Have you ever been in a hurricane?

Question

What was it like?

Answer 1

i live in Puerto Rico and you know its lucky location. sweet to huricanes. i have a fully experience. i experimented about seven of all categories. the huricane isnt like to tornadoes. tornadoes move very quickly and you can view it. the huricane you cant view it. yesterday Dean was only 170 miles of Ponce, PR (southern part). we feel the rain and tropical sotrm winds but it the hurricane passes exactly above we with winds of 150mph you know. hurricane duration was about of 6 to 10 hours. 10 hours of winds. about 30 to 35 inches of rain. and they have a center of inactivity calle the eye. the best option is that you cant see it in the united states because the most of the houses are constructed in wood and gympson board. that house usually dont resist this winds. here in puerto rico and i think florida and all of these small island there and here like Bahamas, Martinica, Barbados etc the houses are constructed of blocks and cement. in 1998 we had been azoted from hurricane georges exactly the 21 of september. the duration was about of 10 hours. wind 135 mph. and 41 inches of rain. there was a power outgage of about three weeks. in 2004 Jeanne was provocated a power outgage in all puerto rico for about 5 weeks. the hurricane most of time pass in puerto rico overnight. ours neighboor make soups and asopao jajaja ( i know that you dont know. the asopao is like a soup but we pour rice. usually the people here make with shrimps but you can make of any other things. the children plays card game or board game. the other day we wake up to clean the street for the trees . Almost time the reconstruction works to come to a normal situation take about three to six weeks. before huricane you can find anything in the store because the people buy everything. bottles of water dont exist week before of a hurricane. jajaja. we have fun when a hurricnae comes because the union of all people to help the family an the community.

Answer 2

I've been through one at sea. It is like the Gordon Lightfoot song "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald":

"Does anyone know where the love of God goes
When the words turn the minutes to hours?"

I was on a small ship and we were taking huge rolls. Several times I thought we would capsize. I didn't think I would ever see land again. It sucked.

Later I "endured" hurricane Brett miles away in a hotel with AC, cable TV, and friends playing cards who evacuated all in a big convoy. That was a blast.

Answer 3

Yes, I was 16 at the time. It was Hurricane George. It hit Key West and was a category 2. The winds where very strong and the storm surge brought water right too our door. There where a lot of small tornados that would pop up out of nowhere.

The worst part was after the storm. We went 2 weeks without power and in Key West in August that is misserable.

Answer 4

Two or three when I lived in Florida in the 60s. We always left the house trailer we lived in and went to my grandmother's house which had withstood hurricanes for decades. I remember being surprised when the TV newscaster went off the air when the tower fell down but overall no fear.

Answer 5

Two or three times. It was really pretty the way the wind blew through the leaves of the trees. I like when the power goes out because the whole house feels more peaceful. One of them was a little scary because it got so close to where I lived so I just imagined I was pushing it away

Answer 6

No, Thank God. Our home was hit by Rita and we are preparing for possible evacuation due to Dean at this time. I know of two people, both grown healthy men who stayed behind for Rita and died of a heart attack from shear fear. So God willing I will never be in a hurricane.

Answer 7

When I first went overseas in 1967 the aircraft carrier I was on went through a typhoon(which is a hurricane in the Pacific). One of the Cruisers and both of the destroyers turned back to Pearl Harbor. The other Cruiser was nuclear powered and stayed with us. We lost one of our screw on the port side and two blades off of a screw on the starboard side. We also had one of the hangar bay doors torn off and we lost two planes whose tie downs came loose. It was a scary situation. Other than that, everything was fine.

Answer 8

One word sums it up if you experience the eye of a hurricane: SCARY

Answer 9

well nobody here said they had their house destroyed. Me and my family wnet thru charley in 04 and lost just about everything. It was a cat 4 when it hit us. Its hard to describe but the wind is unlike anything you will ever see and the sheer force of it and to watch everything come apart in seconds everything you worked so hard for just blow away like nothing and most you never find again. hiding in your house and hearing it ripping the walls,roof off and blowing windows out.
Its very traumatic I dont wish on anyone.

Answer 10

Typhoons as they're called were I was. Guam, Philippines, and various locales in southeast Asia.