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Have you ever been in a natural disaster?

Be it Tornado/Cyclone, Earthquake, Severe Flooding, Bushfire, Tsunami, Extreme Heatwave, Prolonged Drought, Volcanic Eruptions, Avalanche?
This Gusman has experienced no natural disasters

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BlueVeins · 22-25

Some severe storms, never a natural disaster.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

we’ve had all but tsunamis, volcanoes and avalanches in Oklahoma. Tired of it. Hailstones the size of baseball, the biggest I’ve witnessed is golf ball size and yikes it sounded like someone was up on the roof beating it with a baseball bat every time one hit. We’ve also had microburst storms, don’t let the name think they are harmless. Had two within a year and the second one caused just about everyone in the area to have to get a new roof, new fence & haul off trees and broken tree limbs. It took over a year for the city to recover. Then we had a two-year drought with record heat waves, wild fires like crazy, bees were dying for lack of flower nectar. Lakes got 10-15 feet low & farm ponds dried up. Then a couple years later the rains started back up & we had record rainfall. 27 inches in the month of May alone, so we were having floods in all the low places. So many F-4 and F-5 tornadoes we lost count, some areas had 3 that took almost identical paths. Our homeowners insurance and automobile insurance increased greatly due to it.

Gusman · 61-69, M

@cherokeepatti You ever thought about moving to somewhere quieter?

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Gusman I saw my first tornado when I was 2 years old living in NW Missouri. Saw the second one when I lived in central Nebraska, there were 42 tornadoes that day in central NB. Lived in Topeka, KS when an F-5 tornado hit hit, caused the most $ amount of damage of any tornado up until then. The side of the tiny village where my grandpa used to live in MO got hit by an F-5 tornado about 15 years ago. Seems like anywhere you live something is going to happen.

Piper · 61-69, F

I have been in a hurricane, many times. I have dealt with relatively minor flooding during storms that were never officially named as a hurricane, as in the water coming into my home.
I have been very fortunate so far, as in how any natural disaster has caused any great loss or heartache to myself or my loved ones.

dubkebab · 51-55, M

A few catastrophic floods,lost plenty,lengthy cleanup,but I'm rugged.
Throwing out crate after crate of waterlogged books,CD's LP's and PA speakers last year sucked,but they gave me a free dumpster,so I was psyched.Turns out I had way too much stuff. so it goes. Most of the actual good stuff was upstairs,just the garage and basement went under.I had power-internet and ice cream the whole 3 days we were stranded,so I'm not complaining much.

Gusman · 61-69, M

@dubkebab Spring cleaning the natural way👍️

dubkebab · 51-55, M

@Gusmanoh, I dig nature,big part of why I live here.
Squeegee bleach and pressure washing to knock out the sewage/oil slick/hepatitis/meth lab runoff/miasma from upstream? not so much.

Snowvixen

F5 Tornado, severe flooding.

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Snowvixen

@Gusman F5 I lived in Birmingham at the time, it bypassed my house but I watched it destroy downtown like it was nothing. The flood I lost everything.

Gusman · 61-69, M

@Snowvixen Must be the real dumps to watch all your possessions become useless.
Having to start over would be a slow process.

Snowvixen

@Gusman It was. We were homeless after that, I was only a kid too so I didn't understand WHY.

JoeyFoxx · 51-55, M

I AM a natural disaster

Gusman · 61-69, M

@JoeyFoxx You wreak havoc for those around you, or only yourself🤔

JoeyFoxx · 51-55, M

@Gusman all of the above.

Though most barely notice

TinyViolins · 31-35, M

Not really. Growing up along the Texas coast, I'd get the occasional tropical storm or get brushed by a hurricane or experience some flooding, maybe a weak tornado every few years, but the shit never hit the fan for me thankfully.

ronisme1 · 61-69, M

Yes, earthquake, had to shut gas off, extreme heat wave, thunderstorm so bad setting houses on fire everywhere

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ronisme1 · 61-69, M

@Gusman scariest was the thunder storms. Where i grew up we had earthquakes every year of my life. Temps reach 120 here in arizona . Thunderstorms, didnt know where they would hit next. Downed 10 trees in neighborhood and burned a few

