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02-25-2008, 02:51 PM
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Location: michigan
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Which would you rather deal with, and why?
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02-25-2008, 02:55 PM
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Location: Baton Rouge
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The hurricane. At least you can prepare for it. If a hurricane enters or forms in the gulf and you (living along the gulf coast) aren't prepared for it, it's your fault. It's the one of all three disasters that you can literally run away from.
Now granted, the hurricane can sometimes cause more extensive damage than a tornado or small earthquakes. But I have the choice to run from it, or at least batter down for it.
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02-25-2008, 02:56 PM
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Location: Portland, Maine
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Hurricaine---plenty of warning to get out.
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02-25-2008, 03:04 PM
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Location: LaSalle Park / St. Louis
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Tornado. It hits a relatively small area and for a short period.
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02-25-2008, 03:11 PM
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Location: Chariton, Iowa
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Tornado, definitely. It's much easier for a city as a whole to recover from a tornado than a hurricane or an earthquake. Plus, you usually don't have widespread loss of utilities as you might expect from the other two. Usually no accompanying flooding or fires from broken gas lines either.
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02-25-2008, 04:24 PM
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Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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Tornado! I've been through plenty of tornadoes. Hurricanes develope tornadoes/floods/heavy rain/wind/etc. Earthquakes just suck big time!
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02-25-2008, 04:27 PM
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Location: Town of Herndon/DC Metro
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I lived in Tornado Alley and have been in countless Tornado Warnings (My Brother is a StormChaser); I've lived in SoCal and experienced tiny earthquakes (less than 5.5); Also was in the 1978 hurricane that hit Southern New England. My worst experience was the SoCal Fires-VERY SCARY! So I'd take any of those over the Fires
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02-25-2008, 04:28 PM
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Location: Tucson
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kevb87
Which would you rather deal with, and why?
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None of the above!  |
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02-25-2008, 04:47 PM
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Location: Denver
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They all beat an erupting volcano or my ex-wife -
which is basically the same thing.
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02-25-2008, 04:59 PM
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Location: still in exile......
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Quote:
Originally Posted by danco
They all beat an erupting volcano or my ex-wife -
which is basically the same thing.
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lol, that was pretty funny , but i would rather deal with tornadoes beacuse they are smaller and they are usually weak. |
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