Two Super Outbreaks Side by Side: How do they compare?

1974 Outbreak Confirmed Totals:

Total Tornados: 143
Total of F-0's 11
Total of F-1's 37
Total of F-2's 30
Total of F-3's 35
Total of F-4's 24
Total of F-5's 6
Confirmed Fatalities 319
Date of tornado outbreak:April 3–4, 1974
Duration: 18 hours
Damages: $3.5 billion (2005 dollars)

2011 Outbreak Confirmed Totals:

Total Tornados: 336 (More than twice as many as in 74)
Total of EF-0's 110
Total of EF-1's 134
Total of EF-2's 54
Total of EF-3's 23
Total of EF-4's 11
Total of EF-5's 4
Confirmed Fatalities 346 (Unconfirmed as this is an estimate and expected to climb)
Date of tornado outbreak:April 25-28, 2011
Duration: 3 days, 6 hours, 33 minutes
~$10 billion (2011 USD)

The Ultimate Breakdown

Total twisters, 2011 knocks 1974 off its perch. The number of F-5's 1974 reigns supreme same with F-4's and F-3's. F-0 through F-2 the 2011 outbreak wins. 2011 was deadlier, longer, and costlier.

(Just a projection, and by no means this is intended to get anyone to do anything but wonder... 1973 they legalized abortion and in 2010 several states decided to legitimize gay marriage. Whether or not you see a correlation between the two seemingly unrelated events is entirely up to you and your spiritual viewpoints... and in no way might our changing the law make the weather less deadly... just interesting. )