Are you frightened by weather extremes? thunder,lightening,hail,wind,tornado,heat,cold,snow,ice,etc.?

Question

Please describe your worst experience?

Answer 1

Yes to an extent, my highschool was hit by an F3 tornado during scool hours. Going through something that traumatic having the second story ripped from above your head, usually makes you a little uneasy about the weather. It was April 6, 2004, it was 10:30 am. We hade been in the hall for a storm drill for two and 1/2 hours. Seeing as we usually do this about twelve times a year and nothing ever happens, we were all playing around not taking any of it serios. When all of a sudden everything turned pitch black and all of a sudden all you hear the sound of crashing glass, and the screaching of metal being ripped apart. The fill of the glass hitting your body as you crouch there praying for God to save you, and the wind ripping at your hair as you cling to the person next to you! And then suddenly nothing, complete SILENCE! Everyone picks up there cell phones to try to contact family and loved ones when the teachers begin to scream theres a gasleak put up your phones and head to the gym! And as your running through the the rain and the mud and debree you hear the smaller children screaming and crying in confussion one falls you stop to pick them up and try to get to safety when you see the little girl with the mental dissability looking completly lost and confussed when all of a sudden the talest black guy at your school grabs her and yells for her to hold on and throws on his shoulders and continues to run! There are still scars from this horrific incident embedded in every students mind! Everyone lived w/out even so much as a scratch. Our small school was closer than ever! And even though we saw the hand of God cover us and protect us we still get a little uneasy about the weather every now and then. But, we have our school to look upon and set at ease because while we were all saffely huddled on the bottom floor the whole upstairs was ripped off over our heads.
So no, I am not terrified but extremely aware and respectful of the weather.

Answer 2

Who is not? The fear of these elemental furies is almost primordial.These were the first manifestations of brute force with no visible agent. The only thing that could be done when they struck was to bow down to them.The earliest amorphous ideas of some agency behind these forces, the rumblings of God, emante from these bolts from the blue. The vajra of Hindu Gos Indra, the weapon of Zeus etc. While we now understand the nature of these forces they do not fail to inspire awe when they perform their celestial tandav dance.

I remember an incident closely associated with thunder and lightening. It was literally a bolt from the blue but strangely enough it did not fall on the assembly there but returned back. The incident was almost a miracle and since it is associated with a place of worship it has spiritual overrones also.
The incident relates to a synagogue known locally as The Red Temple from Pune(India). The time is early forties or late thirties of the last century. The news had appeared prominently in the local newspapers at the time. I was just a small boy but the incident had created a deep impression on my mind.

It was the monsoon season. Rains and thunders were lashing Pune (then known as Poona) for some days. The local Jews(this was a time before the formation of Israel) had assembled in the synagogue for morning prayers.This structures is a majestic red-brick church situated in the Camp area of the city on a spacious ground.When the prayers were going on the downpour and the thunder and occasional lightenings were there all rights.Suddenly one roll of lightening entered the synagogue breaking the thick wall from one side leaving the prayers speechless with their eyes blinded by the brightness so near. Strangely, the lightening did not land but circles the congregation three times and left the temple from the opposite wass leaving a beg gap in the thick wall. It was some time before the surprised congregation came to and the Rabi offered a Thanksgiving prayer to God. And then it was not Hell but Heaven that broke lose..There was a mad rush from nearby fearing the worst. But beyond some dazing nothing much had happened.

The only reservation I have about this story-which is true- is about the place of occurence. It was in Pune all right. But I have a faint feeling that the place where the lightening descended was possibly a mosque of Bohra Muslims in a congested part of the City. But mostly it was the synagogue. While the incident no doubt inspires awe it raises us somewhat higher also.

Answer 3

I've witnessed several hurricanes over my lifetime, but nothing was more frightening than the forest fires in the ancient redwoods of Northern California in 2003. The reason this qualifies as an extreme weather event is because it was a lightning strike that caused more than 20,000 acres of redwoods to go up in smoke. I lived across the Eel River at the time, and worked as a grape picker for a winery/vineyard. I could see the flames shooting up through the thick smoke, and I had sinus infections from the poor air quality. What saddened me the most, though, was seeing roadkill scattered across Highway 101 from all the panicked forest wildlife that tried to escape the fires, only to be struck by moving vehicles on the highway. Wildfires are a huge concern during the summer in California, but the global warming trends have given us all serious cause for alarm. As bad as those fires were, I can't even begin to imagine how frightening Hurricane Katrina must have been for those folks in New Orleans, though. What really frightens me the most is that our government still considers global warming to be a "myth."

Answer 4

YEP!!! Scares me to death absolutely hate em, my husband says I'm a wimp lol. I've never had an extremely bad experience w/ a storm its more really just Ive seen what they can do so i don't wanna be one of those people. We live up on a little hill w/ no trees directly around so from every directions u can see lightening for a while and see the ominous clouds that look like they are out to get you. There is no amount of money to make me live somewhere that's storm prone w/ like tornado's and hurricanes. Luckily my family has only had to go to our basement once since we've lived here and the tornado bypassed us.

Answer 5

Actually, I find Violent thunderstorms quite exhilarating. I remember as a child sitting on the front porch with my father, watching thunderstorms rage all around us.
Mother Nature puts on quite a fireworks show. Now, I'm not advocating you stand out in the middle of a field in a T'storm. That would be stupid, but try the front porch thing. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Answer 6

Absolutely not. I love severe weather and living in Florida - you pretty much have to get used to it. I guess my worst experience was a day that we were off-road biking and caught in the woods in the middle of a lightening storm with torrential rain. It wasn't really scary, but it was cold and wet. :P

Answer 7

I used to be afraid of thunderstorms when I was little, but I love them now. The only thing I really fear is a tornado, even though I have never been in one, I have had nightmares about them.

Answer 8

Fear isn't a real feeling as well as disgust....(i.e. I'm in the U.S. right now....before that I have almost never experienced lightnings, thunder storms or even snow...so that's mainly something that sissys like to do just to be pampered instead of having a useless unreasonnable negative feeling about it!

Answer 9

Because of where I live and the kind of terrain, tornados are the only ones im afraid of. Once in 3rd grade there was a big tornado. we had to hide in the basement and my dad hadn't come home yet. heck of a drive for him.

Answer 10

I love a good thunderstorm. Lots of fancy lightning. Makes for great sleeping weather.