Worst Weather

[Dee]

Was there an event (or two) in your life where you experienced some extreme weather? Tell us your frightening or cool weather stories.

 

[Dee]

On our way back from southern California, somewhere north of central, we were driving up i5 and I noticed a very dark and ominous picture ahead of us. It wasn't so concerning until it started to rain, then hail, then wind blew about everything and the scene when from greenish/tan to complete white in about two minutes. Everyone on the freeway stopped and parked on the side or tried to get under the over pass. The radio said to get indoors and away from windows as a freak and dangerous hail/thunder/lightning/wind storm was coming through. It lasted for maybe ten minutes, and we were back on our way after my brother got out and cleared the hail from the windshield that had piled on.

The second time was when we first moved up to Oregon in '97. There was a massive snow and ice storm, and I remember being at my aunts house in the hills. EVERYTHING was coated in lots and lots of ice, and we had to take this steep hill down to the city at about 2 miles an hour in their Jeep. It was terrifying but also breathtakingly gorgeous at the same time.

 

[Nebulous]

I've suffered through extreme heat and had no A/C, but nothing really substantial or amazing.

 

[~KAGE-008]

Over here we had extreme cold days in March 2012. I ended up catching a flu which lasted more than a week to be healed.

 

[Dee]

Over here we had extreme cold days in March 2012. I ended up catching a flu which lasted more than a week to be healed.

I love, love, love when we get those weird super cold days in March that just linger and produce snow. Sucks to get duck, but woo, snow!

 

[DrLeftover]

We rode this out a couple of years ago in Delaware with no major damage to ourselves or our property.

Others were not so fortunate.

October 22-November 5, 2012 - Hurricane Sandy, as a hurricane and a post-tropical cyclone, kills at least 117 people in the United States and 69 more in Canada and the Caribbean. The death toll in the U.S includes 53 in New York state, 34 in New Jersey, 12 in Pennsylvania, six in West Virginia, four in Connecticut, one in Maryland, and seven elsewhere in the U.S.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/13/world/americas/hurricane-sandy-fast-facts/