Although tornadoes are destructive, the tornado in Washington D.C. in 1814 was probably the best tornado to occur in the U.S., since it helped save the U.S. from the British attacking the Capitol, in retaliation for the U.S. attacking Canada, in retaliation for British Naval officers from Canada removing sailors from American merchant ships at the Great Lakes and forcing them to serve in the British Navy and fight France back, in the Napoleonic wars, amirite?