Total Votes	% of Voters	Female Votes	Male Votes	% of Female Votes	% of Male Votes	Average Age	Answer
13	20.0%	7	6	25.0%	25.0%	36.0	Hurricane
3	4.6%	2	1	7.1%	4.2%	34.5	Flash flood
11	16.9%	7	4	25.0%	16.7%	37.1	Earthquake
5	7.7%	2	3	7.1%	12.5%	33.9	Avalanche
10	15.4%	6	4	21.4%	16.7%	29.4	Tornado
8	12.3%	4	4	14.3%	16.7%	34.4	Volcanic eruption
7	10.8%	3	4	10.7%	16.7%	36.1	Tidal Wave ( Tsunami )
2	3.1%	1	1	3.6%	4.2%	..	Landslide
13	20.0%	7	6	25.0%	25.0%	37.5	I have no fear of natural disasters
5	7.7%	2	3	7.1%	12.5%	32.5	Other

Ratings Rating Total Female Male Average Age Good 20 12 8 40.8 Bad 1 1 0 N/A No Opinion 37 17 20 35.5

Type Number Abstainers 12 Male 24 Female 28

Qualifiers:
User	Vote	Comment
Strider	reasonable	posted 7-May-2002 12:10am
Dino	reasonable	posted 6-May-2002 5:24pm
darkshadowsseeker	reasonable	posted 6-May-2002 5:21pm     It's not uncommon for forest fires to be caused by lightning in the U.S.
spidertea	reasonable	posted 6-May-2002 4:02pm
Biggles	reasonable	posted 6-May-2002 2:53pm     I think most bush-fires are caused by the intense heat - when things get hot enough, they combust. We've had fires like that in the UK too.
darkshadowsseeker	old	posted 6-May-2002 1:10pm
grmbrand	reasonable	posted 6-May-2002 12:21pm
romkey	reasonable	posted 6-May-2002 8:45am
natsim	reasonable	posted 6-May-2002 4:28am     Although I agree with kaleb. Many bushfires here in Australia are natural disasters (although not all are). I can always use "other".
Cleo	N/A	posted 6-May-2002 4:18am     kaleb,would bushfires/forest fires be considered NATURAL disaster?? Or would that come under the heading of FIRESTORMS?? I don't know?? I had thought about that one long & hard because I was already corrected on the terms of my original question. "Which of these NATURAL (WEATHER) DISASTERS would you fear most?" to the above now. I will include the term FIRESTORM as that is a terminology most used here.& since fires are what you Australians/New Zealanders experience most,I think it fair to include it.One question though,how are your (bush fires) firestorms started?? By lightenting?? If the answer is yes then that WOULD make it a natural disaster.However if someone calls me on it I'll have to delte your suggestion.
Cleo	old	posted 6-May-2002 2:33am     natism, what would you suggest? Better yet if this were your survey question how would you word it?? & I'll put that. I guess "Would you" suggest that if one were in that POTENTIAL & on going situation, one might think,I would hate to go through that (again) Like Californians going through ANOTHER earthquake.Or like the Japanese going through ANOTHER tsunami/earthquake. Hummm,perhaps it should be "Do You"
kaleb777	old	posted 6-May-2002 2:24am     Could you please include bushfires (brush/forest fires) since these are by far the worst disasters in Australia. Also, what natsim said.
natsim	old	posted 6-May-2002 2:11am     "would you?" or "do you?"
Strider	old	posted 6-May-2002 12:19am
romkey	old	posted 5-May-2002 11:05pm     it's grrrreaat!
harekrishnadasa	old	posted 5-May-2002 7:09pm
natsim	old	posted 5-May-2002 6:43pm
darkshadowsseeker	old	posted 5-May-2002 4:19pm     Yes we are!
Dino	old	posted 5-May-2002 4:12pm
mandy	old	posted 5-May-2002 1:49pm
NthenSome	old	posted 5-May-2002 11:42am     Aren't we feisty this morning? :)
darkshadowsseeker	old	posted 5-May-2002 11:34am     That's because flood and flash flood are different Nthensome.
darkshadowsseeker	old	posted 5-May-2002 11:33am
NthenSome	old	posted 5-May-2002 11:32am     Just a note, if you care...you have flood in two different forms. And - how about brush fires? They say about half are natural...? Reasonable anyway - just suggesting.
moonstone	old	posted 5-May-2002 8:23am
Biggles	old	posted 5-May-2002 6:53am
Cleo	old	posted 5-May-2002 2:44am     Thank you romkey.
Cleo	old	posted 5-May-2002 2:43am     Thanks again! I hope it's better now. (sigh)
darkshadowsseeker	old	posted 5-May-2002 2:16am     Are you picking on me tonight romkey? If so, just wait! HeHeHe!
mandy	old	posted 5-May-2002 1:51am
Strider	old	posted 5-May-2002 12:22am
romkey	old	posted 4-May-2002 11:58pm     "disasters" not "disaters" although I'm kinda wondering what a "disater" would be
moonstone	old	posted 4-May-2002 11:57pm
darkshadowsseeker	old	posted 4-May-2002 11:28pm     It should be "disaters" in the question as you are talking about more than one.
darkshadowsseeker	old	posted 4-May-2002 11:03pm
romkey	old	posted 4-May-2002 10:24pm     much better!
Cleo	old	posted 4-May-2002 7:04pm     Good suggestion Biggles. I like your re-wording better. Thank you.
Cleo	old	posted 4-May-2002 7:02pm     Yes kate. What you said.........um tsunami. Thank you.
Cleo	old	posted 4-May-2002 7:01pm     Good point Mandy. I'll change that as well.
mandy	old	posted 4-May-2002 4:20pm     Volcanic eruptions are not actually weather. Neither are earthquakes or avalanches. They are natural disasters but not really weather.
Biggles	old	posted 4-May-2002 1:35pm     This should either be reworded as "Which of these...." or you should provide an "Other" option. You may want to add an option for "I don't fear any natural weather disasters"
darkshadowsseeker	old	posted 4-May-2002 12:40pm     In additon, you need to categorize your survey and it should be "Volcanic eruption" and you should also have an "Other" option and this should be single pick as well.
darkshadowsseeker	old	posted 4-May-2002 12:15pm     Tidal wave is two words and you need to categorize this. Are you referring to a tsunami wave (a really HUGE tidal wave)?