What natural disaster would you most want to witness...

[srebbe64]

...from a safe distance?

For me, I reckon a (small) asteroid or comet impact - hitting the ocean! Now that would be cool (on someone else's planet, of course).

[Einion Yrth]

Supernova, beyond a shadow of a doubt. Not dear old Sol though obviously.

[L100NYY]

[quote=srebbe64For me, I reckon a (small) asteroid or comet impact - hitting the ocean! Now that would be cool (on someone else's planet, of course).[/quote]

Seconded I think it would look very

[timmy30]

Large meteorite impact.....

I'd like to witness this from orbit.

[thunderstruck]

A mega-tsunami hitting a large city
A Krakatoa-sized volcanic eruption

[mutt k]

Meanwhile, back on Earth . . .

I'm still pee'd off because I slept through the 1987 hurricane in London. We were living in a basement flat at the time and knew nothing about it until we woke up and found the electricity had gone off

[rsvmilly]

Gazboy said:

Jordan's Wedding to Peter Andre...

A bit too much in the way of silicone and hair chemicals to be considered natural methinks

[Eric Mc]

We witnessed the Solar System's biggest catastrophe in centuries in 1994 when comet Schumacher-Levy 9 plumetted into Jupiter.

It released more energy on impact than all the atomic weapons on Earth by a factor of thousands. Good job there was a 500 million mile gap between us and the scene of the disaster.

"Disaster" is a very appropriate word for such an event. The word "disaster" literally neans "bad star" and "asteroid" means "star like". Both words make use of the Latin word "astra" which means, of course, "star".

[Taxi 4 Hutton]

Gazboy said:

Jordan's Wedding to Peter Andre...

[maxf]

Godzilla!!

[Size Nine Elm]

I'd like to witness Tony Blair and Ken Livingstone being hit by a comet.

OTOH, that probably doesn't qualify as a disaster, more a sign of a benevolent God.

[ZR1cliff]

The Loch Ness monster treading the shores looking for tasty sweaties to feast on,hehehe

[r988]

I reckon a drought would look rather spectacular...

[Wildfire]

Realistically, a Volcano.

[Size Nine Elm]

Wildfire said:

Realistically, a Volcano.

A Beer Volcano?

[MARQUE]

super beer vulcano like the one under yella stone
bang no more yanks...

[groucho]

I would love to be in the thick of a hurricane. I think it would be exhilarating.

[timmy30]

groucho said:

I would love to be in the thick of a hurricane. I think it would be exhilarating.

What about taking a flight around the eye wall of a hurricane? Now that would be cool.

[Rob_F]

Size Nine Elm said:

Wildfire said: Realistically, a Volcano. A Man Juice Volcano?

[lv2spd]

groucho said:

I would love to be in the thick of a hurricane. I think it would be exhilarating.

Oh it is, I assure you, I just enjoyed being blown by hurricane Katrina yesterday.

It is not boring.