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Topic: Have you ever been in really bad weather?
Cheer_up's photo
Wed 11/24/10 11:35 AM
Myself i saw a Tornado accross a lake years ago it ripped a marina apart i saw large hail and tree branches snap another time and i was in a airplane 1 time we caught the end of a hurricane scared the crap out of me cause turbulence was so bad that the trays people had went flying and thought the wings going to snap another time i was in a plane it was struck by lightning and they used a back up generator for the lights they kept flashing off and on i also went camping in the past and a tree fell near the front door of the tent from lightning we were lucky another time in winter the roads were like a sheet of ice we can skate on them and cars were sliding all over no control they had cause was black ice i also saw 1 time so much rain it flood some streets so how about you all what bad weather you saw or were in? thanks for your responses all have hope you all have a awesome day cheers:))))))))

Seakolony's photo
Wed 11/24/10 11:45 AM
Been through Hurricanes and tornadoes usually come with em........the thought of earthquakes scare the bejesus out of me though...although I have never been through one...........

FearandLoathing's photo
Wed 11/24/10 12:32 PM
Drove through the US in a blizzard, from Illinois to Kansas it was nonstop. Seen a number of tornadoes, I was always the dumb kid that stood outside staring at them. Been through a few minor quakes but nothing that leaves a lasting impression...oh, and one time on a plane I swear I saw an alien on the wing.smokin

paulr4640's photo
Wed 11/24/10 12:35 PM
Ive been in a light drizzle when I went for a loaf and 2 bog rolls.

paulr4640's photo
Wed 11/24/10 12:35 PM
Ive been in a light drizzle when I went for a loaf and 2 bog rolls.

eileena9's photo
Wed 11/24/10 12:35 PM
I was caught in a really bad snow storm a few years ago, that when I got out of work and started driving home was just horrible. I called my Mom an hour after I left work and she was like "oh thank God, you made it home..." I replied "HOME?????? I haven't even made it three miles from my job yet!!!!"

I had to get home because my young teenage girls were there. The ride usually takes me 45 minutes, that day took me almost six hours.

OKCUTIE67's photo
Wed 11/24/10 12:37 PM
Let's see...been through several tornados (big surprise as I live in tornado country!!! lol); been through one earthquake in California when I was 3; been on aircraft twice now that had emergency landings - one for losing an engine mid-flight and the other for a total hydraulic failure. Also witnessed a commuter plane crash (maintenance flight only) in 1992 that killed three people I knew and worked with.

Other than that my life has been pretty calm! lol....

metalwing's photo
Wed 11/24/10 12:41 PM
I rode out the center of hurricane Ike, was on an island during Hurricane Hanna, rode out the center of Hurricane Andrew and Carla.

Seakolony's photo
Wed 11/24/10 12:41 PM
Noreaster's are wonderful......and the blizzards from em are beautiful....

Rhearabies's photo
Wed 11/24/10 12:41 PM
The hurricane in Houston a couple of years ago was pretty intense. First time I've been through one. Stayed outside watching all night. Next morning was what was so spooky. Looked and felt like the end of the world. The hurricane before that didn't actually come. But Houston was evacuated. It was a ghost town. Imagine a city with almost 6 million people...empty. But I stayed and went to a bar with a friend...waiting and watching as it approached. That was a trip. :smile:

no photo
Wed 11/24/10 12:46 PM
I saw Twister on the big screen.

paulr4640's photo
Wed 11/24/10 12:48 PM
Seriously though, when I was about 6 years old, and my brother, who was 4 years old, were sat near our front room window watching a really fierce storm raging outside. Our house was only on a normal English street, but the water was rising pretty fast across the road and pavement (sidewalk).
As we watched, 2 large balls, about the size of grapefruit, came through the window, WITHOUT BREAKING THE GLASS! and floated, crackling and fizzing all the time, across the table where we were sat and settled on the carpet, not even burning it. There was a phosphorescent hue about them, very similar to a bubble thats blown by a child. My dad ran across the room and grabbed us both to the floor when suddenly both the balls just made a loud bang. The neighbour across the road had come over and was banging on the front door to make sure wew were all ok. He said he had watched these 2 balls float down the roof, stop outside the window and enter. I since learned some time ago that this phenomena was ball lightning, which some scientists dont believe exists, but I can assure you it does, first hand!
This episode was published in a science magazine many years ago by a prominent weather expert. I wish I had a copy!

