What’s the worst storm you’ve ever been through and what was it like?

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We've got a major severe storm coming our way today. They are calling for hail, heavy rain, severe strong winds and tornadoes. My area is on the 3 to 4 out of 5 on the danger meter. I have had my fair share of storms over the years like hurricanes, ice storms, snow storms and severe thunderstorms. How about you?

CupcakeTheDestroyer · Accepted Answer

This last ice storm that went through the southeast was the worst I’ve experienced. The actual storm was no big deal, it’s what happened after that made it so terrible. The entire neighborhood lost power for days, we stayed with my grandparents who also didn’t have power but had a working fireplace. It was our main source of heat and any kind of cooking. For 3 days we stayed there, and while we experienced the immense kindness of my grandparents neighbors and my family’s friends who came to see us and check on us (ie letting us use their gas stove, donating firewood we could use, cutting up the fallen tree that had trapped our car on the road in that cul-de-sac, etc) before we moved on to a hotel, which we couldn’t do in the first 3 days because they were all full up, one of the few places with reliable power thanks to their back up generators. Our house got power back on day 4, but my grandparents didn’t so they stayed with us for another 10 days until their power came back. That was honestly the worst storm I’ve experienced just because of how many days I had to spend focusing solely on my own survival

Razp_Sorbet · Accepted Answer

I wasn't in town when it happened but a month or so ago there was wind gusts of up to 193 km/h (118m/h). Trees were down, powerlines down, trampolines flew away, streets flooded, roads and businesses closed, 30k properties lost power including one of my works stores which had no power for 3 days.

Luckily the only damage to my house was an old phone line that came down, and a few fronds from my pineapple palm tree, not a big deal just a pain in the ass to dispose of.

ohsheeT · Accepted Answer

The one my ex wife put my son and myself through it was like being in a natural disaster

I thank her ex-husband the day that he told me or she told me that she was going to get married cuz that's when the sun came back out thank God I felt bad for not telling him who she really was I guess I was selfish but I did tell him congratulations I said I'm so happy if I was gay I would give you a blowjob right now and we both started laughing and of course she heard it she grabs the phone yells at me what are you guys laughing about and I told her that if I was gay I would give your new husband a blowjob because that's how freaking happy I am she said very funny as all the dark clouds started going to side to side and the sun started shining through and I heard angels LOL

Pterodon · Accepted Answer

April 10,1979 Terrible Tuesday. Wichita Falls, Texas. An EF4 tornado came through and it was like someone rolled a huge bowling ball that flattend a path 2 miles wide and 20 miles long. We lost everything. I was 17

Cyfris · Answer

I was on a fishing boat in a hurricane that was supposed to miss us one time but did not in fact miss.. 60+ knot winds for 2 days running back and forth accross the same 1/2 a mile in this little cove to keep from rolling the boat over rolling the dice whenever we changed directions.. That was likely the most potential for death.. I remember a snow storm one time where it snowed so much and so heavy so fast and there was zero wind. The ocean looked flat and white like a soccer field as if you could walk on it because the snow was piling on top of itself faster then it was melting. For almost 20 mins I thought I had died and gone to heaven everything was just pillowy white and visability was so low it was as though we were in the clouds..

AviatorTom · Answer

I was in Australia once, working on a project with a company outside Brisbane. One late afternoon, the sky turned green, the wind picked up and torrents of rain came down on the small building we were in. It lasted about an hour. The walls of the building shook and we were afraid that the roof would blow off. We all huddled in a interior room until it was over. Then, we went outside and saw what the storm had left. Broken trees, debris everywhere.

That was the scariest I've ever been. Walking outside in the middle of a typhoon in Taiwan, which I stupidly did a few years later, wasn't as bad.

OneViewpoint · Answer

Meh, hard to choose at this point. I've been through multiple hurricanes, tornadoes, lightning storms on an exposed mountain ridge, and 3 foot blizzards with 60 mph winds, heavy rain storms with flash flooding, and hail. All of it is pretty cool to witness.

Sunrising · Answer

We had strong winds the other day, but I'm sure nothing like the storm for you today.

We've had storms in the past, but they've not caused any damage to my property, and they've not caused me much of a problem.

I hope the storm doesn't disrupt your day too much, and it passes away without causing any damage.

slatyb · Answer

A massive hailstorm in and around Fort Worth Texas about 20 years ago. We took shelter under a highway overpass. Some hailstones were softball-sized. There was so much damage to the windows of a Fort Worth office tower that it was eventually demolished.

jazzy34 · Answer

Hmmm. Probably Hurricane Charley. back in 2004. I was 14 years old and school was canceled. It was just my mom and I. My dad was on a business trip. Anyway, the storm was actually supposed to miss us and go to another city, but it made a surprised turn at the last minute. My mom and I were watching a movie. All of sudden, the power snapped off. We heard the wind and heard rain. We ran for the hallway to be away from windows. It felt like an eternity, but the worst of it was over in minutes.

Sirenboobzilla · Answer

Hurricane Sandy. Lived my entire life in and Brooklyn and had never been through anything like that. What's stuck with me the most is how the subway tunnels flooded. It was eerie for me

Abbycado · Answer

We had between 3-4 feet of snow fall in 36 hours. The real disaster was when it happened, which was Christmas.

Simslover92 · Answer

I want to say it was Hurricane Floyd in 1999 because I remember a tree hitting my grandmother's home which was scary.

MrChinaski · Answer

We had a hail storm a few years back. Wrote off our car. Wrote off a few thousand cars in the city. Not a great time to be negotiating to source a replacement... movement on price was impossible, but we at least secured one in 2 weeks when some were waiting 6-12 months, or travelling to other cities to purchase sooner.

exitseven · Answer

I lived through the Blizzard of 78. We got 30 inches of snow and school was closed for the week. Cars were not allowed on the road.

bowenw · Answer

A wind storm a few years ago that uprooted trees and knocked out the power for 4 days. Also some bad winter storms where you couldn't see the road for the snow drifting across it.

Staximus · Answer

We don't get a lot of crazy weather here in Southern California. Back when I was a kid in the 80's, there were a couple of big storms. I lived a mile from the beach in Redondo Beach, CA. The windows of our house were almost blown out a couple times, once in the early 80's and again in 1988. The storm in the early 80's blew a bunch of trees down and knocked down power lines all over town.

Agape93 · Answer

Had a blizzard a few years ago. Lost power, temp plummeted. Thank god for wood stoves

Bklynbadboy12 · Answer

Hurricane Matthew and it was scarry all of the things you just said. It was scary cause I didn't knw what to expect. Just get flashlights and batteries gas up you car and make sure your phone is charged

beefcakebradybatson · Answer

About 18 inches of snow Dec.1,1974, and a horrid late January 1978 storm which affected driving for a couple of weeks.

Anonymous · Answer

How was the storm? Thankfully no recent storms here. I do find lightning scary 😳

midnightmoon05 · Answer

Hurricane Samdy… I also had other personal issues to deal with so a few bad years.

jahaims · Answer

Front end of the van lifted up while I was driving to my aunts house to help her during a tornado. She was on chemo at the time and was rather helpless.

fish5505_87 · Answer

Hurricane sandy, a tree fell and almost hit my brother and I!

liftedtrucks · Answer

2011 Halloween nor'Easter. Lost power for a week. A lot of towns and cities cancelled Halloween.

katiesmuff · Answer

Several hurricanes throughout my lifetime so far.

WhitneySnow · Answer

Superstorm Sandy. I was six.

Massageman · Answer

1967 blizzard in IL.

Anonymous · Answer

When I was a kid, and it was cool.

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