What Natural Disasters have you lived thru?

[Malice]

What Natural Disasters have you lived thru?

I am curious, since so many of us are in different locations, its interesting to hear stories...

 

[Erzengel]

Puberty.

 

[Malice]

I myself when I was a kid was in Houston when Hurricane Alicia came thru Houston.

It was wild. When the eye crossed over, it was a gorgeous day outside for about 50 minutes. It was a nicfe temp, no rain, and not much opf a breeze, then all of a sudden, the wind picked up and started blowing the exact opposite direction.

That is a memory I, will have till I die. I wasnt scared, just in absolute AWE....

 

[Darthphere]

Birth.

 

[Mr. Thing]

So far, an earthquake which was 2 on the scale.

 

[Darthphere]

I lived through Hurricane Andrew.

 

[Bat Attack]

Ice Storm, our power was out for almost 5 days in 1998, Earthquake (when I lived in Washington but I don't remember it), and the Vermont blizzard of '93.

 

[black_dust]

I myself when I was a kid was in Houston when Hurricane Alicia came thru Houston.

It was wild. When the eye crossed over, it was a gorgeous day outside for about 50 minutes. It was a nicfe temp, no rain, and not much opf a breeze, then all of a sudden, the wind picked up and started blowing the exact opposite direction.

That is a memory I, will have till I die. I wasnt scared, just in absolute AWE....

Woah cool, We dont have much of anything in England, the most ive had hear is a tremor from a mine shaft shifting under our house thats it

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Nothing worth mentioning.

 

[Mrh7448]

Nothing really, some big blizzards and ice storms.

Did see a tornado forming once as a kid, that was pretty scary.

 

[Spider-X]

a major thunder storm, i was in a big-ass hotel and it took out the power, i looked outside and the had to have been at least 4 separate thunderheads hammering.

2-3 Minor eathquakes.

80-90 mph wind storm.

a Massive blizzard.

that's about it ...i love bad weather.

 

[Carter]

I was in Jamaica in Summer of '04 when one of those big hurricanes came sweeping through. I forgot the name.

And I was in Virginia Beach when I was little and there was a tornado or something

 

[U.S War Machine]

May 3rd, 1999

 

[Spider-X]

May 3rd, 1999

were you in Oklahoma at the time by any chance?

 

[U.S War Machine]

were you in Oklahoma at the time by any chance?

Yes I'm from there and live there. I remember it well

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs

 

[Spider-X]

Yes I'm from there and live there. I remember it well

geezus...what was it like? illusidate for me...

 

[kane9321]

loma prieta(sp) quake of 1989( s.f bay area).I remember that to this day..whew

 

[Lurk]

^me too, I was in Santa Cruz for the '89 quake. My whole family was home, watching the World Series, and me and a friend were playing in the back yard. We "ducked-and-covered" in just the wrong spot, next to a 10 foot shelf unit we'd just removed from the garage. It had just tapped us on the back of our heads when my brother rescued us. He threw the shelves back against the house with one hand, and scooped us up with his other arm (we were little, second grade). My bro had a hell of a time getting to us, though. First, he was stuck in the beanbag chair, then our ancient sliding glass, aluminium-framed door was warping and rolling; he nearly broke it forcing it open.

My mom was holding up half the china-hutch that tipped over (it's attached to the wall now) while decorative bean jars fell off the shelves and exploded at her feet and the dinner on the stove splashed and went everywhere.

Good times. Quakes are fun now (barring another 7.0+).

 

[Spider-X]

^damn!....i friggen love natural disaster stories!

glad it turned out O.K. for ya Lurk...

 

[_BB_]

nothing, i live in britain, nothing happens here except for rain, rain and a 5 minute boiling hot summer :\

 

[Lurk]

^damn!....i friggen love natural disaster stories!

glad it turned out O.K. for ya Lurk...

oh, totally, I've never gotten very worked up over quakes. Downtown Santa Cruz has never looked the same, though

The first thing my bro did was climb on the roof to check the chimney. Meanwhile, we're have aftershocks and mom is screaming at him to get down. Heheh.

I would like to witness a quake on a soccer field. I hear the grass rolls like waves. So cool!

 

[Sabretooth]

Hurricane ANdrew
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Ivan



Yeah,mostly hurricanes down here.

 

[U.S War Machine]

geezus...what was it like? illusidate for me...

One May 3rd, 1999 it was one of the most devistating tornado out breaks in history in oklahoma. At 7:25pm an f-5 twister strongest measured on the scale, shattered through oklahoma city. It just took minutes for the massive twister to tear through homes, buisnesses, and farms everything in it's path. I believe 61 tornados touched down that day. 44 people died and the damage was $1.3 billion. Very devistating for oklahomans

 

[Spider-X]

One May 3rd, 1999 it was one of the most devistating tornado out breaks in history in oklahoma. At 7:25pm an f-5 twister strongest measured on the scale, shattered through oklahoma city. It just took minutes for the massive twister to tear through homes, buisnesses, and farms everything in it's path. I believe 61 tornados touched down that day. 44 people died and the damage was $1.3 billion. Very devistating for oklahomans

61 tornados?!?!?!? christ! sounds like a few nightmares i've had

sorry it happened, but it's quite incredible.