Your Lives Can Change In Just Seconds!

It takes seconds for a hurricane and earthquake to change our lives. In those seconds, we can get seriously hurt or killed and lose our homes with entire cities also being destroyed. I am going to compare and contrast both hurricanes and earthquakes and start by giving the similarities between both of them.
One similarity is that they both come from an act of nature which means they can both happen on their own at any time when conditions are right. This really freaks me out because if I am on a trip where one of these could occur, I am afraid that one of these might happen while I'm there. Another similarity is that they can change our lives in seconds by making us poor, sad and even killing us. Things that you should have if one of these would hit are health products water, foods and tools. Another similarity is that they can both be recorded on the Richter scale. The Richter scale is something that records when the earth moves. It has been documented that a powerful hurricane can cause the ground to shake with it's vicious winds. Now I am going to talk about earthquakes.
Earthquakes can destroy a lot of things such as the ground, trees, buildings, lives and entire cities. Another thing is unlike hurricanes, you can't predict earthquakes. So if you live somewhere where an earthquake can strike, you should always be on alert. Scientists record earthquakes as magnitudes on a scale of one to ten with ten being the strongest. Just this year (2010) one of the world strongest earthquakes hit in Chile which was 8.8 magnitude and the earthquake even made our days shorter by a few milliseconds. Now I am going to talk about hurricanes.
Hurricanes usually happen around the ocean so if you live around an ocean and you can get a hurricane, always watch the weather to be safe. Hurricanes can be predicted unlike earthquakes so if the weather service is predicting one, get out of there till the storm is over. Hurricanes can cause terrible damage, horrible floods and even can develop a tornado. Hurricanes can be recorded as categories on a scale of 1 to 5. A category 5 hurricane is the highest category that can be recorded and they record them by the wind speeds inside the hurricane. Hurricanes can have winds up to 300 mph which would make it a category 5. That is why hurricanes are very dangerous to be in because of the high speed winds. Be sure to never stay at your house during a hurricane.
Earthquakes and hurricanes are both very dangerous natural disasters so never get caught up in them if you can help it. Due to the unpredictability of both of these disasters, you may not have much of a choice.