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Obviously people here do not respect the Super Outbreak of 1974. 6 F5 tornadoes in 24 hours! 6 of them. The most recent outbreak in April "only" had 3 *EF5 tornadoes. C'mon guys. I understand. Katrina, huge storm, but it was modern and people were warned. Superstorm of '93, well, people were just ignorant to that. Dust bowl, man made, not a TRUE natrual disaster. But the flood of '27, I almost voted for that, until I realized that no one would vote for it because it was from 1927.
When I say that the super outbreak was EASILY the most extreme event. NOTHING, and I mean NOTHING will EVER come close to it.
what about the 1938 category 3 hurricaine that hit long island and new york.?
What about the Great Floods of 1927 and 2011? What about the Galvavston Hurricane of 1900? What would you say to a category 5 hurricane with winds of 200 MPH sustained the size of Ike making landfall in Northeast FL doing $318.775 Billion in damage? It Could Happen Tomorrow!
It seems people are choosing Katrina because it was an event that occurred in recent history/memory. The images and stories in the media distracted us from reality for a moment, replacing previously tragic storms with a new one. Hurricanes happens, some more tragic than others; tornado outbreaks occur, some producing massive damage (like Greensburg, Joplin, and others).
There are simply only two options on this list.
The Dust Bowl crippled elements of our society in a time period where things seemed like they couldn't get any worse. Its impact on a large area created a virtual handcuffing for those that were effected. It removed top soil of thousands of acres of land devastating crops and what would have otherwise been usable farmland and displaced hundreds upon thousands of families who couldn't afford to live as it was. None of can imagine how modern media might have portrayed this weather occurrence.
The '93 system was very similar, again covering an extraordinarily large area. Piling snow, sinking barometric pressures (comparable to those found in Category 1 and 2 hurricanes) and tornadoes were all elements of this storm that covered the eastern seaboard, Canada, and parts of the Caribbean.
But for its effect on the country, at the time in history, the Dust Bowl pulls ahead as the worst weather event in the last 100 years, and quite possibly, our country's history.
Kevin, you are very right. I saw Katrina on there and I almost voted for it cause I know what happened there, the others I do not. So that being said i have not yet voted, I am going to do some research on all the events then I will place my vote.
Hurricame Katrina may have been the costliest natural disaster in us nhistory, however, it did not kill as many people as some of the other events, or have as much of an economic crisis. The
Dust Bowl of the 1930s occurred in the worng time, The Great Depression, World War II, and the fight against commnism. O n the other hand the great flood of 1927 was also worse than Katrina because a few million more people were effected, technology such as dopplar radar did npot yet exist, and THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DIED! Plus, people chose Katrina because they ether lived through Katrina, or, they don't bremember the Great Flood of 1927.