What kind of extreme weather do you have where you live?

Here in the U.S. in Illinois, we can have severe thunderstorms and tornadoes in the spring and summer, extreme heat in the summer, and snowstorms, blizzards, ice storms, and extreme cold in the winter.

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4meAndyou · F

On the eastern seacoast, we get what they call Nor'Easters, which are extreme rainstorms with high winds, (hazardous to ships and boats). We get the occasional hurricane, but not often.

Our period of very hot weather is short,(two months of the year),but it can be 95 to 98 degrees at times and VERY humid. I suppose the snow is the worst for us.

Once, my car slid backward down a very small hill covered with ice, and jammed backward into a 14 foot high snow drift. I was lucky I carried a snow shovel in my car. I was able to dig myself out. I couldn't wait for AAA because my feet were freezing, and I couldn't run the car without the windows open because there was snow jammed up the tailpipe.

latinbutterfly · F

@4meAndyou Well it's good that you were okay. My first car had bad tires the very first winter I had it (2002) and I nearly skid through an intersection on 2 occasions.

4meAndyou · F

@latinbutterfly How awful! I am glad you are okay, too. My traction control feature is supposed to stop my car, but I live on a hill, and it doesn't work very well when there is black ice.