Have You Ever Personally Experienced Intense Weather, A Hurricane,Tornado, etc.?
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Falcon
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- So. California
Only earthquakes. A couple of serious ones that made me wonder when they would stop. (scary)
Others were like, "Well, Here we go again............just a little rumble." (This IS California.)
House never sustained any damage. Lately, they are taking place all over the world.
Others were like, "Well, Here we go again............just a little rumble." (This IS California.)
House never sustained any damage. Lately, they are taking place all over the world.
Honey
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- Location
- Lancashire
We were on holiday in Benidorm many years ago when there was freak weather due to extremely heavy rain, the hotels became flooded, we were out when it first happened and everyone had to hold hands to cross the roads, the trees were uprooted, it was very scary!
Mrs. Robinson
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- Location
- Nampa,Idaho
Just a couple of big eathquakes here-and a few medium ones and tons of little ones. In the big Loma Prieta quake in 1989,we did sustain some damage to our house but we didn`t even know it until a year later when we were going to do an adition. We were built on a downslope and they discovered the house had slipped a little bit. Just had to add some piers to shore things up.
MrJim
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Been living in Florida since the 60's, so re: hurricanes... yeah. 
Was here in 2004 when FOUR OF THEM swept across the state in the space of one month!!!!
Three of them right across this part of the peninsula.
The first one, Charley, hit in mid August on Friday the 13th. The power in my house went out around 7 pm that day & finally came back on one hour shy of a week later around 6 pm the next Friday. Let me tell you, a week with no electricity during August in Florida is no picnic!!!!
But anyway, they aren't fun. I don't recommend it.
Was here in 2004 when FOUR OF THEM swept across the state in the space of one month!!!!
Three of them right across this part of the peninsula.
The first one, Charley, hit in mid August on Friday the 13th. The power in my house went out around 7 pm that day & finally came back on one hour shy of a week later around 6 pm the next Friday. Let me tell you, a week with no electricity during August in Florida is no picnic!!!!
But anyway, they aren't fun. I don't recommend it.
Bullie76
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- Location
- Mississippi
I live 180 miles from the gulf coast and have experienced hurricanes. By time they reach us, they are cat 1 at most. But still pretty intense. Many houses in my neighborhood experienced heavy damage just from trees falling. And we have gone without power for a couple of weeks, which is not much fun when its hot.
Mirabilis
Member
- Location
- South Florida
Several earthquakes, including the devastating '89 earthquake in California and several hurricanes, including Wilma in Florida - it left me with no electricity for 3 whole months and took all of my landscape and my roof. Funny that during the few seconds of the earthquake I was sure it was the end of the world and there was no damage to my house afterwards but during the hours of the hurricane I was sure it would be over soon and left so much damage.
RadishRose
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- Location
- Connecticut, USA
A few hurricanes and ice storms. No fun losing power. I feel sorry for anyone that does.
GeorgiaXplant
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- Location
- Georgia
Snowjam Atlanta in 1982...bad! First a blizzard (yeah, in Atlanta!), then ice, then below-zero cold for days and days. Ice storm in Kentucky in 2009...it was the worst ice storm I'd ever experienced. Not fun. It only lasted a week in our area but many weeks in other parts of the state. We were lucky?
Do blizzards count? I experienced more than a few of those. One year when I was about 8 or 9, my brother and I got to school days after it was over by opening his bedroom window and skiing off the porch roof to the "street", which was just packed sNOw and only about a foot below the porch roof. We lived too far out for the plows to bother with our neighborhood until everything else was cleaned up.
As recently as 1996, I strapped on my cross-country skis and skied to work...but we only lived four or five blocks from the office so that wasn't a real big deal, just uncomfortable with the wind blowing from the direction I needed to go. It was fine skiing home with the wind at my back. We "only" got 32" of sNOw because the storm only lasted one night and the next day.
I'd rather suffer through a days-long blizzard than an ice storm of a few hours' duration.
Do blizzards count? I experienced more than a few of those. One year when I was about 8 or 9, my brother and I got to school days after it was over by opening his bedroom window and skiing off the porch roof to the "street", which was just packed sNOw and only about a foot below the porch roof. We lived too far out for the plows to bother with our neighborhood until everything else was cleaned up.
As recently as 1996, I strapped on my cross-country skis and skied to work...but we only lived four or five blocks from the office so that wasn't a real big deal, just uncomfortable with the wind blowing from the direction I needed to go. It was fine skiing home with the wind at my back. We "only" got 32" of sNOw because the storm only lasted one night and the next day.
