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
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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
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.
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.
2 hellacious divorces. . . .Does that count? :confused: :eek: :p
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.
Oh, Natviedude. Hands down. The worst disaster of all....and two of them!!!! I now know why you headed for the hills.
...whatever happened with Owl Girl and the flood situation?:confused:
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarge47
lol I died, obviously :DQuote:
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You betcha Rick!! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Rick
Couple tornado's here, and flooding.
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.
Ex-wife, teenage son, and my wife now who's pregnant, yeah Trax I'm gonna be a daddy again.
Oh, man. I forgot about the great blizzard of '78. I've got some crazy pictures from that.
Congrats, bro! I'll send you a pm one of these days explaining what causes that! :D :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Beowulf65
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Originally Posted by trax
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
Remember, it's not show and tell, Trax. Just explain, no pictures.
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:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Beowulf65
Lil thingy....(chuckle)...That's pretty funny.
LOL he stepped into that one!LMAO!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
A couple of tornadoes and a (small) flood... That's about it.
Little thingy... lol... can't step on that one... lol... and I GOT SHRINKAGE I GOT SHRINKAGE... lol...
Well, Beo. :rolleyes: You got your growers and your showers. Life ain't complicated at all. :D
You guys are hilarious!:eek::DQuote:
Originally Posted by 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).
Wasnt me Rick, I cant swim LOL:rolleyes:!:)Quote:
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C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-T-I-O-N-S Beowulf!!! :D ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Beowulf65
i survive a natural disaster once every month, lmao
WOW, This is oldy but a goody. LOL
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
1992 rode out Hurricane Andrew in South Florida.
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.
A blizzard that didn't have many M&Ms. It was mostly ice cream.
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.
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.
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.
You do know that's God's way of telling you not to live there, right?
He's trying to keep this for himself.
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