What scares you the most,tornadoes or earthquakes???

Answer 1

losing people and pets.

Answer 2

both

tornadoes

A tornado is a violently rotating column of air which is in contact with both a cumulonimbus (or, in rare cases, a cumulus) cloud base and the surface of the earth. Tornadoes come in many sizes, but are typically in the form of a visible condensation funnel, whose narrow end touches the earth and is often encircled by a cloud of debris.

Most tornadoes have wind speeds of 110 mph (177 km/h) or less, are approximately 250 feet (75 m) across, and travel a few miles (several kilometers) before dissipating. Some attain wind speeds of more than 300 mph (480 km/h), stretch more than a mile (1.6 km) across, and stay on the ground for dozens of miles (more than 100 km).[1][2][3]



Although tornadoes have been observed on every continent except Antarctica, most occur in the United States.[4] They also commonly occur in southern Canada, south-central and eastern Asia, east-central South America, Southern Africa, northwestern and central Europe, Italy, western and southeastern Australia, and New Zealand.[5]

earthquakes

An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of stored energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes are accordingly measured with a seismometer, commonly known as a seismograph. The magnitude of an earthquake is conventionally reported using the Richter scale or a related Moment scale (with magnitude 3 or lower earthquakes being hard to notice and magnitude 7 causing serious damage over large areas).

At the Earth's surface, earthquakes may manifest themselves by a shaking or displacement of the ground. Sometimes, they cause tsunamis, which may lead to loss of life and destruction of property. An earthquake is caused by tectonic plates getting stuck and putting a strain on the ground. The strain becomes so great that rocks give way by breaking and sliding along fault planes.

Earthquakes may occur naturally or as a result of human activities. Smaller earthquakes can also be caused by volcanic activity, landslides, mine blasts, and nuclear experiments. In its most generic sense, the word earthquake is used to describe any seismic event—whether a natural phenomenon or an event caused by humans—that generates seismic waves.

An earthquake's point of initial ground rupture is called its focus or hypocenter. The term epicenter means the point at ground level directly above this.

Answer 3

It all depend on where you live. If you live in an area with a lot of earthquakes, than you're going to be afraid of tornadoes more. It's the opposite if you live in an area with tornadoes. Personally, I'm more afraid of tornadoes than earthquakes.

Answer 4

It depends where the earthquake lies on the Richter scale. In this case, the tornadoe would scare me the most.

Answer 5

Tornadoes, mainly because what goes up must come down but I have been thru enough earthquakes that I actually enjoy them, they make me feel almost high for 24 hours after...strange but true.

Answer 6

it depends on where you live and whether or not one of them is a threat to your area, but I livein an area which is more common to have earthquackes. BUT, I think I'm still more afraid of tornadoes because I've never been in one and I don't know what they feel like.

Answer 7

What scares me the most,mother nature's wrath invoked, is the abillity to create such devastation without any warning. I resolve my basic fear to include a familiar label for such destruction. Mom is God to me and my experience dictates that any wrath that visits upon me must of originated from Mom's anger or frustration.

Answer 8

earthquakes because i live in southern california.............but i think tornadoes are more devastating

Answer 9

tomatoes scare the hell out of me.

Answer 10

I guess that depends on where you live.