Gusman · 61-69, M

@ronisme1 Certainly need to take cover during those severe thunderstorms.
So scary and dangerous.
I remember being caught out in one in Esperance Western Australia in 1992.
Temperature reached 47 C/118 F, I was on the Port Jetty with my dog. We had to take cover under the Jetty, there were so many Lightning strikes all around us.
My dog was shaking with fear.

ronisme1 · 61-69, M

@Gusman well, i just wasnt used to the thunderstorms like that

exexec · 61-69, C

Three minor tornadoes, several minor hurricanes, two major hurricanes, and horrible flooding from Hurricane Harvey. Please don't send any earthquakes.

Gusman · 61-69, M

@exexec Okay, only disasters from above for you. No Earthquakes

exexec · 61-69, C

@Gusman Thanks. I'm avoiding California.

Gusman · 61-69, M

@exexec I would stay away from Florida as well. One day it is going to break off and sink into the Gulf of Mexico

CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

No, never. I missed the only noticeable earthquake (3.7) in recent years 2 weeks ago.

Edit: We had 5-8 cm hailstones last year. Dented cars, damaged roofs, broken windows. Luckily, no one was reported to be hurt.

ExtremeNext · 31-35

No but I went to the supermarket and my favorite brand of cigarettes were out of stock

Devastating

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Bushmanoz · 56-60, M

@ExtremeNext shit, are you ok?

ExtremeNext · 31-35

@Bushmanoz not really I'm have a bad head cold also

Bushmanoz · 56-60, M

@ExtremeNext im reading you replies from 6ft away now

DudeistPriest · M

Lived through a hurricane passing directly through my town in TX with 120+ mph wind gusts, and several earthquakes the max of which was at about 5.3 in CA. Frightening but you get past it.

SW-User

There was a bad earthquake here in 2014, bad enough to cause things to fall off shelves. Also have had to evacuate because of wildfires.

Gusman · 61-69, M

@SW-User Evacuation must be the pits. Because you do not know what will be left when you return

Grateful4you · M

Tornado, flash flooding. severe lightning storms, extreme heatwave.

Gusman · 61-69, M

@Grateful4you Time to move to a calmer area?

Grateful4you · M

@Gusman Naw, I actually find some of these things kind of exciting.

PiecingBabyFaceTogether · 26-30

No nothing really. The last bad earthquake that happened in my country was in 1992 a year before I was born.

Gusman · 61-69, M

@PiecingBabyFaceTogether As the song goes, "Ones on the way"😮

quitwhendone · M

Many floods, several hurricanes, including Hurricane Katrina.

Gusman · 61-69, M

@quitwhendone Lose anything? Home, Possessions?

quitwhendone · M

@Gusman Possessions, two vehicles.

TheIncredibleHulka · 31-35, F

A few cyclones, one supercyclone when I was a kid and earthquakes.

Gusman · 61-69, M

@TheIncredibleHulka Memories of those events stay with you forever?

TheIncredibleHulka · 31-35, F

@Gusman Yes... I was holidaying at Sri Lanka when the 2004 Tsunami struck Japan and the neighboring countries. I remember the water in a lake we could see from our hotel swinging madly like some invisible hand was swirling a bowl of water. We got away with flooding cuz we were inland but those in the beaches got washed away. When I remember that swirling lake-water I can't help but feel awestruck.

SwampFlower · 31-35, F

Tornados, rockslides, floods, drought, and a wildfire.

Gusman · 61-69, M

@SwampFlower Seems like Gusman is missing out😩

SwampFlower · 31-35, F

@Gusman It sounds extreme when I write it out. Those experiences all happened in Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee (USA).

DragonFruit · 61-69, M

Hurricanes and an earthquake (not at the same time).

Gusman · 61-69, M

@DragonFruit I remember when I was about 10 years old the ground shaking very slightly.

JBird · F

Not exactly been there, but my family and I were under threat of flood in 2018 when rainfall was heavy and the dam in the state was opened because it was full. The aftermath was so severe as the half of the city was flooded as the river flowing from the dam was close and overflowing. We even thought of evacuating but fortunately the rain stopped and water subsided by the time.