It's not that I misunderstood the question, it's just that it painted too broad of a stroke. Both can be awarded the title depending on a myriad of pretend events.(e.g. Damage produced in a certain time frame)(Energy produced in a certain time frame: Just because a hurricane produced more energy than a certain bomb doesn't mean it released it in the fashion of the bomb)

On top of that a lack of actual events to measure and compare. So the OQ turns out to be a theoretical question, consequently that comes with theoretical answers, since we don't know the exact quarks involved before and after. My fault. That being said, one can argue very strong points of d/p/e produced from a Hurricane or a nuclear bomb.


A more interesting question would be: a stationary (besides rotation) hurricane and an elevated stationary bomb produced the same amount of energy in a given period of time. Which caused more damage in that amount of time and in that given area?


I would've picked the bomb. But if you could harness the power of a hurricane and use it the way the bomb's energy is used..............well that would be one mofo to remember.


http://helios.gsfc.nasa.gov/flare.gif That flare the sun had not too long ago was bigger than the earth! So "she" still wins.