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| Tornadoes | 45% | 212 votes | Total: 468 votes | |
| Hurricanes | 55% | 256 votes |
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Statistically tornadoes kill more people in the United States than hurricanes. For this debate, I am assuming that we are referencing the U.S. and not worldwide, although there...read more
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Having lived in areas prone to both hurricanes and tornadoes, I have found that tornadoes are deadlier. I have survived both. I was terrified during the storms. I do not swim...read more
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I grew up in New England, about 30 miles from the Atlantic coast. In my time, I've weathered a few hurricanes (including ones that could have spawned tornadic activity), as well...read more
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by Joe Owens
The wrath of Mother Nature can be dealt to us in a variety of ways. From floods to earthquakes, volcanoes to blizzards, the experiences we endure are various and in some cases d...read more
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While hurricanes generally affect a larger area people who listen to and heed the warnings can usually get out of the way. Tornadoes on the other hand strike with little or no ...read more
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by Vicki Brown
When we lived in California, I often debated the question tornadoes or earthquakes, which is worse. Having experienced both, I had to vote for earthquakes. But, I have never liv...read more
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I have lived in the Midwest my entire life and have experienced countless tornado warnings. I have watched the sky turn green and listened to rain and hail pound the roof as I ...read more
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by Lori Lane.
Science has proven that a hurricanes force has limits where as a tornado is much more unpredictable leading many to believe that a tornado can be much more deadlier than a hurri...read more
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by Travis Visco
Both tornadoes and hurricanes are awesome displays of nature's power that should be understood in an effort to protect lives. While they both have the potential to cause catastr...read more
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by David Duncan
I will not dispute the fact that the sheer destructive force of a Hurricane can match or exceed that of a Tornado. However, living in Minnesota, I can tell you that Tornadoes a...read more
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by Selenna
Tornados and Hurricanes can be deadly and both can be tracked with the knowledge that they are subject to direction changes sporadically. Although most people have ample warni...read more
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by David Brown
History probably would tell you that hurricanes are more deadlier because of the path that they take and how big they can be. Over the years, hundreds of thousands of people we...read more
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by E. V. SHAW
Tornadoes are quick and even though can be detected soon enough to give warnings, you still don't know where to go as they are twisting here and there and are so unpredictable i...read more
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by Peyton Riley
This is a difficult question. It is basically asking yourself what is the lesser of two evils? The annual average death rate in the United States from tornadoes is 42 while ...read more
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by Al Louis
I have lived through a few hurricanes, I have never been in a tornado. The thing about hurricanes is that unlike tornadoes, earthquakes and tsunamis, they come with plenty of a...read more
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The question of which is deadlier Hurricanes or Tornadoes. In my thoughts, it would have to be Tornadoes. Tornadoes would have to be one of the most impressive forces of Mothe...read more
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by McJess
Its simple. Today's technology and lack of scientific understanding of Tornadoes makes them more deadly. If the year were 1890, the same might still be said of hurricanes....read more
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Tornadoes strike without a moments notice. Most response times for tornadoes are about 5 minutes. In rural areas usually minimal to no notice. People have no chance to get prepa...read more
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Obviously tornadoes are more deadly.You do not have a 3 day notice when a tornado is coming.Not to mention the hurricanes often spawn tornados,which cause fatalities.If a hurric...read more
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Tornadoes to this day are still unpredictable. For that reason alone I say they are a more deadly force of nature. A hurricane may do damage over a larger area as seen in the ca...read more
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Hurricanes are far deadlier than tornadoes, and their effects are far more lasting. A single storm is capable of killing tens of thousands of individuals, especially when they h...read more
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by Joseph Malek
Without a doubt, hurricanes are directly or indirectly responsible for killing more people. Not only do they kill people, but they have also injured thousands of people in many ...read more
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Living on the gulf coast, I've seen so many major Hurricanes, Camille in 1969, Fredrick in 1979, Ivan in 2004 and Katrina in 2005 to name some of the deadliest, I've also seen ...read more
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I have lived through hurricanes and tornadoes and hurricanes are deadlier in the physical and psychological realm. I will never forget my first experience was with Hurricane ...read more
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There are countless differences between a hurricane and a tornado. Both are very severe, menacing storms. Nevertheless there may be one that prevails to be more dangerous then t...read more
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Hurricanes are in my opinion, deadlier than tornadoes. Hurricanes cause more damage and last longer than the tornado. Even though tornadoes can destroy a town, Hurricanes are mo...read more
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Having grown up in Hurricane territory I have seen the damage that can be done by a Hurricane. We have all seen video footage of the aftermath from Tornadoes and Hurricanes; bu...read more
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by Rex Trulove
Being deadlier implies that more people die from one storm or another. This is in fact the case; even just looking back over the past decade or two, far more people have been k...read more
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I can only speak for Hurricane, cause I live in a tropical island. A small island in the Caribbean called St. Lucia. our island economy is first base on tourism and second agric...read more
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Both hurricanes and tornadoes are examples of the devastation that nature can wreak on human construction and lives. Both are associated with intense winds, rain and danger. T...read more
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by Steve Smith
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome one and all to the fight of the century. In the blue corner we have the little dynamo Mr Tornado' and in the red corner we have the great fat Mr H...read more
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In my personal opinion hurricanes are much more deadly than tornadoes because hurricanes are much lager and therefore can hurt more people. A regular hurricane is usually 300 m...read more
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I am a veteran storm chaser of 12 years for the NWS (National Weather Service); this is what I do. I have seen firsthand the devastation of many a tornado. The destruction they ...read more
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by iiivix
Hurricanes are deadlier than tornadoes, because most major cities are on a ocean coast. Where as most tornadoes occur around the heart land where there are fewer populated area....read more
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Hurricanes are far more deadly than tornadoes. A category five hurricane with winds over 160 mph. will spawn tornadoes as well as doing damage by its own storm surge and winds....read more
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Ahh this is actually far more difficult to answer than most people think...You have to take into consideration that these storms are BOTH unpredictable you never know what will ...read more
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Hurricanes are on the most devastating things in the history of the earth! Like many others in the United States the day Hurricane Katrina hit I was glued to the television. I...read more
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by Sizzorfite
Hurricanes are severe tropical storms that form in the southern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and the eastern Pacific Ocean. Hurricanes gather heat and energy t...read more
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I use to live in a state with a lot of tornadoes. I remember going down into the basement when ever a tornado would be in our back yard. but I'm going with hurricanes because h...read more
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