Natural Disasters & World Records

What natural disasters are you most afraid of? Dangerous Dave talks about a poll that puts tornados at top of the list. Plus, want to break a world record? We look at the ones Guinness says you could probably accomplish.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is istuber in the din with dangerous date. This
Friday is a twentieth anniversary of when a Hurricane Katrina
slammed Louisiana and if we can do a category from
a category five to a three just before landfall. Not
a direct hit on New Orleans, but the storm surge
overwhelm the levee system. Eighty percent of the city was flooded.

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A new poll asked Americans what's the scariest natural disaster.
Hurricanes didn't even make the top three. Tornado tops the list.
Forty six percent said they're scary. Tsunami at forty three percent,
earthquake at thirty five percent, so earthquake really scarier than
a hurricane. Hurricane was number four at thirty three percent,
wildfire at thirty percent, flash flood of twenty six percent,

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heat wave or drought at six percent, blizzard at four percent,
and a mud slide at four percent. There isn't a
number ten, but it might have been a volcano or
an asteroid impact or a dreaded group text avalanche. I
hate that. Naturally, some people are more terrified of things
that are more likely to happen in their area, but
others feel more prepared for those things more likely to

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fear the unexpected threats. A lot of people are thinking
about weather chaos more than they used to. Fifty one
percent said they've noticed severe weather becoming more common, thirty
seven percent severe weather increasing in strength, and eighty percent
said we're more aware of natural disasters and severe weather
than they were a decade ago. But sixty one percent
think it's harder to be prepared for natural disasters today

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than ever before. I would disagree, because I think their
ability to predict and follow stuff is much greater than
it was years ago, so I would think it would
be easier to be better prepared. But that group text
Avalanche still can't get over that deeper in the two, Well,
you ever wanted to break a world record, Guinness just
made it a little bit easier for you to find

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one that specifically you might be able to beat. Guinness
World Records turned seventy yesterday, the first Guinness book published
August twenty seventh, nineteen fifty five, and to celebrate, they've
got a list of seventy records that nobody's attempted yet,
so the bar is still pretty low. They added a
section to their site called Record selector supposed to be
able to tell you which ones you have the best
chance at. You answer five personality questions, spits out a

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few records you might want to attempt. I mean, how
tailored are we talking here? I mean I could crush
the most cheesus eaten while watching Die Hard for the
fortieth time. Anyway, went through the full list of seventy records.
Here are the best ones currently up for grabs. Most
high fives in thirty seconds, most kisses by two people
in thirty seconds. Fastest time to make a burrito, Longest

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marathon playing air guitar, most anchovies eaten in one minute.
Fastest ten meters sprint while holding a balloon between your knees.
Farthest distance by a leapfrog jump in one hour. First
time to arrange a set of scrabble tiles in alphabetical order.
Fastest time to make a pasta necklace, Fastest time to
push an orange hundred meters with your nose. Greatest height
to drop an egg without breaking it, longest duration of

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balance sing a spoon on your nose. Longest paper clip
chain in one minute. Longest video game marathon played on roeblocks.
You know, I think your twelve year old probably could
have beat that record last weekend. Farthest distance bottle flip,
also flip time. I have ten water bottles. Greatest height
of flipping a bottle, most movie theaters visited a month.
Other Guinness World records you could make. Most coffeehouses visited,

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most can crushed, buy your foot in a minute, Most
fortune cookies eaten in a minute, most headbands worn at once,
most springles eaten in a minute, most treats balanced on
your dog's nose for thirty seconds, most t shirts put
on in one minute, fastest time to ascend to a
height of everest by bike, and most whoope cushions sat
on in one minute by a team of two. Huh,

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how about the longest list of records you could break?
I just did that. Yay. Tune again for another episode
of Deeper in the Den with Dangerous Dave Year