Anybody survive a natural disaster?

[Borelli]

i survived a tornado that ripped apart my neighborhood on march 12, 2006

My family barely made it into the crawl space of the house

Now the house is rebuilt but it still sucked

Dom Borelli

[Rick]

Dom,

Same thing in 1980. I left that morning with 3 huge maples on the side of my house and came home to find them on my house and in my house. Twelve straight days of 100+ heat (even at night), no electricity and 3 small kids. Had to replace the roof and could only work on it around 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning because the shingles were just too hot. Neighbors and family all helping each other. That part was a good feeling. The rest stunk.

[RobertRogers]

I was backpacking in the mountains when a hurricane hit in 1979 totally unexpected. With trees falling down around me and torrential rains, I made it down into a remote valley and found shelter in a log lean to beside a raging stream that overflowed its banks.

[Nativedude]

2 hellacious divorces. . . .Does that count? :confused: :eek: :p

[MCBushbaby]

I "survived" the blizzard of '07 up here. Big enough to cancel Michigan Tech University for the day... first day of canceled classes due to winter in, oh, 50 years. I don't remember it though, I planned on sleeping in that day anyways.

[Rick]

Oh, Natviedude. Hands down. The worst disaster of all....and two of them!!!! I now know why you headed for the hills.

[Sarge47]

...whatever happened with Owl Girl and the flood situation?:confused:

[nell67]

3 years ago ,38 inch snow fall and 2 drunk men,(had no clue who they were) sleeping on my floor when they showed up at 1:30 in the morning,coveralls full of beer,because they slid off the road and couldnt get their truck unstuck,couldnt leave them out there to freeze,it was quite a ways to the next house,so on the floor they slept.Was 3 days before the farmers came by and cleared a path down the road before they could go anywhere or get a tow truck to pull out their truck.

[trax]

...whatever happened with Owl Girl and the flood situation?:confused:

She built an ark, marched in a male and female of every kind of creature...saved the world. She's a busy young lady, Sarge.

[owl_girl]

...whatever happened with Owl Girl and the flood situation?:confused:
lol I died, obviously :D

[Nativedude]

Oh, Natviedude. Hands down. The worst disaster of all....and two of them!!!! I now know why you headed for the hills.

You betcha Rick!! :D

[Beo]

Couple tornado's here, and flooding.

[trax]

Blizzards, winter power outage, a couple of mining emergencies, been in two earthquakes when I was out in BC but neither of them seemed to amount to much so I don't think they count.

[Beo]

Ex-wife, teenage son, and my wife now who's pregnant, yeah Trax I'm gonna be a daddy again.

[Rick]

Oh, man. I forgot about the great blizzard of '78. I've got some crazy pictures from that.

[trax]

Ex-wife, teenage son, and my wife now who's pregnant, yeah Trax I'm gonna be a daddy again.

Congrats, bro! I'll send you a pm one of these days explaining what causes that! :D :D :D

[nell67]

Congrats, bro! I'll send you a pm one of these days explaining what causes that! :D :D :D


Um trax,maybe you can send one to my son too,cause he is gonna be a daddy again too,his wife is due Aug.3rd:D

[Rick]

Remember, it's not show and tell, Trax. Just explain, no pictures.

[Beo]

Yeah I just ate so no pics, and I don't how it happened in the first place :D I took this lil thingy down here.... (looks down) and then I did... oh yeah that's how. :D

[nell67]

Yeah I just ate so no pics, and I don't how it happened in the first place :D I took this lil thingy down here.... (looks down) and then I did... oh yeah that's how. :D

Oh gee,sorry about your" little" problem there beo:D

[Rick]

Lil thingy....(chuckle)...That's pretty funny.

[nell67]

Lil thingy....(chuckle)...That's pretty funny.

LOL he stepped into that one!LMAO!

[RaymondPeter]

A couple of tornadoes and a (small) flood... That's about it.

[Beo]

Little thingy... lol... can't step on that one... lol... and I GOT SHRINKAGE I GOT SHRINKAGE... lol...

[Rick]

Well, Beo. :rolleyes: You got your growers and your showers. Life ain't complicated at all. :D

[nell67]

Well, Beo. :rolleyes: You got your growers and your showers. Life ain't complicated at all. :D

You guys are hilarious!:eek::D

[Rick]

Nell, one thing I learned early on with this group is that any misspoken word is like a blood letting in a pool full of piranha. Like crocodiles along the opposite side of the river. "That's it, Mr. Survavlist, come on in the water. Closer, closer. You're doin' fine. What's that you say? (Theme from Jaws begins).

[nell67]

Nell, one thing I learned early on with this group is that any misspoken word is like a blood letting in a pool full of piranha. Like crocodiles along the opposite side of the river. "That's it, Mr. Survavlist, come on in the water. Closer, closer. You're doin' fine. What's that you say? (Theme from Jaws begins).

Wasnt me Rick, I cant swim LOL:rolleyes:!:)

[Nativedude]

". . .my wife now who's pregnant, yeah Trax I'm gonna be a daddy again."

C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-T-I-O-N-S Beowulf!!! :D ;)

[nilespathfinder]

i survive a natural disaster once every month, lmao

[huntermj]

WOW, This is oldy but a goody. LOL

[Beans]

Just a couple of cyclones and a tornado in the late 50's ( Missouri), a remnants of a small hurricane in Calif 1960, a typhoon in SEA in 1969, The big Mississippi River Flood in 1973 (Missouri). No family members injured, but a lot of buildings damaged. Enough excitement that I am not looking for a repeat

[doug1980]

1992 rode out Hurricane Andrew in South Florida.