Obsidian_Butterfly's photo
Wed 11/24/10 12:52 PM
My state seems to get a little of everything...I've been through hurricanes, tornadoes, floods (albeit mild ones), hail, nor'easters, ice storms, and while it isn't weather related, a couple of small earthquakes (no major damage, just some foundation damage in places and a few cracks in the walls of homes).

Rhearabies's photo
Wed 11/24/10 01:02 PM

I saw Twister on the big screen.


lol you are such a freak :tongue:

Cheer_up's photo
Wed 11/24/10 01:08 PM

Been through Hurricanes and tornadoes usually come with em........the thought of earthquakes scare the bejesus out of me though...although I have never been through one...........
well we had tremers in Canada but nothing to be atleast where i was but felt room shaking a bit thanks:)

Cheer_up's photo
Wed 11/24/10 01:12 PM

Drove through the US in a blizzard, from Illinois to Kansas it was nonstop. Seen a number of tornadoes, I was always the dumb kid that stood outside staring at them. Been through a few minor quakes but nothing that leaves a lasting impression...oh, and one time on a plane I swear I saw an alien on the wing.smokin
Well blizzards can be wild to if car ever stalls that must of been a long drive too ... a alien on a wing of a plane wont if he looked like ET and was hitch hiking a ride saying ET go home lollllll thanks dude for your reponse

Cheer_up's photo
Wed 11/24/10 01:15 PM

I was caught in a really bad snow storm a few years ago, that when I got out of work and started driving home was just horrible. I called my Mom an hour after I left work and she was like "oh thank God, you made it home..." I replied "HOME?????? I haven't even made it three miles from my job yet!!!!"

I had to get home because my young teenage girls were there. The ride usually takes me 45 minutes, that day took me almost six hours.
yes them snow storms if you get stuck its crazy i was way up noth went to hidden vally resort 1 year a storm hit was crazy even was hard for the snow plows i was sking over there we stayed in holiday in cheers:) thanks

Cheer_up's photo
Wed 11/24/10 01:19 PM

Let's see...been through several tornados (big surprise as I live in tornado country!!! lol); been through one earthquake in California when I was 3; been on aircraft twice now that had emergency landings - one for losing an engine mid-flight and the other for a total hydraulic failure. Also witnessed a commuter plane crash (maintenance flight only) in 1992 that killed three people I knew and worked with.

Other than that my life has been pretty calm! lol....
see how many people been through crazy things cause of wearher wow i don't mind on grownd so much but in the sky nothing i can do lolllllll its in the pilots hands more scary up in the air i think:) thanks

actionlynx's photo
Wed 11/24/10 01:20 PM
Edited by actionlynx on Wed 11/24/10 01:21 PM
Let's see, been through hurricanes, blizzards, never a tornado.

Worst blizzard: -30 degree wind chill, 70 mph winds - sustained, lightning, visibility so poor that I stepped outside during the whiteout and could not see my hand when I held it out, and 3 feet of snow in just 12 hours....and this on a Tuesday before Thanksgiving. On the satellite and radar maps, this nor'easter had such a tight rotation that it had a defined eye making it look just like a hurricane.

Worst storm: June 1982....it made national news. We received so much rain within a 72 hour period that the runoff on the road coming down the hill was knee deep. Cracks were found on the dam on the hill above my house....we lived near a lower dam....Those two held. On the other hand, a dam about 1 1/2 miles down the road burst....it fed into the same river, wiping out the four lower dams after the one I live by.....That's FIVE burst dams on one river. I saw houses wiped out, others a 1/2 mile from their foundations, trees driven through living room walls, 8 ft of mud inside an old piano factory....it was an absolute mess. It was declared a National Disaster.

Very scary, knowing my brother was on a camping trip that weekend, and my Dad had to drive through the storm to bring him home.

Cheer_up's photo
Wed 11/24/10 01:21 PM

I rode out the center of hurricane Ike, was on an island during Hurricane Hanna, rode out the center of Hurricane Andrew and Carla.
wow you must go around where them hurricanes come alot you must travel? alot cheers thanks

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