what is the worst weather you have been through?

Question

in michigan we had a dereko where the winds reached up to 160 mph.
in 1979 we had a blizzard where we had approx. 4 feet over night.
we also had a nasty ice storm where the trees weren't frozen and and alot of them fell.

can you count my ands

Answer 1

When I was living in Northern B.C, we would have skin freezing warnings on the TV and and radio. When it became 62 below (celsius), it was very creepy outside. Everything was completely shut down. If you went out, your skin would pretty much freeze on contact. It was like that for a week out of every year.

Answer 2

Hurricane Ivan -- Damaged the roof of my home (had to replace it), dented doors, destroyed fully grown trees (snapped like twigs), ended up picking up pieces of the metal storage sheds of others (as well as street light pieces) -- and went without power for about a week (had to live with my Portable Generator). Every home had stacks and stacks of lawn trash that was 6-7 ft high, 8-10 feet deep and it connected one yard to another -- the only open spaces were our driveways. Utility wires knocked down ... only service up was cell phones. Rain, rain, rain -- driveways washed out along with roads. (This one arrived with a SCREAM at 2AM in the Morning -- dragged throughout the day -- and stayed for the afternoon into the evening -- when we could finally go outside and see what damage was done -- and there was a LOT of damage)

Hurricane Dennis followed up 9 months later -- more yard damage, but ... this storm went through the area twice as fast -- so there was less structural damage to buildings this time. (Less scary since it arrived during daylight -- went through fast, and by the afternoon, we could go outside and see what damage was done this time). Power outages less for this storm too.

Hurricane Katrina's Outer Storm Bands -- more damage to yards (this was not very bad this time -- but my area did not need anything more.

Answer 3

I drove through a snowstorm that dumped about 10 inches of snow. I did about 40 mph on an Interstate. I just followed the tracks of everyone else. Then I drove, with my wife as a passenger, through a very bad thunderstorm that produced a tornado and we didn't even know it. The winds were whipping pretty good and I could just barely see, but I was able to see enough of the road to get through it.

Answer 4

# 1 Hurricane Andrew, South Fla.

#2 Blizzard of 77, Buffalo, NY

Answer 5

I was in a rainstorm so bac, the road was black. My lifghts could no penetrate the darkness and i was on the fdreeway driving 20, as i could not find the shoulders. I had my emergency lights on to be seen.

I drove with my head out the window for "better" visibility

22 of the scariest minutes of my life

Answer 6

Just typical Northern Michigan weather. Yea 79 was bad, would have loved to see the snow tunnels in the UP.

Answer 7

Typhoon Milenyo in the Philippines when winds forced billboards and trees kissing the ground. Floods were widespread and posts were downed shutting down electricity for almost one week.

Answer 8

It was the winter storm of 1993 it was freezing rain mixed with snow. you had to dig yourself out with a snow shovel. I work at a factory . nobody could get into work for two days. But my two young sons at that time 2yrs.@4yrs. loved it. I could throw them into the deep snow banks-they would laugh about it. they didn't get hurt- the snow custioned them. the snow was aprox. 5 feet or more. I live in Ohio.

Answer 9

A tornado touched down on the property I was staying at in Tennesse.
It looked like bombs had gone off.

Answer 10

Back in '77 and '98 I was stuck in blizzards. The one in '77 we were littlerly stuck in our house for 8 days. The one in '98 I was stuck in my house for 3 days.