If you HAD to experience one or the other, would you prefer an earthquake or a tornado?

If you HAD to experience one or the other, would you prefer an earthquake or a tornado?
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Well, the tornado. If everything is going to be destroyed, it might as well look cool while it’s happening. Having said that, if a tornado happened and I experienced it I would probably totally forget that it’s cool while I was busy shitting in my knickers.
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