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Re: Tornado
Reply #25 - Jun 25^th, 2010 at 11:12am

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Sigh...the debate rages on!

Yeah, I guess it does. LOL... Joe and I seem to be the only ones who don't fear the earth moving, so I decided to look up some statistics.

In 2008, 110 people were killed in Tornados in the U.S. , not to mention the destruction of buildings, homes, crops etc.

In 2008 there were no fatalities from Earthquakes in the U.S. and very minor damages.

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Reply #26 - Jun 25^th, 2010 at 11:20am

What about the other years, and what about the rest of the world (including, I'd have to say, any victims of tsunamis that resulted from tectonic plate shifts)?

You don't have to answer that. I merely pose the questions because I work day in and day out with statistics. You can get them to imply just about anything you want.

I believe it was Mark Twain (who attributed the quote to Benjamin Disraeli) who said, "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

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Reply #27 - Jun 25^th, 2010 at 11:55am

The footage of that was crazy. Nice pics Potter. Glad you are okay. There is a video of the storm after it hit in Billings closer to Pompeys Pillar. Wish I was able to post it. (at work so can't) Google "storm chaser at Pompeys Pillar" if someone would post it, it is amazing! It may have been little but this stuff just doesn't happen here in Montana.

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Reply #28 - Jun 25^th, 2010 at 2:02pm

Sorry Linda, but I HAD to post this:

The number of earthquake-related fatalities across the world was much higher in 2008 than in recent years.
About 88,070 deaths resulted from earthquake activity worldwide during 2008, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and confirmed by the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). This is the largest number of deaths from earthquakes in a year since 2004.

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There were 2,192 tornadoes reported in the United States[1] (of which 1,691 were confirmed), with 125 confirmed fatalities.[2] This made 2008 the deadliest year in that country since 1998. Nine other fatalities have been reported elsewhere in the world; three in France, two each in Bangladesh and Poland, and one each in Russia and China. With 1,691 confirmed tornadoes, 2008 ranked as the second most active US tornado season on record; only 2004 had more tornadoes with 1,817 confirmed tornadoes.

What I find interesting is the seeming correlation between heavy tornado and earthquake years . . . .

Lies, damned lies, and statistics . . . Shocked

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Reply #29 - Jun 25^th, 2010 at 2:13pm

Bottom line is meteorologists can tell me a tornado is in the area. I can see a tornado coming. I can run from a tornado. I can obtain safe shelter from a tornado.

None of the above applies when it comes to the earth moving vigorously under my feet.

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Linda_Howell CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Do not feed the Moderators Posts: 11927 Santa Maria, Ca. Gender:	Re: Tornado Reply #30 - Jun 25^th, 2010 at 4:40pm Quote: Sorry Linda, but I HAD to post this: LOL, that's o.k. Pat. I decided to just do a quick check on only the U.S. earthquakes and Tornadoes and just picked one year, 2008 and that was what I found. I realize that countries like China and surrounding areas have way more destruction and loss of lives due to earthquakes.
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Re: Tornado
Reply #31 - Jun 25^th, 2010 at 4:50pm

Racer1_NC wrote on Jun 25^th, 2010 at 2:13pm:

Bottom line is meteorologists can tell me a tornado is in the area. I can see a tornado coming. I can run from a tornado. I can obtain safe shelter from a tornado.

None of the above applies when it comes to the earth moving vigorously under my feet.

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Re: Tornado
Reply #33 - Jun 26^th, 2010 at 3:19am

Interesting link with Ohio having had at least 120 earthquakes since 1776.

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GeoNet analyses, locates and archives over 15,000 earthquakes each year within the New Zealand region. For the over 250 significant earthquakes felt in the New Zealand region each year, GeoNet provides the location and magnitude of the events within 30 minutes of their occurrence.

Where I live, Auckland, we don't get too many earthquakes, but we are in the middle of a volcanic field, with over 50 volcanic vents / peaks - Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to

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Luckily it's about 600 years since the last one erupted, so one is probably overdue.

We've a few active volcanoes too. Two of them have ski fields on them and I know people who have been skiing when eruptions have been on.

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). The last time it erupted, about 2200 years ago, it turned the sky red over Rome and China! The ash covered about 20,000 square kilometers of land, with over 120 cubic kilometers of material ejected from the volcano and a quarter or so was ejected in the first few minutes!

New Zealand is pretty active geologically, but we also get the odd tornado too, but nothing like the ones pictured in this thread.

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