I'd rather suffer through a days-long blizzard than an ice storm of a few hours' duration.
Since moving to Houston, have had two Hurricanes to experience. The first was Alicia back in 1983, which flooded downtown Houston. ... more recently, Hurricane Ike. Both left several days without power, and Ike did more wind damage out where I live which is some 70 miles from the coast. We had tornados that developed from the hurricane winds.
Jackie22
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- Location
- Northeast Texas
Yes, several years ago I watched a tornado that was 5 or 6 miles away, later found out that it had destroyed my uncle's business.
Mrs. Robinson
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- Location
- Nampa,Idaho
Happyflowerlady
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- Location
- Northern Alabama
In April of 2011, we had several huge tornadoes come through Alabama, and the area north of Huntsville where I was living (Harvest, AL) was right in the pathway of several of the tornadoes.
The first one hit before noon, and it took of a lot of the roof off of the house. My husband was at work, but my son from Washington State was out visiting with us; and we jumped into the van and went to bring my husband home . Even though Bobby only worked about a mile away, it took us over a half hour to get there because of the trees across the road, and having to find a different route to get there.
After picking up my husband and returning home, we spent most of the rest of the day huddled in the back of the basement (which was by then flooded with about 6" of water) as more tornadoes passed over. Finally, that evening the storms passed, and we could go back upstairs again. Since the roof over the bedrooms had been blown off, and the bedrooms were soaking wet; we had to sleep in the front living room of the house. There was water, but no electricity.
We didn't even hear emergency sirens until late that night, and later found out that it took that long before roads could be cleared for thee police and ambulance vehicles to get into our area to rescue people who were injured or trapped. Once the sirens started, they were constantly going for the rest of the night, and into the next day.
There were so many trees and power lines down that travel into and out of our area was impossible for almost a week afterwards; and we had no power for about two weeks. We could not use our cell phones, but could send a text, since it didn't have to connect as long, and that is how we were able to communicate with my daughter to see how she had fared. She was actually in a much better area than we were, and had electricity again in about a week.
The devastation was enormous in the Harvest area, and most of north Alabama had been hit hard. The insurance companies were swamped, so it was later in the summer before the landlord was able to get the roof replaced and new carpets in the bedrooms so that we could use them again.
We were very lucky to make it with no more damage than we had to the house, many whole areas had all of the houses and trees blown over and destroyed.
I am glad to be living in a safer part of Huntsville now, and out of the path that the storms usually take; but we keep supplies on hand just in case another bad tornado outbreak comes through and shuts the city down again. Here is a video showing how our area looked after the tornados came through.
http://youtu.be/TM7FD_9XEj8
The first one hit before noon, and it took of a lot of the roof off of the house. My husband was at work, but my son from Washington State was out visiting with us; and we jumped into the van and went to bring my husband home . Even though Bobby only worked about a mile away, it took us over a half hour to get there because of the trees across the road, and having to find a different route to get there.
After picking up my husband and returning home, we spent most of the rest of the day huddled in the back of the basement (which was by then flooded with about 6" of water) as more tornadoes passed over. Finally, that evening the storms passed, and we could go back upstairs again. Since the roof over the bedrooms had been blown off, and the bedrooms were soaking wet; we had to sleep in the front living room of the house. There was water, but no electricity.
We didn't even hear emergency sirens until late that night, and later found out that it took that long before roads could be cleared for thee police and ambulance vehicles to get into our area to rescue people who were injured or trapped. Once the sirens started, they were constantly going for the rest of the night, and into the next day.
There were so many trees and power lines down that travel into and out of our area was impossible for almost a week afterwards; and we had no power for about two weeks. We could not use our cell phones, but could send a text, since it didn't have to connect as long, and that is how we were able to communicate with my daughter to see how she had fared. She was actually in a much better area than we were, and had electricity again in about a week.
The devastation was enormous in the Harvest area, and most of north Alabama had been hit hard. The insurance companies were swamped, so it was later in the summer before the landlord was able to get the roof replaced and new carpets in the bedrooms so that we could use them again.
We were very lucky to make it with no more damage than we had to the house, many whole areas had all of the houses and trees blown over and destroyed.
I am glad to be living in a safer part of Huntsville now, and out of the path that the storms usually take; but we keep supplies on hand just in case another bad tornado outbreak comes through and shuts the city down again. Here is a video showing how our area looked after the tornados came through.
http://youtu.be/TM7FD_9XEj8