Have You Every Experienced A Weather Event Like a Tornado?

United States
June 13, 2017 12:41pm CST
I used to live in NY so i've seen my share of blizzards, a few small tornados and a couple of hurricanes. I also felt a few very small earthquakes. Now i live in Florida, and went through some hurricanes-Francis & Jeanne where back to back cats 3 and 2. Some cat 1 hurricanes , and the last one was Matthew a cat 5 last year. Luckily it wobbled away from us at the last minute so we didn't get a direct hit. It's officially hurricane season again, so will be keeping an eye on the sky. What weather related events have you experienced?
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
14 Jun 17
Just tornadoes and too dang close too @Debscrochet .
• United States
15 Jun 17
Have you ever actually seen one? We get waterspouts here sometimes. I wouldn't mind seeing one of them -from a safe distance.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
15 Jun 17
@Debscrochet Oh yeah. The 1975 outbreak in Omaha, Nebraska. It touched down 6 blocks from me and at the time I lived in a mobile home. We had all the children there in the club house hiding under the pool tables.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
14 Jun 17
Fortunately no because Britain does not usually experience such extreme conditions.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
15 Jun 17
@Debscrochet Our summer can reach mid to high 20s, but not consistently.
• United States
15 Jun 17
That's good. Otherwise, what's the average temp there?
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@AmbiePam (86447)
• United States
13 Jun 17
I still live in tornado alley, and there have been so many tornadoes I couldn't begin to detail them. I have not actually had my house destroyed, although one took out the power lines in my neighborhood, as well as part of the roof, and broken windows. I have known those who lost their homes. I've been outside and watched them, but as they got closer to me I ran inside. My dad would sit out there and watch a tornado all day, because he never thinks it will hit us directly.
• United States
14 Jun 17
You're braver than i am. Why do you stay there? For me it's the fact my area seldom get them.
@JohnRoberts (109848)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Jun 17
I live in Southern California so there is no severe weather. There can be mudslides but those affect houses on the beach or hillside.
• United States
14 Jun 17
That's good. Do you get bad fires in your part? We get them, but luckily not right here though i can smell the smoke from some at times with nearby towns fires.
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@JohnRoberts (109848)
• Los Angeles, California
14 Jun 17
@Debscrochet There can be bad fires in the hillsides.