Greatest natural event you ever saw?

Question

Because of my age and geographic location, I have not seen as much as others. But for me it was the annular solar eclipse of 1994. Not quite as visually awe inspiring as a total, but I guess even more rare. The last total in our region was 1979 (heavy clouds, we saw almost nothing), and not due again here until 2017. So we thought we better get a look. We used carbizole welders lenses. 1 would work, but we took no chances and layered 1 over another. We saw it from start to end. At its peak you saw the entire moon inside the sun. A fire eyeball with natures biggest pupil. At least through our lenses anyway. It was just past noon that day, it looked about a hour before sunset at it's peak. Pretty darn impressive.

Answer 1

Gosh where to start. ;)

I sat at my Aunties home, in Anna, Texas and watched an electrical storm, that lasted six hours. It was unreal.

I sat at my sisters home in Honeygrove, TX and watched a twister go by.

I was very proActive in rescue of people during the 1996 Flood of the Nisqually River. I remember an eerie silence, as we paddled our lil' boat, OVER the tops of our friends' homes. *sigh*

At 10:54 a.m, on February 28th, 2001 I rode out the 6.8 earthquake that landed 32 miles below us, in Nisqually. Every room, closet and hallway had structural damage.

the GodMother of my 1st born, was a volunteer for the Entiat Fires in 1994, i watched the smoke plumes, from 400 miles away.
.. and drove thru the 2001 Oregon fires, which claimed 40 lives.

I've watched Hail come down, so big that it shattered the windshield.

10 days before Christmas 2005, Puget Sound energy was hit with $72 million in damages from the windstorms, i lost power for 7 days, and a friend, lost his home. I mean SMASHED, gone.

..and living about 80 miles as the crow flies from Louwala-Clough (fire mountain) aka: Mount St. Helens. At 8:32 AM, May 18th 1980, I vividly remember the eruption, and the surreal orange color of the sky..
When Mount St. Helens blew, she stood 9,377 feet Tall. Now stands 8,364 feet tall.
Within minutes of the blast, 156 square miles of timberland, 1300 Vertical feet Blown away.
4 Billion board feet of lumber lay flat.
The Ash plume reached 80,000 feet in less than 15 minutes..
27 Bridges no longer there.
200 Homes, GONE.
7,000 big game animals (deer, elk, and bear): Dead.
12 million Chinook and Coho salmon fingerlings: Dead.
57 people, Dead.

I take the Moniker "MotherNature" VERY seriously. =)

Answer 2

Birth. There's nothing more amazing than watching a brand new baby take its very first breath of life. In less than 2 seconds everything about this child changes. Everything in the body has to change from breathing and relying completly on its mother to give it everything to being independent. If one cell does not do what it is suppose to, if one thing goes wrong, this child could have any disability... the perfection of it all is so amazing. I don't know how people can deny God. The child transforms. It's just amazing.

Answer 3

A guy peeing in the woods!!

Answer 4

tsunami in Thai, i was there with my parents.