Worst Natural Disaster

[BacktoBlue]

well Tsunamis come after earthquakes......

so technically it's the Earthquake to blame

[azsundevil99]

I also voted for earthquakes since there is virtually no warning.

[Lamplight]

Actually I suppose a megatsunami would be worse, but they're not terribly common!

[cruxan]

Originally Posted by Flute

What do you think is the worst natural disaster?
Tornadoes have the highest winds.
Hurricanes last much longer and bring storm surge.
Blizzards cause large power outages and make travel impossible.
Earthquakes can shatter buildings.

you left out some major disaster scenarios



droughts

tsunamis

volcanos

all of them can kill.

to me the worst would be an eruption of yellow stone super volcano.

or the canarie islands la palma island land slide scenario, or hawaiis great rift collapsing into the see causing massive tsunami, that could hit thousands of miles of coastline..

[cruxan]

Originally Posted by SoCalBrad

well Tsunamis come after earthquakes......

so technically it's the Earthquake to blame

the biggest tsunamis are caused by land slides.. or meteor impacts..

[trlhiker]

I say floods since they can occur almost anywhere and often come with little or no warning.

[texdav]

I would say a really bad earthque which can danage a area for years and kill thousnds. luckily we haven't has one i a long time that bad.Kind of remnds me od hurricanes;i don;t mind the weaker ones or near misses as I have seen both and only one bad one which was Ritas. I also saw waht Ike with it surge did and nayhting near the coast is wiped out basically.

[dude1984]

Floods are the worst...in my own opinion.

[HurricaneDC]

Earthquakes. No prediction, super destructive, especially if they occur in the ocean (e.g. the Indian Ocean Earthquake in 2004).

[Qwerty]

Floods do more damage worldwide then all other natural disasters combined so I voted for floods. I think I read this on the FEMA website.