Which would you rather be in -Earthquakes or Tornados?

Been in several Hurricane's/Typhoons, and we get mild quakes here in NW CO on rare occasions. Had twisters come through southern Wisconsin as a kid. One took the big roll up doors out of my dad's shop, while totally destroying a commercial building a few hundred feet away. I've always liked extreme weather.
 

Nathan said:
When I lived in Long Beach back in the 70s the elderly lady that lived next door had living there when a strong quake hit, I believe in 1933. She said there were a lot of red brick buildings that were damaged/destroyed.
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But I was born in 1939. So the Long Beach couldn't have caused my crossed eyes. Then we saw a picture of my mothers other daughter and her eyes were also crossed but her grandmother didn't take her to an optometrist.
 
I've been in several earthquakes. Thankfully, none of them were too damaging to me personally. I've never been near a damaging tornado. I've tried to live in places where these two phenomena are less prevalent. I'll join the others who said, none for me please.
 

senior chef said:
I have been in a 7.2 earthquake, (San Francisco, 1989) where elevated highways collapsed and a section the the Oakland Bay Bridge fell.
Also, a near miss of a tornado.
At least, in a tornado, there is SOME warning. Not so with an earthquake.
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@senior chef —Hello!

I too experienced the 1989 earthquake in San Francisco. At the time, I was based at SFO.

It too “six” hours to drive from SFO to the Golden Gate Bridge!

I’m sure which of the two “weevils” is the lesser evil…
 
We had many minor quakes when I lived in Burbank, CA, and I watched a tornado a few miles away in Wichita Falls, TX. We had a minor quake in NJ a few years ago, but no damage.
 
We were not home when the tornado hit, but it sure spooked our little chihuahua.

We were in our little trailer in a campground near Yuma and it started shaking. We though it was some friends fooling around. The next morning we learned that there was an earthquake across the border in Mexico.
 
I'd choose an earthquake. Never been through a tornado
We've had a few here in California, not too bad where I'm located.

I do remember one that was based in Coalinga, Ca. that I felt, it made the light fixtures sway back and forth.
I can usually feel/hear my bed rumble underneath too, when they're headed this way.
 
I’ve been in both earthquakes and tornadoes. I lived in California for quite a few years and experiencedany tremors and a couple of major 5.0 events, before we moved to Tennessee where I got to experience tornadoes because we’re in tornado alley!

We lived through the Whittier/Narrows quake baxk in 1989 which was at 5.9 on the Richter scale. We’ve survived several tornadoes here in Tennessee…our roof was taken off by one. Trees down in another.

Of the two there’s no question I prefer tornadoes. At least you get some warning and even if your home is destroyed you can protect yourself. There’s no safe zone in an earthquake. Nothing you can do.
 
I would rather be in a tornado that an earthquake. I have had an experience of being hit with a very powerful tornado and having property damage. My experience with earthquakes has been very minor, just a tremble or two. I like to have my feet planted firmly on the ground all the time. I think if I was in a major earthquake, I would really hate that.
 

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