! :wink:
  • VeryKerri
    VeryKerri Posts: 359 Member
    Hurricanes are fun! Bring on the party... I live on the gulf of Mexico and we get our fair share. Just pop a top on the beer and hop in the back of a truck to watch the show (no judegment please :smile: ). Tornado's dont really scare me that much either, but earthquakes on the other hand.... NO THANKS!

    Please do not make jokes in the 'chit chat fun and games' section. Come to think of it, should you really be joking about alcohol, either? Remember that people can be easily offended..........even the ones who scoff at how sensitive others are.
    But, next time we have a hurricane warning and we're all 'hunkering down', I'll know where to find the beer! :wink:

    Don't be such a bully sheesh!
  • maygans
    maygans Posts: 196 Member
    I'm absolutely terrified of tornadoes. I moved to NC a couple months ago and I remember earlier this year my friend texting me pictures and sending me videos of all the damage that a tornado did to Raleigh. Hurricanes don't bother me because I'm so far inland that it's just rainy...I guess the biggest threat is of the ground becoming so waterlogged that the dirt loosens up and the trees will fall on people or cars or buildings. Earthquakes don't phase me...this area won't get the really bad ones like Japan or California get, and also I don't live in some huge skyscraper that might come crashing down. I'm from the North and I'm surprised you didn't mention blizzards or ice storms...they have the ability to knock out your power and freeze your pipes, and if there is enough snow and wind, you cannot get out to get more supplies if you don't stock up ahead of time. My Dad's cousin died about 15 years ago due to a huge ice storm where I'm from! I'm personally not afraid of snow (due to 26 years experience with it), and I agree with whoever said that it's what you don't have a lot of experience with that will usually invoke the most fear.
  • macpatti
    macpatti Posts: 4,280 Member
    Hurricanes are fun! Bring on the party... I live on the gulf of Mexico and we get our fair share. Just pop a top on the beer and hop in the back of a truck to watch the show (no judegment please :smile: ). Tornado's dont really scare me that much either, but earthquakes on the other hand.... NO THANKS!

    Please do not make jokes in the 'chit chat fun and games' section. Come to think of it, should you really be joking about alcohol, either? Remember that people can be easily offended..........even the ones who scoff at how sensitive others are.
    But, next time we have a hurricane warning and we're all 'hunkering down', I'll know where to find the beer! :wink:

    Don't be such a bully sheesh!

    Ha! I love you!
  • agwilker
    agwilker Posts: 104 Member
    Tornadoes the most. Hurricanes the least. Tornadoes because I live in Indiana and we get warnings/watches quite frequently. So I am the most nervous because it actually has a possibility of happening here. Also, even though you know you get a warning you don't know for sure where it's going to hit until it does. Hurricanes and earthquakes you get a general radius of the affected area, so you can expect it. I have experienced a small earthquake we had here a few years ago. I just thought I was hallucinating, you know since I'm in Indiana and not California. Since hurricanes/earthquakes are less likely here, I wouldn't say I'm nervous about either. I've also never experience a bad earthquake or a hurricane at all. So I don't have a whole lot of comparison. :tongue:
  • VeryKerri
    VeryKerri Posts: 359 Member
    Hurricanes are fun! Bring on the party... I live on the gulf of Mexico and we get our fair share. Just pop a top on the beer and hop in the back of a truck to watch the show (no judegment please :smile: ). Tornado's dont really scare me that much either, but earthquakes on the other hand.... NO THANKS!

    Please do not make jokes in the 'chit chat fun and games' section. Come to think of it, should you really be joking about alcohol, either? Remember that people can be easily offended..........even the ones who scoff at how sensitive others are.
    But, next time we have a hurricane warning and we're all 'hunkering down', I'll know where to find the beer! :wink:

    Don't be such a bully sheesh!

    Ha! I love you!

    :bigsmile:
  • Ocarina
    Ocarina Posts: 1,550 Member
    Yay! I'm totally learning about this stuff in Geology class right now. Earthquakes scare the crap out of me after learning more about them. I live in an area where they aren't common at all so they don't scare me as much as if I lived in Sumatra or something...

    I would say that tornadoes have fascinated me and scared the crap out of me for most of my life. I used to have such a phobia for them that would overtake my life. It was quite pathetic LOL! And ironically we don't have those here either. =P

    A lava flow is quite a possibility here though in the next few thousand years... now THAT would be scary.
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    I've only experienced tornado warnings having growing up in Missouri and those I can handle because you usually know when conditions are right for a tornado and you have some warning. My first earthquake was the Nisqually earthquake in Washington back in 2001. NO WARNINGS!!! I was seriously ready to hightail it back to Missouri. I've never been around a hurricane so I can't say anything about that. So I will say earthquakes make me more nervous.
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    Yay! I'm totally learning about this stuff in Geology class right now. Earthquakes scare the crap out of me after learning more about them. I live in an area where they aren't common at all so they don't scare me as much as if I lived in Sumatra or something...

    I would say that tornadoes have fascinated me and scared the crap out of me for most of my life. I used to have such a phobia for them that would overtake my life. It was quite pathetic LOL! And ironically we don't have those here either. =P

    A lava flow is quite a possibility here though in the next few thousand years... now THAT would be scary.

    I live too close to Mt. Rainier in Washington State and the thought of that mountain blowing scares the crap out of me. Even worse than earthquakes. If I had the chance to move back to the midwest, I'd move in a heartbeat.
  • CannibalisticVegetarian
    CannibalisticVegetarian Posts: 1,255 Member
    I was recently in a tornado, but have always been afraid of them... this incident just exacerbated it... x1,000,000!
    I think a hurricane is second runner up though.. especially when my folks decided to take us to Florida during the hurricane season.
  • JacksMom12
    JacksMom12 Posts: 1,044 Member
    Funny that you mention this, because metro Atlanta is under a tornado warning right now. The sirens are going off as I type haha. You get used to them down here in the south.

    Hi neighbor.


    There's one a couple of miles from my house that when sounding, just means portions of Cobb/Fulton/and Cherokee. Then there's another one that's two blocks away that was going off for around 30 minutes

    All gone now.


    Ohh you're from woodstock. That's where I grew up. I went to Etowah high school and my parents still live in Towne Lake. I'm in marietta now.. so only like 20 miles away!
  • BloomingLily
    BloomingLily Posts: 62 Member
    Tornado. I live in Virgina (near the TN border) and had never really experienced one until April 27-28 of this year. That's when the fear started.

    I didn't feel the earthquake that happened in VA a few months ago, although the people at work clearly felt it and were freaking out. Have never really experienced a hurricane. Given the choice, I would pass on all three. :)
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