Do they have a pre-warning effect, or are they subject to devastation like everything else?
204100
It depends on the type of bird. Many bird fly to another area. Some birds take cover on the ground. Not all bird escape the wrath of a tornado. After a tornado struck our farm, my father was cleaning up the fallen trees in one of our corrals and found that the several members of the flock of turkeys that had been roosting in them were dead on the ground, having never left the trees in which they were roosting.
233581
Yes I believe it is true.  The extreme heat generated by the initial detonation was sufficient to vaporise organic matter such as people.  A prompt blast wave accompanying this immense 'fireball' would typically blast down most structures.  However, I did hear rumours that at the point of vaporisation these vapours were absorbed into walls, etc.. This would give the impression of a 'shadow' effect when really its not a shadow.. its vaporised people / organic matter.  \n\nSuch a topic is a little sensative (clearly) so be careful where you ask on this one.  The effective range at which this would happen is in close proximity to ground zero.  Beyond this people would combust due to the heat before being blasted by the shockwave (which can flatten buildings).  Outside this I heard reports of peoples eyes melting out of their sockets which makes sense due to the soft tissue nature of them.\n\nOf cause theres also the radioactive fallout which is pretty nasty in the way of being a big time carcinogen.\n\nAll in all Nuclear bombs aint so pretty.  You might also like to look into the neutron bomb which I think was a varient of the typical fission bomb.  I believe it was designed to maximise casualties and minimise structural damage to buildings but I'm not sure..
435735
Canaries were exploited for their susceptibility to methane.  The fact that they died before people doesn't say much for their fitness.  The problem with anecdotal evidence is there are no negatives.  When have you heard this: "I specificly noticed the squirrels were not acting strangely before the earthquake."  The test is coming up with ongoing measures of animal behaviors in earthquake / storm prone regions and showing they only occur prior to events or with potential precursors that don't result in events.
576786
I keep saying there is no risk, but somehow, all the ones I pulled out without safely remove keep damaging.\n\nXLMan
26567
It's a hoax.  At most it'll trigger an earthquake, landslides, fires, etc.  But nothing we do on Earth will change our orbit around the sun.
611517
A large storm pulls energy from as far around as it can reach. Therefore if the storm moving is pulling all the heat and moisture out of the air around it, then there is a void of mayhem, a calm, before the actual storm throws back all that was there to begin with.
193405
I think it will definitely be a earthquake or 2 with the epicenters definitely in low income housing areas.  Then there will be wide spread fires to complete the devastation.  FYI - I heard that he & croonies are close to perfecting a devasting remote controlled tornado to specifically target problem areas.  In addition, they have been researching tsunamis to take out the left coast and the NE coast line.  You know that's where all those damn liberals live.
48861
They are scientifically small astroids that enter the earths atmosphere and are burned up on entry.In some areas of the world/ different cultures they are not considered good luck on the contrary. They are believed to be demons being distroyed by God. This is another prespective of things.
672294
No effect. They're so far away their magnetic and gravitational fields have only the most infinitesimal influence on the Earth.
183270
they wont be able to control it in anyway and it will cause tribal damage to people, wildlife and environ met not only in Iran but all over the Earth. i recently read an article about the effect of nuclear explosions on the earth spin and its effect on climate change...it might happen in Iran but we might also get affected on the other side of the world by another hurricane or tsunami!
198075
Yes.  Forest Fires.  Fire season will be upon us soon.  We also have earthquakes, avalanches, wind storms, hail storms, snow storms, floods, etc.
240027
ha ha ha, funny question, you'll be fine, I would think nothing of it if it happened to me... heres a good tip though, put some toilet paper down before you launch an air to water missile.
99901
I believe it will end in disaster.  However, it will not be for the worst that this occurs.  It will be the means by which God will restore and make all things new.  Much like the process of salvation: someone has to realize their destitute state before they seek salvation.
19744
Natural disaster...tornado, earthquake, etc.
197076
No, they can occur just about anywhere. They are most common in the seismically active areas, like tectonic lines, but they can also happen from other reason, like in the mountains if a piece of the rock would crumble and fall down, or if a meteor falls on earth, or if there is an underground cave or a river and it collapses... there are many reasons.
28149
Not really.  To some extent or another, every state usually has some sort of natural disaster you'd have to worry about at one point or another.  You do realize, of course, that the safer states are the ones with the natural disasters that don't occur very often... and yet, when they DO occur, it's for major damage?\n\nBesides.... if you wanted to live some place where there's it's completely safe.... then it'd be in Alaska.  I'm fairly sure there's areas up there where you wouldn't have to worry about too much snow - but then again, there have been earthquakes up there...  never mind.  I don't think there's any place on the EARTH where it'd be disaster free, unless you want to live in a deep cave protected against outside elements in the center of a tectonic plate.......!\n\nBut, you know, I used to live in Michigan, and we never had to worry about mudslides, volcanoes, avalanches, wind storms, tropical storms, hurricanes, earthquakes, or droughts.  Sure, we had the very occasional hail storm, very VERY occasional wind/ice storm, and every winter we'd get a nice snow storm sometimes a blizzard, and lightning storms were normal, but not very severe like down south, occasional floods... and twisters/tornadoes were not unheard of, either.  But nothing like in Kansas!  ... But I did see a couple there.... \n\nAnyway.  Just so you know, there's always something that can happen anywhere....
592163
shouldn't be an affect