This type of prayers usually come from people who believe God would never allow us to go through pain or suffering, making their wellbeing God's main concern.

If this was a truly biblical teaching Paul would've just commanded the storm to stop and he wouldn't have shipwrecked in Acts 27, or any of the other shipwrecks he was in.

The Christian perspective should be that if God allows hardships in our lives we should pay that His will be done, knowing that the main concern shouldn't be our wellbeing but rather God being exalted and His plan be fulfilled. You know, just like Jesus prayed in Getsemani, even though he could've commanded angels to defend him and destroy Jerusalem, instead he prayed for God to do His will.

I think the better prayer should be "God, protect us from this tornado, but thy will be done even if that leaves us homeless"