[shiftyer1]

Just a couple blizzards and 1 tornado and now a forest fire. Nobody hurt in any of them and only some buildings in one of them.

[Rick]

A blizzard that didn't have many M&Ms. It was mostly ice cream.

[letslearntogether47]

Blizzard of 78
Hurricane Gloria
Hurricane Bob
Tornado outbreak of 2011
Tropical storm Irene

Various large Nor Easter's.
Helped save a new born that had dehydration the days following the 78 storm.(we had snow mobiles)
Almost 2 weeks with no power that time.

[natertot]

I have had close calls with several tornados, but nothing more than lost power for a day. Also had the flood of 1993 in Iowa. We lost water for a week and half on that one. Then there was a noreaster that took out power for almost a day. Some were without power for over a week though. I have been lucky to not have any person harmed or property damaged.

[Winter]

Every winter we have storms worse than most hurricanes. Sustained 90mph winds with gusts to 140mph.

So, yeah, I've survived but my greenhouses never do.

[Rick]

You do know that's God's way of telling you not to live there, right?

[Winter]

He's trying to keep this for himself.
http://i53.tinypic.com/2ah5rtk.jpg

[Rick]

Touche'!!!

[MiddleWolf]

71 earthquake, Sylmar California. After riding my bed for a minute or more around the room realized it wasn't a thunder storm and jumped into the police tow truck and hit the streets. Had to use the middle of the road to avoid all the store windows that now decorated both sides of the street. Part of the San Fernando Valley evacuated for 3 days until they realized that if the dam broke it would have released over 2 to 3 inches of water to hit the evacuated area. Yes, I said inches.

[Aurelius95]

The worst storm for me was the blizzard of 93 that hit my parents' house in upstate NY. I was home visiting during spring break from college, along with 7 other friends. We had just spent the week skiing in NH and were heading back to NC for college. We stopped over at my parents house when the storm hit. 3 feet in about 24 hours. We didn't lose power, just our minds. My parents don't have a big house, and we had 8 college students, Mom, Dad, my brother's pregnant wife, and two children my parents were watching for the weekend (their parents were stuck in Charlotte). Good memories, though.

[Rick]

Mr. Aurelius standing in the snow looking up. "Are you kidding me? Have you taken a good look inside that house? Come on God, cut me some slack."

[Aurelius95]

Funny thing, though, my mom loves having company for dinner. My parents host people from church quite often, so they had plenty of food for all of us. That being said, I was never happier to see my dorm room when I returned to school. And Mr. Aurelius was probably never happier to see us go!

[whitewater4x4]

I saw several blizzards and earthquakes and forestfires listed but didn't notice any ice storms listed so I'll Have to pitch the couple I've endured out there . Arkansas don't get much in the way of blizzards but we do get some fairly rough ice storms . I've only had a couple that cut the power for nearly a week . Driving was hazardous during that time so it was a time to stay close to home and be thankful for wood heat .

[mouse111111]

whitewater- did you get much of the 2007 ice storm down there? I still have damaged trees.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=2007+ice+storm+springfield+missouri&gs_sm=c&gs_upl=10547l15422l0l18594l14l4l0l1l1l0l1360l3390l 2-1.5-1.0.2l5l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1152&bih=667&wrapid=tlif132330589415710&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=tQvgTq7UNqfhsQLh4vGqBw

[gitaway]

Tornado in Orlando Fl. Jumped over our house. Pitch black except for the lightening, 8 am, tornado warning had been lifted. Roof A-Frames driven into our yard about 1 1/2 feet deep from apartment building about 2 blocks away. Neutral wiring to home was down. Metal extender from electr. pole bent over 90 degrees. House down the street was sucked out entirely, only block walls remained. Went out into street with neighbors and cleared street so vehicles could get thru. Then stupidity over took me. I cranked up the grill in the carport to relax and make some coffee. All the neighbors showed up again to see where the fire was. Makes u think ! g.

[Winter]

Sounds like you got good neighbors.

[Zen buds]

Tornado in 1979, an F-4 ripped the town apart. It was amazing how many people were looting everything afterward. And numerous blizzards

[old2531]

live in sf bay area during loma preata also lived in bay area during the oakland fire

[Alaskan Survivalist]

64 Alaskan Earthquake. You can't imagine a 9.2 that lasts over 5 minutes watching the land move in waves.

[endurance]

1971 San Fernando earthquake (I was four)
1982 Christmas blizzard (Colorado)
1988 Yellowstone wildfires (kinda cheating on this one, as I was working on a wildland fire crew at the time)
2000 Y2K global disaster (oh yeah, that didn't actually happen)
2001 9/11/01 Washington, DC (ok, I saw smoke from the Pentagon from my hotel room, but seeing Russia from your living room qualifies for foreign policy experience in politics, so that's my story and I'm sticking to it)
2003 March blizzard (Colorado)
2006 Christmas Blizzard (Colorado) (I did get trapped in my house with my ex-wife (yes, she was my ex at the time and she was dropping off a pet for petsitting), which had the potential to be a disaster, but turned out to be, well, highly entertaining).

Man, I've lived a pretty easy life. That's the nice thing about living in Colorado. When our natural disasters come (wildland fires or blizzards) you either run like hell and lose everything you own or sit at home and wait for it to melt. Damn, I guess after all these years I have to disagree with Def Leppard. It is NOT better to burn out than fade away.

[Rick]

You were 4 in 1971?! I have hongs older than that. In fact, I have one of them on right now.

[MiddleWolf]

When I was about 3 1/2 had a flood in St Paul Minn where the car got half submerged and my dad had to carry on his shoulders to safety so we could use a phone to call for family to come get us.