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So which is more terrifying for you?

2short2care

By 2short2care,
Posted on: 2011-08-26 21:41 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture

 

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Originally Posted by Tenzhi View Post
Believe me, I'd like to live somewhere else, but I don't have that luxury. I imagine many people have places they'd rather live. It's naive to think people just live wherever they want.
I'm sorry to disagree with you and honestly I'm not trying to be callous but there are thousands if not millions of people with a lot less than you or I have (if I had to guess I'd say most with just the clothes on their backs) who move to what they hope will be better and safer places to live every day, and many of them are risking their lives to do it.

 

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Originally Posted by Chyll View Post
I'm marking Durakken down on the "knows nothing about tornadoes" column, and ignoring further input on this particular topic.
Actually it's pretty much a good idea to do that on all topics.

 

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Originally Posted by Tormentoso View Post
Hurricanes do damage all over the place, but tornadoes do a lot of damage in a very concentrated area. Have to respect that.
Respect yes. The sheer magnitude of the destructive forces occurring is astounding.

 

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Originally Posted by Durakken View Post
Neither...

Earthquakes are pretty easy to avoid if you don't go to faultline areas so they don't worry me and if I did go into those area I'd be psychologically prepared.

Tornados too are pretty easy to avoid as well... You can just drive away or go somewhere that won't be effected... they suck, but hardly scary.

rising rivers you can walk away from >.>

Storms only annoy me due to dog being scared...

i can't think of anything i find scary...
I can see you speak from the voice of the inexperienced, again.

Faultlines are everywhere. Some are more active than others, but anywhere can have an earthquake at any time. Tornadoes aren't that easy to avoid. They can change direction in a heartbeat, and can be much larger than they appear. They also drop from the sky with little to no warning, and no one knows exactly how long they'll be on the ground.


I've lived all over the country. I've dealt with earthquakes in both the Bay Area and in Southern California, I've been around tornadoes and hail storms in Texas, and flooding here in the Memphis area, not to mention blizzards in upstate New York/Connecticut. All these things can do major damage, but I'd actually rather go through an earthquake or tornado, rather than agonize through a flood or a snow storm. Quakes and Twisters are over fairly fast. Floods, you'll know about days ahead of time in some cases, and there's not really anything you can do about it if the water wants to go where you happen to be.

I've not been through a hurricane itself, but I've been on the fringe for all of the rain from one. They're not fun.

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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project View Post
I'm sorry to disagree with you and honestly I'm not trying to be callous but there are thousands if not millions of people with a lot less than you or I have (if I had to guess I'd say most with just the clothes on their backs) who move to what they hope will be better and safer places to live every day, and many of them are risking their lives to do it.
Having very little makes it a simpler matter, as does having a great deal.

Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound

 

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Originally Posted by Dark One View Post
Well...you probably don't want to know what'll happen if/when Yellowstone goes...
On the plus side, if you live anywhere in North America, you probably won't know what happened when Yellowstone blows.

 

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Super volcano eruptions are in the same class as a Torrino Scale 8 or 9 asteroid event, there is really no where to run and hide.

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Originally Posted by Father Xmas View Post
Super volcano eruptions are in the same class as a Torrino Scale 8 or 9 asteroid event, there is really no where to run and hide.
*hides plans for secret moon base and teleportation system*

<.<

>.>

Nothing to see here...

Loose --> not tight.
Lose --> Did not win, misplace, cannot find, subtract.
One extra 'o' makes a big difference.

 

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Originally Posted by White Hot Flash View Post
*hides plans for secret moon base and teleportation system*

<.<

>.>

Nothing to see here...
Go read the book called Terraforming Earth. It's fascinating.


 

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Go read the book called Terraforming Earth. It's fascinating.
I see I have a security issue.....

Someone has stolen my plans.

Loose --> not tight.
Lose --> Did not win, misplace, cannot find, subtract.
One extra 'o' makes a big difference.

 

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I've not been through a hurricane itself, but I've been on the fringe for all of the rain from one. They're not fun.
I got to go thru a hurricane at sea while I was in the Navy. Two things I saw that I'll never forget.

First walking onto the Bridge and looking out at the horizon and seeing that it was vertical but gravity felt like I was standing normally. We rolled down the side of a wave so fast it took gravity a couple seconds to catch up.

