# Which is more insulting: To be killed by wildlife or weather? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 1, 2010, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-insulting-to-be-killed-by-wildlife-or-weather/537943 "2010-05-01T04:38:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-insulting-to-be-killed-by-wildlife-or-weather/537943/1 "2010-05-01T04:38:56Z")
I was watching some Discovery Channel thing about sharks when the NOAA weather alert went off announcing tornadoes in the next county. Which got me to thinking … Since humans are THE apex predator here and general all around Masters Of All We Survey, I’ve gotten used to the idea that my eventual demise will be from disease, old age, or human violence, accidental or otherwise. I think if I was to find myself being eaten by a shark, thrashed by a tornado, or hit by a meteor, my main reaction would be one of insult. How dare it! The sheer effrontery of it all. Which led me to deciding that it was more insulting to be killed by weather than by wildlife, and somehow less insulting to be killed by large geophysical forces like earthquakes, volcanos, or meteorites. Yes, I know weather is geophysical. But not in the same way. Wind, cold, or heat are soft and insubstantial. Rock or molten rock is not. So which is it for you? The greater insult is to be killed by … Or is this just a silly idea? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-insulting-to-be-killed-by-wildlife-or-weather/537943)._