Poll: Worst Weather Your Area's Ever Had
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Hurricanes are the worst I've experienced, I think the biggest one I sat through was a Category 4. They really aren't so bad, really they're more of an inconvenience than anything.
Just this past winter my area had the coldest weather it's ever had in 97 years, and record snow and ice in several areas. Global warming my ass.
But this is tornado alley, so I guess tornadoes are typically our biggest problem. Lots of people in St. Louis got hit bad by one a few days ago (the airport was shut down for a few days, too), and in January one of my relatives and many others in my hometown lost their houses to a tornado.
But, I also live near the New Madrid Fault, which is the source of the largest earthquake in recorded US history (so powerful it made parts of the Mississippi River flow backwards), so if you really want to get technical it's probably that.
But this is tornado alley, so I guess tornadoes are typically our biggest problem. Lots of people in St. Louis got hit bad by one a few days ago (the airport was shut down for a few days, too), and in January one of my relatives and many others in my hometown lost their houses to a tornado.
But, I also live near the New Madrid Fault, which is the source of the largest earthquake in recorded US history (so powerful it made parts of the Mississippi River flow backwards), so if you really want to get technical it's probably that.
Recently we had a flood right before I was born(1994) though we had a huge tornado 60 years ago, beyond that nothing really major.
My first week as a camp counselor, there was a mega storm that downed trees all over camp. I was caught with a group of campers out in the middle of a field when the hail hit. There were a few picnic tables that worked for shelter, but it was only later we learned that a small tornado had touched down and ruined our zip line.
Get a few big thunderstorms every summer, usually knock out electricity for a day or two. Then most winters we end up buried under several metres of snow over night. Have to love Quebec, well, Canadian weather in general.
Absolute worst though was probably the Ice Storm of '98.
Absolute worst though was probably the Ice Storm of '98.
My city (Charleston, SC) had a massive earthquake in 1886.
More recently, there was Hurricane Hugo. I was only two years old when it came through in 1989, but it had a lasting impact. It destroyed a bridge on my favorite beach (Isle of Palms) and also destroyed many of the homes on the beach areas.
Since I've been living here, we've only gotten glancing blows from hurricanes. All they really do is make the surfing awesome for a few days. Most hurricanes in the last decade just acted like they were going to hit us dead on and then decided to head for Florida or North Carolina.
More recently, there was Hurricane Hugo. I was only two years old when it came through in 1989, but it had a lasting impact. It destroyed a bridge on my favorite beach (Isle of Palms) and also destroyed many of the homes on the beach areas.
Since I've been living here, we've only gotten glancing blows from hurricanes. All they really do is make the surfing awesome for a few days. Most hurricanes in the last decade just acted like they were going to hit us dead on and then decided to head for Florida or North Carolina.
Well, right after Christmas 2010, NYC (esp. Queens) got hit hard with tons of snow. The streets weren't plowed for days, and there were areas where the snow was about six feet deep. Lucky me, the whole front of my apartment building there was a snow drift that was about five feet deep and guess who had to shovel the whole thing?
In my part of Yorkshire (a hilly bit near Dewsbury), worst we've had is snow covering black ice.
Well,the front half of my neighborhood has a few fences knocked down by Katrina.I think its funny actually now that I think about it,because some people have a rain in front but not in backyard moment.I have a disaster in front and rain in back of neighborhood.Sure glad we were lucky though.
I live right next to the island of montreal.
....The ice storm of 1998 (I THINK it was 1998 anyway) was the worst weather ever in the area. I think most people who lived it can agree on that.
But the best part is that I missed it completely! I was in florida at my grandma's condo!
....So the worst weather I've ACTUALLY experienced was that massive rainstorm/small tornado that hit us a few years ago. It wasn't just sheets of rain. It was blankets, pillows and BEDS of rain (if you'll pardon the joke). It was scary. And it cut the power for 3 whole days. That drove me up the wall. >_<
....The ice storm of 1998 (I THINK it was 1998 anyway) was the worst weather ever in the area. I think most people who lived it can agree on that.
But the best part is that I missed it completely! I was in florida at my grandma's condo!....So the worst weather I've ACTUALLY experienced was that massive rainstorm/small tornado that hit us a few years ago. It wasn't just sheets of rain. It was blankets, pillows and BEDS of rain (if you'll pardon the joke). It was scary. And it cut the power for 3 whole days. That drove me up the wall. >_<
Considering that I live on the edge of a rain forest.. I'm gonna have to go with rain.. lots and Lots and LOTS of rain..
Ninja'd on the '98 Ice Storm. Twice. This I did not expect.
But then again, seeing trees, telephone poles, and other structures just fall over because they're covered in over an inch of ice was not expected either. Neither was missing a month of school after the first day back from the Christmas holidays.
But then again, seeing trees, telephone poles, and other structures just fall over because they're covered in over an inch of ice was not expected either. Neither was missing a month of school after the first day back from the Christmas holidays.
3 seconds?jaoblia said:
Hard Rain, followed by flooding so severe that my family had to trudge through waist-high flood waters during the rain for two hours to relocate to my cousin's house, while carrying around our vital stuff (the flood entered our house). Then we had to stay there for a month because the waters don't drain fast enough. For perspective: that's whole month's worth of rain in one day. Needless to say, clean-up's a *****. And we had it easy compared to other areas (whole houses submerged, cars in some towns found turned over at other cities, etc.)