Second while on aft watch I saw a wave hit us broadside and the water that passed over us tore the heavy equipment forklift right off the flight deck. It was a huge vehicle that belonged to the Seabee unit that was on deployment with our ship.

 

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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project View Post
First walking onto the Bridge and looking out at the horizon and seeing that it was vertical but gravity felt like I was standing normally. We rolled down the side of a wave so fast it took gravity a couple seconds to catch up.
Gravity buggers off for a smoke and a quick pint and look what you do. Make him look foolish! But he'll have his revenge. One day, you'll be walking along and BAM! Leaf through the noggin!


 

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I got to go thru a hurricane at sea while I was in the Navy. Two things I saw that I'll never forget.

First walking onto the Bridge and looking out at the horizon and seeing that it was vertical but gravity felt like I was standing normally. We rolled down the side of a wave so fast it took gravity a couple seconds to catch up.

Second while on aft watch I saw a wave hit us broadside and the water that passed over us tore the heavy equipment forklift right off the flight deck. It was a huge vehicle that belonged to the Seabee unit that was on deployment with our ship.
Sounds like stories both my dad (ex merchant marine) and an ex-navy buddy of mine told while they were in the North Atlantic. His worst experience though was on a freighter breaking up in the Great Lakes.

Anyways, I've never experienced a tornado up close, but out of the big three (hurricane, tornado, earthquake) I think a tornado ranks at the top. Between typhoons in Okinawa and hurricanes in Virginia, they dont illicit much emotion. I just listen to or watch the news, if they say go, I go. I'm not to terribly attatched to my stuff or where I keep it. IMO thats what insurance is for.


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Just got power back. Lost it for two days. Enough to certainly be disruptive, but at least it wasn't eight days like last time. I did miss the new Doctor Who, and of course, since there was no power, no catching on the DVR either, still I was actually pleasantly surprised when it came on just a little while ago. Now to go take that hot shower I am longing for.

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I said "ur" which is not a word. It's a sound dumb people make when you ask them to spell out "you are".

 

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Tornado's are easily spotted long before they actually do any damage any where. They move, but for the most part you can get out of their way with ease either by driving like a mile or two away or simply going into a basement...
Do you mean easily spotted with the naked eye? Maybe in the Great Plains states, but not so in certain hilly, heavily forest areas. I live in the one of those areas (US Southeast) and we have our share of tornadoes, and you literally cannot see them coming with the naked eye. This last spring, there was a devastating batch of storms and tornados; dozens of homes in my area were destroyed. The damage and after effects where surreal. Google "Tornado Rampage 2011" and you'll see what I mean.

All you can do is listen to the radio and take shelter (which most people indeed do), but you have no idea if you're directly in a tornado's path or not, because they're 'over the hills and thru the woods' hidden from you.

And to answer the OP's question - that's quite scary.

 

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Originally Posted by Socorro View Post
All you can do is listen to the radio and take shelter (which most people indeed do), but you have no idea if you're directly in a tornado's path or not, because they're 'over the hills and thru the woods' hidden from you.
One would think calling grandma's house would get you the answer of whether there's a tornado or not coming ^.^

 

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One would think calling grandma's house would get you the answer of whether there's a tornado or not coming ^.^
Grandma's dead. She got run over by a reindeer last Christmas.

 

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I was on business travel to DC last week. On the day my plane landed, there was an earthquake. On the day I was scheduled to leave they got hit by a hurricane. (I changed my flights so I got out a day early.)

In my opinion, this is just God trying to tell my managers to stop sending me on trips.

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I am more worried about the Zombie Apocolypse. :P
I would have to say that a earthquake would scare me a litte while it was happening, then afterwards when I see my loved ones are all right I would be fine, tornadoes can be scary, I never had to worry about floods.

Cancel the kitchen scraps for widows and lepers, no more merciful beheadings and call off christmas!

 

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I've lived in Los Angeles pretty much the whole of my life. Earthquakes are just one of those things you have to live with, no big deal for me. If a huge earthquake occurs, you're pretty much toast and there's not a whole hell of a lot you can do about it. So, I don't concern myself with it.

Living someplace where I knew that every year I was going to be getting my *** kicked by hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, etc. Thanks, but I'll pass on that. I'll take the sheer random potential doom of an earthquake any day over the surety of watching some bizarre weather event swooping down on me and not being able to do anything to stop it.

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