Book of Secrets (page 3)

[thick raven]

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[noble cosmos]

We already lived through a plague

[lilac sparrow]

Covid 19 all over again 💔

[half otter]

i just think definitively that a plague is the scariest or at least the most deadly bc it can last for years

[noble cosmos]

If magma chunks hits me i'm dead

[vital flint]

You cant really isolate and run away from an Earthquake

[lilac sparrow]

And becuase some people will be discreet about it and try to hide it

Which in turn can get more people infected

[paper flame]

ya was gonna say the scariest thing about it was how long it lasted

[sharp geyser]

At least with plagues with modern technology it probably wouldn’t last too too long before we found a cure

[noble cosmos]

It lasted long cause people didnt wanna isolate or wear masks

[sharp geyser]

EF-5 tornado would be the scariest if you didn’t have the right shelter

[paper flame]

*scariest thing about a plague - dont go outside !! 😱 "

[thick raven]

a lot of these can be collateral as well; earthquakes bring tsunamis + can destroy major major infrastructure

[noble cosmos]

I already do this!

[thick raven]

i think the scarier options though are the sudden and unpredictable ones too; not being able to prepare or know its coming is even more frightening somehow

[paper flame]

yeah torando is scarier than a hurricane just because u can (hopefully) evacuate in the event its coming

[thick raven]

Book of Secrets (page 3)

forgor to name the thread teehee

[sharp geyser]

Tornado wind speeds have gotten to over 300mph

[thick raven]

the worst/best example of tornados being terrifying is just about everything to do with the 2011 outbreak (particularly Joplin)

[frank obsidian]

I’ve fallen down a rabbit hole on YouTube watching tornado videos and the Joplin one looked a proper nightmare

[sharp geyser]

Yeah definitely and the 2013 el Reno tornado, even if it was mostly in rural areas

[thick raven]

it's a very interesting topic

[sharp geyser]

Another nightmare tornado is the bridge creek Moore tornado which got to 315+ miles per hour wind speeds

[thick raven]

it's also somewhat terrifying that we've gone so long without an ef5 tornado like.. it feels like the world is charging its punch up

[thick raven]

wasnt that the one that was very slow moving too? so it basically utterly devastated the place it hit?

[paper flame]

slow moving tornados and hurricanes are def a menace

[wet talon]

Having live in SEA i'm not scared of typoons much but living through a volcanic eruption sounds horrific

[sharp geyser]

Well there are a few tornadoes that should have been an EF-5, but the way they measure it is by damage for some reason so if a strong tornado hits a farm or something it won’t be an EF-5 that’s why el reno was an EF-3

[sharp geyser]

Yeah I think I remember it stopped right above an overpass where people were sheltering

[thick raven]

which for anyone reading: NEVER DO THAT

[sharp geyser]

I haven’t watched the documentary on that tornado in a bit

[thick raven]

you would be better off literally jumping in a ditch than hiding in an underpass

[wet talon]

good to know

[sharp geyser]

Yeah don’t do that it’s a lot more dangerous because the winds are channeled through and then they get a lot stronger

[wet talon]

I never lived through a tornado so Idk what to do

my reigon doesnt ever get them

[sharp geyser]

Basically just get in a basement if you can and if your driving don’t try to outrun it just try to get to shelter as best as you can

[wet talon]

Thank you, now I know

[sharp geyser]

Np I’ve always been very interested in tornadoes lol

[wet talon]

lol. Honestly the worse I ever been through is Monsoons

but those are a dime a dozen

[sharp geyser]

I’ve never been through one but I’ve been through a bunch of blizzards

[wet talon]

I experienced my first blizzard

it was recent and I was so confused

[thick raven]

quite literally the term wind tunnel

[wet talon]

That was the first time I tried out snow, it was insane

[thick raven]

the bridge creek underpass has a very tragic story that can still be visibly seen after nearly 30 years

[sharp geyser]

Yeah

There are still cuts in the ground where the tornado went through

[thick raven]

basically this kid lost his mom because his mom sacrificed herself; the tornado kicked up so much dirt and mud that he wrote in it, and bc its so caked and dried, it's still visible

[sharp geyser]

She’s a hero ❤️

[slow sinew]

Tornado in 4th place is wild

[chrome magnet]

A volcanic eruption could cause a plague if it's big enough and could cause many of these diesasters

[halcyon bluff]

very strange that the scale of the blizzard, hurricane, eruption and plague were not quantified at all

actually plague I guess needs no elaboration

but volcanic eruption could be completely non threatening to earthquake-inducing, weather-changing, humanity-wiping

[spice lance]

Plagues are terrifying! With the others, you know what’s gonna happen. But plagues, you don’t know if you will get infected or not

[covert depot]

Tornadoes being that low when we see what damage an E5 can do in the Reno tornado

[abstract ivy]

Anyone not saying magnitude 9+ earthquake doesn’t understand how life change and even society changing an earthquake of that size would be

[leaden fractal]

tbh all of them (imo)

I never wanna experience any of these

[flint veldt]

While you aren’t wrong, there’s something so uniquely devastating about the fact that a single supervolcanic eruption can plunge the entire earth into a devastating years-long winter in which no one can see the sun. One eruption from Mount Toba bottlenecked the human population by killing roughly 90% of all human life on earth and almost led to our extinction.

And even if we’re talking about a standard volcanic eruption, the pyroclastic flow can just wipe towns off the map. There’s no getting out of a building or surviving under the rubble. If you’re in the path of that horrifying 1500 degree death cascade, you aren’t leaving. Outside of the flow, the toxic gasses can still condemn the surrounding population to die via slow suffocation.

In essence, I’m not saying that choosing earthquake is WRONG here, but that volcano isn’t an incorrect option either. It definitely earned its place lol

[abstract ivy]

Valid I’m just reading it at face value of it being a normal volcanic eruption compared to a 9+ magnitude earthquake

[flint veldt]

I think in my brain if we're talking 9+ mag I'm comparing it to some pretty nasty stuff from the other categories too

like EF5 torn? yoooo that's not something i mess with LOL

[old basin]

I mean, I’ve lived through a hurricane and a plague. Tornadoes scare the bejeesus out of me; we had one near our house last night.