Fire or flood -which is the scariest?

They are both disgustingly scary!
But I think fire would be the worst of the two as the heat would be hideous.

Then again, flood etc etc.......

Perhaps a silly question as both are such disasters but somehow heat and fire is a bit more scarey as it is "bigger"!

by Finy

Roasted or soused. Lord, what a choice. "God gave Noah the rainbow sign: no more water; the fire next time". I am so deathly afraid of water that I might prefer to die by asphixiation in a fire but I have heard that drowning is a pleasant sensation. I have had lots of nightmares about drowning but never about fire - even though I have now had a house fire. Drowning might be quicker. Okay, so fire is the worst.

by Rice

haha -roasted or soused...yes I agree with you -drowning might be quicker

Meanwhile. Bacon. Hahahahahahahahahaha!

I really could not say,though I err on the side of Fire. I have seen the horrors of flood first hand,and I know someone who lost everything in a fire. Both are totally traumatic nightmares which do such long-term damage to both people and the entire environment affected.
I shiver just to have to think of it while answering this question.

by Jules

I don't think I can answer this question.

by Vee

what?*#!?*!?*

Well, when you put it that way. Obviously what you're thinking is much worse. Am I right?

lol

by jonaja

Hmm. I think fire because it's a more omnipresent danger. Flooding is at least seasonal, fires can happen any time (well, bushfires are seasonal too, but house fires happen whenever).

by Jennifer Muirhead

Fire for me, because the whole house and everything in it can be gone. Floods are just as bad, with items maybe needing replacement, etc, but often the structure remains.

by amanda

Neither, thank you very much!

People UNDER estimate the power of water, in flood.
Just look at any video of Brisbane River flooding in 1974, or 2011.

by donjo

Fire, I would have to say. Fire destroys absolutely everything, leaving only charred remains, whereas in a flood, houses are only damaged and can be repaired . I would hate to be burnt to death. I think it would be awful. There is less likelihood of dying in a flood. People climb onto their roofs and are rescued by helicopter or the are rescued from their homes by canoe. I live in a bushfire prone area and every summer is worrisome. We did evacuate one year. If there is a bushfire warning, I don't wait around to see if it will happen or not. It might be too late to leave.

by Lluxi

flood

by jimsw

Which is the scariest? Having to face either!

by wotsy

Yours is the right answer, wotsy. (。^_・)ノ

Flood, I've always had a fear of drowning. Something about losing your breath that scares me.

by Bubz Life

Both.

by Naomi