Natural Disaster - Ever Experienced One?

[SlammedZero]

So, I somehow ended up on videos of tornadoes last night on YouTube and ended up down the natural disaster videos rabbit hole. From hurricane to major earthquakes. Mother nature unleashes some real powerful and impressive stuff! I saw some amazing tornado videos. With that said, things here in Idaho are pretty boring. Craziest thing I have experienced here is an earthquake (that I actually posted here about) a month or two ago.

With all that said, got me wondering if anybody here has witnessed or been a part of a natural phenomenon? Any cool stories?

 

[Ranched]

Experienced/Survived Two. Hurricane Hugo & Andrew. Angels DO exist.

 

[Tabascocat]

Many hurricanes and tropical storms(incl Harvey, Alicia) along with a few quakes. I have never seen a tornado but did have a water spout go right over my boat in the gulf.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I was in Canton Ill, Fulton County in 1975. Three Twisters touched down and basically leveled a lot of the area.

I was in Florida during Andrew but was not on the East Coast. I was actually on the Golf side but as narrow as that state is, doesn't really matter.

 

[Runwildboys]

I've been in several hurricanes, living on the East Coast. In fact, when I was 19 or so, my brother and I decided to see how fast we could get his little 12' styrofoam sailboat going on a nearby lake. I was in the water, holding onto a rope and skipping across the surface. lol

 

[Oz-of-Cowboy-Country]

Well, way back in March of 2020 they had this little thing called the Coronavirus. It shut everything down for a couple of months. I don't know how I made it through that.

 

[YosemiteSam]

1. A tornado went through Arlington when I was not even a year old. Flipped my father truck and tore the roof off the apartment building across the street.
2. Lived in California when a earthquake hit, but I was still pretty young.
3. Was about 8 miles from downtown Fort Worth when that tornado hit.
   
4. Hurricane Sandy several years ago when it hit New York.
5. COVID-19 2020

 

[Runwildboys]

1. A tornado went through Arlington when I was not even a year old. Flipped my father truck and tore the roof off the apartment building across the street.
2. Lived in California when a earthquake hit, but I was still pretty young.
3. Was about 8 miles from downtown Fort Worth when that tornado hit.
   
4. Hurricane Sandy several years ago when it hit New York.
5. COVID-19 2020

That reminds me; I was nearly hit by a tornado in my lumber truck several years ago - in Brooklyn, of all places. It was about 6 a.m., so I didn't really think it was a big deal how dark it got, and the rain and wind were whipping. I thought it was just a thunderstorm until I came back through about an hour later and saw trees and roofs laying on the sidewalk. I turned on a local radio station, which said a tornado had gone through a little after 6.

 

[nobody]

I've seen a tornado go overhead.

I've witnessed several of my daughter's temper tantrums (16 year old redhead....you can't tell me that's not a natural disaster)

 

[The Fonz]

Earthquakes

 

[kskboys]

I was outside when softball size hail started thumping down everywhere. Lucky I got under cover before one hit me.

Tornado went across the field maybe 4-500 yds from our house when I was a kid.

 

[Mountaineerfan]

1985 WV flood two major storms stalled over WV for multiple days. Was the craziest thing I've ever seen and was only 8 years old but remember it like yesterday.

http://www.wvculture.org/goldenseal/fall05/parsons.html

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

A F1 Tornado passed right over the house on June 13th 1998 https://www.weather.gov/oun/events-19980613 Huddled in the hallways with the dogs it was at that moment I realized I was pretty much powerless over what happened and my only choice was to hold on and pray for the best. The roof had to be redone and there was some fence damage and that was it luckily.

Also been in 3 major freak hailstorms, 2004, 2010 and 2012. The one in 2010 did millions of dollars worth of damage to a fair portion of the NW side of OKC. All 3 times the roof had to be replaced.

Watch this to the very end.

 

[CowboyStar88]

Earthquakes the ones that grow you off your feet and do major damage. Good times.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Well, way back in March of 2020 they had this little thing called the Coronavirus. It shut everything down for a couple of months. I don't know how I made it through that.

You ain't out yet.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

That reminds me; I was nearly hit by a tornado in my lumber truck several years ago - in Brooklyn, of all places. It was about 6 a.m., so I didn't really think it was a big deal how dark it got, and the rain and wind were whipping. I thought it was just a thunderstorm until I came back through about an hour later and saw trees and roofs laying on the sidewalk. I turned on a local radio station, which said a tornado had gone through a little after 6.

I was in the Asheville NC Regional AP, years ago, when a Tornado touched down on the Tarmac. Obviously, all flights were cancelled so I rented a car and drove from Asheville to Charlotte. Was crazy, there were Torandos behind me and in front of me the entire way but managed to get to Charlotte safely and flew home. Now, I don't really count that because I was never actually in the impact area, must near misses.

LOL...

 

[Rockport]

So, I somehow ended up on videos of tornadoes last night on YouTube and ended up down the natural disaster videos rabbit hole. From hurricane to major earthquakes. Mother nature unleashes some real powerful and impressive stuff! I saw some amazing tornado videos. With that said, things here in Idaho are pretty boring. Craziest thing I have experienced here is an earthquake (that I actually posted here about) a month or two ago.

With all that said, got me wondering if anybody here has witnessed or been a part of a natural phenomenon? Any cool stories?

Hurricane Harvey. Wiped out my place in Rockport and am still in the process of rebuilding. Never seen such devastation. TV doesn't do what you see in person any justice. Just unbelievable. Power line poles snapped in half like toothpicks. Metal power line poles bent completely over. Cows dead everywhere even in trees. Speaking of trees, none of them had any branches. I evacuated so wasn't there when it hit but went back the next day. Never forget those images.

 

[CouchCoach]

I've been in quakes in CA, tornadoes in OK, hurricanes in LA and the damnedest dust storm I've ever seen in West Texas and I think that dust storm wins. They want to beat COVID 19, put dust on it, that stuff cannot be stopped.

My AM guy on one of the stations is a photographer and took a photo of that monster as it rolled in on Midland/Odessa and it was something out of "The Day After Tomorrow", it didn't look real until it hit. I was commuting weekly, via Southwest, between Dallas and Midland and had just taken my relatively new 530i out there. When it had passed through, I went out to the apartment parking lot and saw what I thought was my car under that layer of red dust. I went in and got a ruler and on the hood, it measured 4.5" in dust. I didn't fly that weekend, I drove to Dallas and got my wife's car to drive back out there. On the way back out there, I begin to mentally remove myself from West Texas and physically did some 6 months later. I never regretted leaving, just going in the first place.

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

Many hurricanes and tropical storms(incl Harvey, Alicia) along with a few quakes. I have never seen a tornado but did have a water spout go right over my boat in the gulf.

Earthquakes.

Lived in Texas for about 5-6 years but never saw a tornado.

Watch some of the footage of the Japan tsunami from a few years ago....unreal.

 

[nightrain]

Thankfully no, but these guys were lucky to ride the storm out.
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/south-florida-storm-sends-window-washers-on-wild-ride

damn good rigging there.