It has been a while, but hurricanes come through here on the regular.
Have you ever experience some type of natural disaster?
05/21/2013
A few Hurricanes, very minor earthquake and ice storms/blizzards.
05/21/2013
I marked what I've been through, but the 'other' was a hell of a flash flood in Arizona. We didn't even know it had rained in the nearby mountains, it was bright & sunny where we were. Naturally, we were playing in a wash, where else should kids be during a flash flood, right? All the sudden my mom is running towards us waving her arms & screaming, but we couldn't hear her after a few seconds because the ground started shaking & what sounded like a locomotive was coming our way. As we scrambled up the sides of the wash we saw some water starting to show. When we were all clear, a 18 ft high wall of debris, cactus, trees, rocks, etc & water came through in a giant wave. It all happened in just about two minutes! If we hadn't been trained to jump the second our parent's called us, we would have been killed.
05/21/2013
I was in a EF-5 tornado in 2008, we were in the bathtub, and the bathtub, a bed, and a couple dressers were the only things still intact.
05/21/2013
Living in the NorthEast, hurricanes are quite common and its always funny to see the mad rush at the stores to clear the shelves. its a serious thing I understand but why not keep a few staples on hand anyway?
I've also experienced an earthquake when living in Yosemite National Park. It was a minor one, no rocks shook loose but I did feel the ground shake while I sat at my desk making reservations.
I've also experienced an earthquake when living in Yosemite National Park. It was a minor one, no rocks shook loose but I did feel the ground shake while I sat at my desk making reservations.
05/21/2013
Mr. John
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The October 17, 1989, Loma Prieta, California earthquake.
Originally posted by
PassionateLover2
Have you ever experience some type of natural disaster where you live or where you may have visited?
05/21/2013
When I was a kid there was a hurricane. It wasn't that crazy. But I was scared. Plus there was high hind storms. But But nothing over the top. I live in the East Coast.
05/21/2013
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We have lived through a bunch of your list. However, earthquake was minor (California visit), hurricanes we evacuated from, and thankfully we had little damage from tornadoes, although we saw one way, WAY too close once, cross our path. The one storm we experienced that was worse (for us) and which you didn't list...an Ice Storm. Power lines were down everywhere. you couldn't drive (streets were an ice rink with crashes everywhere for days), you couldn't walk down the street without falling on your butt, it was freezing cold and no power to be had. TV/Radio out. No phone (phone lines were down all over...it was pre-Cellphone days). Anyway, it was an "experience". Took me twelve hours to walk home from my abandoned car, only three miles. Almost crawling on the icy pavement. and in the howling wind. That, for me, was the worse disaster ever.
Originally posted by
PassionateLover2
Have you ever experience some type of natural disaster where you live or where you may have visited?
05/21/2013
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I've lived in Florida, California and Kansas so I've been through a bunch of these.
Originally posted by
PassionateLover2
Have you ever experience some type of natural disaster where you live or where you may have visited?
05/21/2013
Tornado, flood, and hailstorm.
05/21/2013
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Originally posted by
PassionateLover2
Have you ever experience some type of natural disaster where you live or where you may have visited?
05/21/2013
I have been through the tail end of a Hurricane, an Ice Storm where the power was out for days and many man made disasters.
05/21/2013
I have been through so many hurricanes that they don't even phase me.
05/22/2013
Irene and Sandy. Thankfully my area wasn't hit too bad and the worst we experienced were lots of downed trees, minor flooding and no power for a week.
05/22/2013
We had a snow storm here in late October the year before last. The leaves were still on a lot of the trees, and the snow was too heavy so a lot of trees lost limbs or fell entirely. Huge power outages, etc. We were one of the last in our town to get our power back, we had no power at my house for a week, and it was verrry cold. Some people died as a result of the storm, but most happened during attempts to heat up their homes.
We also had hurricane Sandy (technically not a hurricane by the time it reached us, however), and one really bad storm the summer before that snow storm (lots of flooding, and damaged trees), but I was lucky and nothing outside of a few branches falling happened at my house during both events. We've mostly been lucky here when it comes to natural disasters *knocks on wood*
We also had hurricane Sandy (technically not a hurricane by the time it reached us, however), and one really bad storm the summer before that snow storm (lots of flooding, and damaged trees), but I was lucky and nothing outside of a few branches falling happened at my house during both events. We've mostly been lucky here when it comes to natural disasters *knocks on wood*
05/22/2013
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This is soooo funny! Thanks for sharing!
