Has anybody survived a hurricane?

Question

Ok, I'm doing a oral presentation on hurricanes and I need someone to tell me what's it like to be when there's a hurricane outside or you survived a hurricane, or if you lost someone and more stuff like that and if it's ok with you guys, get me some information that's really interresting about hurricanes.

Thanks alot :D

Answer 1

I lived in Houston, Texas August of 1983 when category 3 hurricane Alicia struck. The storm passed completely through the city. I remember when the eye passed, for about 20 minutes, the sky was greenish and very humid. The the wind came back in the opposite direction as before the eye passed. There was quite a bit of damage and my car would have been crushed by a tree had I not moved it against the grocery store across the street for shelter for the flying debris.
A billboard of Mickey Gilley was plastered across my house but we had no major damage. My neighbors were not so lucky.

Answer 2

I was in Hurricane Wilma when it hit Cancun, It was there for two days and flooded the entire hotel zone. The lagoon and the ocean came together as one, flooding the whole entire hotel zone. Most homes are made from cement but a few of the poorer people live in houses made with sticks so they would have to look for shelter in cyclone shelters. I myself live in a cement house far enough away from the ocean and my home recieved very little damage at all even though it was a catergory 5 and there for two days. One interesting thing is that the help from RED CROSS does not actaully make it to the people most in need, I am not sure if it is currpotion or if it was because the trucks were robbed while coming into town, but many people were left hungry and did not recieve help!

Answer 3

It may not be called a hurricane, but back October 12, 1962, the Pacific Northwest experience one just a close, created from former Typhoon Freida, this storm rapidly intensified off the Coast of Astoria and created winds in excess of 100 mph, except for Eugene, which were clocked at only 87 mph, there is a town on the North Washington Coast that recorded a wind gust of 169 mph, before the wind gauge blew away. If you calculated the damage and distruction from that storm in today's figures it would have been well in excess of $2 billion.

Answer 4

i survived a hurricane. It is odd during a hurricane because it is calm at first, then the wind starts blowing a direction. when you get past the eye (calm part in the middle), then the wind starts blowing the other direction. my dog flew away during the hurricane. jk. haha

Answer 5

Hurricanme Alicia 1983. no longer a delightful eperience !! 26 in. of rain in 24 hrs. and winds in a techniques extra advantageous than a hundred and twenty m.p.h...no longer able to return abode for 2 wks. no ability for3 wks !! by employing the way a tsunami and a typhoon are the comparable element it in simple terms relies upon what area of the international you reside in.

Answer 6

i'm 13 and i live in florida, they happen all summer until the end of fall. lol. they really aren't that bad. it's just so much wind and rain. the bad part is the damage of houses and the power being out for a long time. you must have a lot of canned foods, gasoline for car, and possibly charcoal for a grill.

Answer 7

A friend of mine survived huuricane andrew in Miami a few years back

Answer 8

I did its like a ton of pressure pushing on you!Rains whipping into you feels like razorblades.And winds whipping you around in circles.

Answer 9

i surivied three cuz i live in hurricane alley

Answer 10

Never had one because i'm in Ohio