Earthquake, Volcano, Tornado, Hurricane, or Tsunami?

Earthquake, Volcano, Tornado, Hurricane, or Tsunami?

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Jiro said:
i think it's better to think of this game in worst case scenario. Think of those disasters listed above at their worst, devastating level. Which one you rather be in? I think I will survive better in tornado than rest. Like I said - just bunker down and wait it out. hopefully a junk won't block my escape door in.
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Bunker? :laugh2:
 
DLOP_024 said:
yes, bad experienced then I did not go to Florida since 2005 because I am not American Citizen, I am 100% Canadian Citizen and I do not want get any hurt because I do not have Insurance for U.S. hospital, I did not think about it but 3 times happened in Florida, make me think about "where I can find one way back to Canada?", my familys tried take us get out of Florida and make it without plane, we have to drive a rent car and try go to north and I know I did escaped 4 times is too easy but inside my feeling, not really because I don't live there and I just there for vacation and visitor with my familys.
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:laugh2: you're just like that guy in Sicko movie. This Canadian couples refused to come down to USA unless they get some kind of international insurance. They were scared of getting screwed by USA's expensive medical bills. sorry you had a horrible stay in USA.
 
DLOP_024 said:
Bunker? :laugh2:
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yup this bunker lol
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**It's a pix of underground bunker
 
Been thru earthquakes in the past, most common small ones, few times moderate. It can be nerve whacking experience and sometimes panic ensued when the moderate to strong earthquake hit the area.

When I live in Texas years ago, I did experienced tornado watch but none touched down nearby. We did have hurricane watch too, but it was not in my path, so I ride out the rain and the winds and let it die out and just experienced floods but thankfully the water did not get into the house.

As for other natural disaster, tsunami, volcano, never experienced that, never know when to expect the unexpected when tsunami comes. If there is large wave coming your way, it may be impossible to escape the coastal areas to up to 50 miles inland, and those people drown real quick. No chance to escape unless there is few lucky ones on the mountain top.

It's all the nature and sure they're cruel sometimes, but we got to live with that what the nature course they go...
 
I voted hurricanes.

As devastating they are. They are more predictable and you are warned to get out. You also have plenty of notice and having time to get prepaired

All others you either have a short warning or none.
 
Let's see.

In 2004 Oct 13,
Hurricane Charley was the most devastating hurricane I've been through.

Had damages to my home.

No power for two weeks. looked like a war zone.

Lost my job due my workplace was condemned.

My son at the time almost 5 was injured had to get 9 staples in his head.

Had no running water due to I had well water. For 2 weeks.

Had to wait in line dailey to get ice and a hot meal.

You truly learn to humble yourself. And to come together.


It was a nightmare. But we survived!!
 
Calvin said:
Been thru earthquakes in the past, most common small ones, few times moderate. It can be nerve whacking experience and sometimes panic ensued when the moderate to strong earthquake hit the area.

When I live in Texas years ago, I did experienced tornado watch but none touched down nearby. We did have hurricane watch too, but it was not in my path, so I ride out the rain and the winds and let it die out and just experienced floods but thankfully the water did not get into the house.

As for other natural disaster, tsunami, volcano, never experienced that, never know when to expect the unexpected when tsunami comes. If there is large wave coming your way, it may be impossible to escape the coastal areas to up to 50 miles inland, and those people drown real quick. No chance to escape unless there is few lucky ones on the mountain top.

It's all the nature and sure they're cruel sometimes, but we got to live with that what the nature course they go...
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The nature was not being cruel to us. It's just doing what it does. It's the people who CHOSE to live in dangerous zone... which is the coastal area. Most of them are poor and they chose to live on coastal zone to make some livings. That's why you hear a high death toll rate in those poor countries and a low death toll rate in well-developed nations like Japan.

I mean.... c'mon... living next to or within vicinity of volcano like Hawaii? expect to get killed by volcano!
 
LuciaDisturbed said:
A hurricane hitting Toronto....that's impossible. Toronto ain't anywhere near the ocean. Unless I am mistaken, hurricanes will only hit the ocean/gulf coasts of different countries. (In some countries, hurricanes are called cyclones, dunno why, they are the same, I believe).
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cyclone/typhoon/hurricanes are same thing. It depends on where you are. If it's from Atlantic Ocean or Eastern pacific Ocean (American territory) - it's called hurricane. If it's from Western Pacific (Asian territory) - that's typhoon. If it's southern Pacific (Indian Ocean/Australian coast).... that's cyclone.

I was quizzed on this in my course... :|

and yes it is typical that hurricanes do hit only coastal area and then quickly disperse away as it goes inland. It is rare for hurricane/typhoon/cyclone to extend far inland but it has happen several times.... and you have already heard of it in news many times... the infamous Hurricane Katrina. It did even hit as far as New York!! it was an unbelievable phenomenon.
 
I picked the tornado one, but hurricane seemed the good choice of living.

I was surprised to find myself reading my local newspaper while I was in Japan in the last week of 2008, that just outside Canberra, which is just about 50km outside, there was an tornado and the traveller was driving and saw it, snapped the photo and was published in the local newspaper --> I was like, wow! It is very very rare to see an tornado in my local area....fortunately, there was no major damage.

I remember, one afternoon, when I was just taking the rubbish and I felt something -- similar to a vibration feeling and it felt like a bomb going off, and I was like WTF!

it turns out it was a minor earthquake nearby, and it was my first time that I felt that.
 
Prefer hurricane over tornado because of the predictability and more time allow to escape.
 
Jiro said:
cyclone/typhoon/hurricanes are same thing. It depends on where you are. If it's from Atlantic Ocean or Eastern pacific Ocean (American territory) - it's called hurricane. If it's from Western Pacific (Asian territory) - that's typhoon. If it's southern Pacific (Indian Ocean/Australian coast).... that's cyclone.

I was quizzed on this in my course... :|

And yes it is typical that hurricanes do hit only coastal area and then quickly disperse away as it goes inland. It is rare for hurricane/typhoon/cyclone to extend far inland but it has happen several times.... and you have already heard of it in news many times... the infamous Hurricane Katrina. It did even hit as far as New York!! it was an unbelievable phenomenon.
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Depends on how organized and compact the hurricane and the atmosphere. Most inland damages are flooding from the storm. It usually no longer a hurricane but becomes a tropical low pressure system.
 
Earthquake .. However, Not under the building or house! :P
 
I am surprise no one vote volcano, now we have sciencists to work around the volcanoes and warn people ahead of to leave the area before it erputs, right?
 
Blizzard and ice storm? I went thru ice storm once or twice...blizzard I think yes..when i was little...don't remember that much though!

Ummm hard to choose through! My hubby and I missed tornado in Texas while we were on train back to Chicago. I never seen any of this beside earthquake. I've felt twice in my life time.

I wanted to see what hurricane, tornado, Tsunamis, volcano etc looks like. OFC I wouldn't go near one of them anyway!
 
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