Originally posted by
Woman China
Looking at your list- I just realised I have been through a flood while living in Wuhan, the Yangtze flooded and we were drunk as skunks laughing at all the cars and trucks floating on down the street and yelling that they should have stopped at the
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Looking at your list- I just realised I have been through a flood while living in Wuhan, the Yangtze flooded and we were drunk as skunks laughing at all the cars and trucks floating on down the street and yelling that they should have stopped at the red light.
McDonalds was still open so we bought pickles.
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McDonalds was still open so we bought pickles.
I've been through pretty much your whole list while living here. less
05/22/2013
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That's crazy! I've been in a few much, much smaller flash floods, but nothing of that magnitude. Just the kind where I came to regret living in a basement apartment because the floor got a little bit damp.
Originally posted by
Wicked Wahine
I marked what I've been through, but the 'other' was a hell of a flash flood in Arizona. We didn't even know it had rained in the nearby mountains, it was bright & sunny where we were. Naturally, we were playing in a wash, where
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I marked what I've been through, but the 'other' was a hell of a flash flood in Arizona. We didn't even know it had rained in the nearby mountains, it was bright & sunny where we were. Naturally, we were playing in a wash, where else should kids be during a flash flood, right? All the sudden my mom is running towards us waving her arms & screaming, but we couldn't hear her after a few seconds because the ground started shaking & what sounded like a locomotive was coming our way. As we scrambled up the sides of the wash we saw some water starting to show. When we were all clear, a 18 ft high wall of debris, cactus, trees, rocks, etc & water came through in a giant wave. It all happened in just about two minutes! If we hadn't been trained to jump the second our parent's called us, we would have been killed.
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05/22/2013
I've been through several hurricanes. I live on a barrier island, so we usually go to a family member's house on the mainland. I do remember evacuating once, though. We drove all the way to Georgia, and I want to say it ended up just missing us. My area is pretty used to hurricanes, but no matter what, people still always go into panic mode and clear the shelves at the store and buy all the gas.
05/23/2013
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Sandy was terrible in your area. Too bad the state governments didn't become more proactive in helping their citizens.
Originally posted by
mdnght
We had a snow storm here in late October the year before last. The leaves were still on a lot of the trees, and the snow was too heavy so a lot of trees lost limbs or fell entirely. Huge power outages, etc. We were one of the last in our town to get
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We had a snow storm here in late October the year before last. The leaves were still on a lot of the trees, and the snow was too heavy so a lot of trees lost limbs or fell entirely. Huge power outages, etc. We were one of the last in our town to get our power back, we had no power at my house for a week, and it was verrry cold. Some people died as a result of the storm, but most happened during attempts to heat up their homes.
We also had hurricane Sandy (technically not a hurricane by the time it reached us, however), and one really bad storm the summer before that snow storm (lots of flooding, and damaged trees), but I was lucky and nothing outside of a few branches falling happened at my house during both events. We've mostly been lucky here when it comes to natural disasters *knocks on wood* less
We also had hurricane Sandy (technically not a hurricane by the time it reached us, however), and one really bad storm the summer before that snow storm (lots of flooding, and damaged trees), but I was lucky and nothing outside of a few branches falling happened at my house during both events. We've mostly been lucky here when it comes to natural disasters *knocks on wood* less
05/23/2013
Strait line winds that tore up our town pretty bad, but that's it thank god.
05/24/2013
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I think I remember that major flood in 1993 and it was all up and down the Mississippi River throughout many states in the Midwest and flooding a very wide area. If I recall, there were many towns underwater and was very devastating. There were such towns as St. Charles in Missouri and also a very small town called Arrow Rock also in Missouri that I visited for about 30 minutes for some historical reason that I don't remember now even today!
Originally posted by
spiced
The worst thing I've seen so far was a major flood when I lived in the Midwest in 1993. Superstorm Sandy was bad, but it happened pretty fast. The flood took place over several WEEKS, and part of the horror was not knowing whether you, or someone
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The worst thing I've seen so far was a major flood when I lived in the Midwest in 1993. Superstorm Sandy was bad, but it happened pretty fast. The flood took place over several WEEKS, and part of the horror was not knowing whether you, or someone you loved, was going to be affected... then thinking everything was going to be OK, only to have the rains pick up again and dash your hopes.
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05/25/2013
I've been through a couple blizzards/snowstorms
05/25/2013
windstorms
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