As a child, sometime in the late Eighties, my region (NE Texas) experienced a once-every-hundred-year flood with over 12” of rain in a short time. We then had a second one the very next week. Our house was on high ground, and we were okay. We lost power for nearly a week though. My mom would cook our meals on a camp stove.
I was living in Henderson TX when hurricane Ike hit a few years ago. The storm still had hurricane force winds even this far North. We had trees down everywhere, and lost power. I packed up perishable food in a cooler, packed my air mattress, and drove to my office (I worked at a power plant so they had electricity there) and spent the night.
Earlier this spring, I was caught in the big tornado that passed through Canton and demolished Fruitvale. I mentioned that one in another thread then:
1950 friday the 13th blizzard in Seattle (day I was born)
Columbus day storm in WA.
Mt. St. Helens in WA.
2007 windstorm in WA.
1996 floods in Portland OR.
(eta. I was a year off twice)
Just the 2006 Kiholo Bay earthquake. Although Oahu was not significantly damaged by the quake itself, power was out for the entire island. I walked about six miles into Waikiki to see what it was like there, and I saw tourists forming lines that literally wrapped around the block to get food from the few restaurants that were able to serve anything at all!
Sandy/Irene, Snowpocalypse/Snowmageddon, the eastern seaboard blackout (whatever that was called), local blackout when a van rammed a pole-pig and took out a few blocks’ worth of juice.
“I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them?’. So now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe.”
1974 Xenia Tornado - My first memories
1977-78 Blizzards - Honestly they were a blast for a 6-7 y/o.
1989 Xenia Tornado - Just a little one, but it did pass directly over my car.
1989 Hurricane Hugo - Landfall was the day my Recruit Co. graduated at Parris Island.
1991 Pinatubo Eruption - There for Jungle Survival Training.
1992 Big Bear/Landers Earthquakes
All of you reporting about relationships with women, I think those are categorized as Supernatural disasters.
That’s being said, I’ve been in 3 hurricanes: Iwa (Cat 1, 1982), Iniki (Cat 4, 1992) and Iselle (Cat 4, 2014) and a few earthquakes, the largest of which was magnitude 6.6, epicenter about 20 miles from my house in 2006. Back then we had 27” tube TV that sat on an entertainment center in our bedroom. It happened in the morning and my wife and I watched as the TV “walked” off the entertainment center, only to fall glass first into a large pile of unfolded laundry (which I had neglected to finish the night before). Of course, I immediately took credit for saving the TV by leaving the laundry undone.
A few tsunami here and there, but they weren’t really disastrous to us (our house is 2500’ above sea level).
And because of all that trauma and what not, that’s why I have to buy so many flashlights and knives.
Ice Storm of 98. I think we were with out power for at least 14 days. Inches of ice on everything. I was 13 and I remember going out with a hatchet to chop up downed trees to burn in the fireplace
Back around 2005 I was living on Hampton Beach, watched 3 tornados go by. I guess a pickup got thrown some 30’ or so onto its roof at a toll booth.
Been through many hurricanes living here in Houston, TX but right now I am in the middle of Hurricane Harvey and it is insane right now. Almost 50in of rainfall this past weekend and many houses are underwater completely and some areas have over 12 feet of water. I am currently stuck at my house because the water around my house is about 2 ft and rising and boats and helicopters are coming on the regular street. It is pretty crazy right now.
I know this is a new account but I am a regular lurker here and have been with candlepowerforums since 2006.
Oh yeah, not only natural but non natural too:
1978( i still remember it like it was yesterday) a nearby millitary plant expoaded ( they said 100+ metric tons TNT equivalent) this leveled the whole town.
1985, a quake cracked our old house
1992 Another quake, smaller yet noticable
1993 - Cambodian Peacekeeping/War…i was young/foolish enough to take part in as a volunteer , seeking for the rush
2005 - a huge flood( with many victims)
2011 - I got stucked in a mountain for 6 days while hunting caused by a heavy snowing
Nothing can even dare to compare to the war, i wish i never see it again in my lifetime
