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(132,039 posts) Wed Feb 29, 2012, 09:10 PM Feb 2012

What weather events have you been in? I was in the great icestorm Ontario/Quebec in about 1998. [View all]

I happened to go for a walk that first night. I went around the corner from my house and all the wires were laying al over the road. I turned around and went home. Lasted for a week. My parents had no power and my dad was more concerned about the meat in the freezer thawing than he was worried about himself or my mom. Tons of trees down everywhere. Took forever to clean up from that.

I was in Hurricane Juan in Halifax in about 2003/4. My cat tried to lure me into the closet to hide with him. The city lost quite a few trees that just blew over (Halifax in built on a rock so the roots of big trees do not go so deep).

vibes to all those in tornado alley tonight.

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What weather events have you been in? I was in the great icestorm Ontario/Quebec in about 1998. [View all] applegrove Feb 2012 OP

Plaza Flood, 1977 REP Feb 2012 #1

Lived in Miami, FL, since I was 6 years old. RebelOne Feb 2012 #2

105 degree heat in July 1995, broken by a storm with hail the size of baseballs. Denninmi Feb 2012 #3

I live in central Missouri, so... Hayabusa Mar 2012 #4

Hurricane Elana, 1985 Major Nikon Mar 2012 #5

Several hurricanes, tropical storms and tropical depressions. kentauros Mar 2012 #6

I remember Allison. We watched in horror from Austin. jobycom Mar 2012 #8

I think there was one woman that drowned in an elevator, kentauros Mar 2012 #17

I was in Houston during Alicia too, Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #24

I think one reason it wasn't so terrifying to me at the time kentauros Mar 2012 #25

The reasons it was so terrifying to me Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #27

I understand about that being a primary reason for personal terror. kentauros Mar 2012 #29

Oh yeah, cook up all the meat Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #39

Hurricane Camille, a bunch of other hurricanes. The Great Texas Drought of 2011. jobycom Mar 2012 #7

Elena, 1985, and Hazel, 1954 JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2012 #9

The massive east coast blizzard, January 1996..... marmar Mar 2012 #10

Hurricane Gracie, Sept. 1959 in SC. nt raccoon Mar 2012 #11

The Great Halloween Blizzard of 1991: hifiguy Mar 2012 #12

no hurricanes, mostly snow related fizzgig Mar 2012 #13

F5 tornado less than a mile from my office Shrek Mar 2012 #14

Hurricane Bob 1991 geardaddy Mar 2012 #15

Hurricane Camille, 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, Hurricane Isabel, Hurricane Agnes Burma Jones Mar 2012 #16

Hurricanes - lost track. A lot. Moondog Mar 2012 #18

Agnes, '72. Flooded Ellicott City and destroyed one of the Ellicott brothers' houses. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #19

Oh, and the back-to-back 2' snowfalls in the DC area, late 70's - 2 weeks apart. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #20

Several hurricanes, but Ivan was our worst. trof Mar 2012 #21

Atlanta tornado fifthoffive Mar 2012 #22

Lubbock torndado 1970 n/t TheCentepedeShoes Mar 2012 #23

Buffalo baldguy Mar 2012 #26

Chicago's "Great Snow of '67" Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2012 #28

Hurricane Andrew in 1994 Dembearpig Mar 2012 #30

Is a volcanic eruption considered weather? pokerfan Mar 2012 #31

Wow. What a picture that is. applegrove Mar 2012 #32

That's not even the large version pokerfan Mar 2012 #33

I think the only things I haven't been through are typhoons, tidal waves, and mudslides. Behind the Aegis Mar 2012 #34

I was just comenting to my dad that Americans have such weather upheval compared to Canada. I mean applegrove Mar 2012 #35

Loma Prieta earthquake EmeraldCityGrl Mar 2012 #36

Blizzard of '78 YankeyMCC Mar 2012 #37

Mostly snow related maryellen99 Mar 2012 #38

A few wysimdnwyg Mar 2012 #40

St. Louis BLizzard of '82 benld74 Mar 2012 #41