Which natural disaster are you most impressed by?

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Which is the most awe inspiring?

Tornadoes	9%	9% - 7
Hurricans	6%	6% - 5
Heavy T-storms/lightning	22%	22% - 17
Blizzards	2%	2% - 2
Tsunamis	14%	14% - 11
Volcanic eruptions	28%	28% - 21
Earthquakes	12%	12% - 9
Flooding/mudslides	1%	1% - 1
Wildfires	1%	1% - 1
Total: 74

2010-09-16 13:57:55

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6374|the land of bourbon

My niece has an interesting school project. She is to pick the natural disaster that she considers the most powerful, and do a report and slideshow detailing a recent occurrence of the event. I thought it was a pretty interesting subject...

By most powerful, the teacher is implying pure destructive force, cost of property damage, and potential for greatest human loss. Personally, I find tornadoes to be the most kickass, just because of how they look. They probably aren't the most destructive, though. Anyone seen or lived through a truly awe inspiring disaster?

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2010-09-16 14:03:33

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6446|The Twilight Zone

Horny volcano eruptions

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2010-09-16 14:07:26

jsnipy: ...; +3,276|6515|...

Earthquakes

2010-09-16 14:08:30

SEREMAKER: BABYMAKIN EXPERT √; +2,187|6561|Mountains of NC

the ones that just pop up are the real bad ones .... like earthquakes, tornadoes, so on

the ones that we see coming like hurricanes, I have no syemphty for ......................... you've known about the hurricane coming for the past 4 days

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2010-09-16 14:08:39

SamTheMan: +341|5134|Stoke, England

Heavy T-storms/lightning

2010-09-16 14:10:03

mtb0minime: minimember; +2,418|6647

i've always enjoyed a good thunderstorm since they don't happen much around here. earthquakes provide a fun ride every now and then, too.

2010-09-16 14:17:06

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6463

9/11

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2010-09-16 14:21:46

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6374|the land of bourbon

Uzique wrote:
9/11

planes are naturally attracted to buildings i guess....

2010-09-16 14:27:26

mtb0minime: minimember; +2,418|6647

Uzique wrote:
9/11

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ONLY AMERICANS ARE ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT 9/11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-09-16 14:29:38

nukchebi0: Пушкин, наше всё; +387|6316|New Haven, CT

Wildfires are pretty awe-inspiring when you see them in person, especially the forest fires that send up massive plumes of smoke, but their destructive potential hardly qualifies them for the list.

2010-09-16 14:30:35

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6463

all im saying is, natural disasters are caused by a complex series of factors that combine to form conditions for the perfect disaster

earthquakes... tectonic plates, thermal pressure and immense amounts of friction... snap movements
tornadoes... high pressure and low pressure cyclones... tunnel forms
9/11... being nasty and evil people to muslims for much of the later half of the 20th century... skyscrapers fall

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2010-09-16 14:36:31

m3thod: All kiiiiiiiiinds of gainz; +2,197|6664|UK

https://lucytheblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/earthquake.jpg

Blackbelts are just whitebelts who have never quit.

2010-09-16 14:52:10

Ilocano: buuuurrrrrrppppp.......; +341|6660

tsunamis.

2010-09-16 14:52:51

jord: Member; +2,382|6671|The North, beyond the wall.

Supervolcano

2010-09-16 15:02:39

rdx-fx: ...; +955|6584

The Yellowstone Caldera and La Garita Caldera are interesting examples of 'supervolcanos'.

Events that have launched 2500km³ to 5000km³ of rock into the atmosphere, wiped out 60% of the human race, and changed the climate of the planet.

Rather impressive when an incidental fragment of such an eruption can launch a rock the size of a hill over 50km from the eruption site. That means that rock was thrown at least 50km (164,000 feet) up into the atmosphere, before coming back down. Don't recall the name of it, but it is a 'hill' on the way into Sunlight Basin, Custer National Forest & Yellowstone Park. Big old granite rock 'hill' laying upside down (geologically) on top of a sedimentary hillside.

2010-09-16 15:03:55

jord: Member; +2,382|6671|The North, beyond the wall.

There was a series on Yellowstone here a while back, beautiful place. I'd like to see if before I die.

2010-09-16 15:13:31

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6446|The Twilight Zone

m3thod wrote:
http://lucytheblog.files.wordpress.com/ … hquake.jpg

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2010-09-16 15:16:26

eleven bravo: Member; +1,399|5252|foggy bottom

under water earthquakes that cause volcanoes to erupt, tsunamis, floods and mudslides

Tu Stultus Es

2010-09-16 15:21:11

DesertFox-: The very model of a modern major general; +794|6677|United States of America

jord wrote:
There was a series on Yellowstone here a while back, beautiful place. I'd like to see if before I die.

You can do both in one day. Just be sure to get there when the supervolcano goes off. Failling that, jump into a hot spring.

But yes, volca[oh]noes.

2010-09-16 15:25:20

jord: Member; +2,382|6671|The North, beyond the wall.

DesertFox- wrote:
jord wrote:
There was a series on Yellowstone here a while back, beautiful place. I'd like to see if before I die.
You can do both in one day. Just be sure to get there when the supervolcano goes off. Failling that, jump into a hot spring.

But yes, volca[oh]noes.

If it were indeed possible to predict the timings of the Yellowstone volcano eruptions I can't think of a better way to go out and cease to exist.

2010-09-16 18:03:44

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6651|BC, Canada

avalanches...

2010-09-16 18:22:11

TravisC555: Member; +118|6212|Cox Convention Center, OK

I've seen a couple of tornadoes because of where I live, and by seen I mean chasing them and actually seeing them.

Poll Options wrote:
Hurricans

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2010-09-16 18:31:44

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6305

Volcano eruptions. I'm sure there's lots of information on Mt St Helens, Vesuvius, and of course Eyjafjallajökull

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2010-09-16 18:45:31

Brasso: member; +1,549|6623

tsunamis or EQs are probably the most devastating, i'm most impressed by tsunamis though

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2010-09-16 18:49:30

Laika: Member; +75|5936

I've always been fascinated by tornadoes.

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