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anyone been involved in a natural disaster?

#41
A few earthquakes. The worst of which was the Nisqually Earthquake in 2001. I was on the 40th floor of a high rise in downtown Seattle. I looked out the window and we were swaying back and forth a good 10' or more.

Funny thing is, I never got too scared. There was a brief "oh my, is this the day I die?" moment, but then all the training we took growing up kicked in. The majority of people were calm and exited the building in an orderly manner. The Mexicans on my crew though, they flipped and went running and screaming out of the building like it was on fire. I assumed they don't do the earthquake drills in Mexico. Anyone not from the area probably responded the same way.

-Mike
 
#42
Holy Cow!!
Speaking of natural disasters!

My business is located next to a 180+ acre wetlands. It is real dry here this spring and the wetlands are on fire and headed my way!
I took these with my phone

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They are working hard to keep it from hitting this side.

Not again.....:bawl:
 
#43
We had a bit of an earthquake here in 2001. Altogether not too scary though. It did however cause severe damage to buildings in Seattle and Olympia constructed on soft soils.

And now for something completely different...

The scariest though was when I was up in the mountains (Cascades) snowshoeing with some friends and a fairly large avalanche swept down the mountainside right next to me.:eek:

And then another one. That scared the snot out of me.
 
#44
Been IN two tornadoes. Scary as all hell. I was about 10 when we were in a Wal-Mart in Abeline, TX when the back half of the roof was removed. Saw an old woman running through the parking lot for cover get beamed by a shopping cart flying about a meter off the ground. The noise those things make is terrifying.
 
#46
fortunately i have yet to personally witness or have my life turned upside down by complete devistation from a natural disaster.

While i've seen a few tornados on the horizon and had some pretty powerful "storms" due to a hurricane... i've just never been directly in the path of either.

Closest i've had was more of an inconvience due to power outages for a couple day's after a tornado/hurricane. I still had a place to sleep, food/water , and my family was healthy.
 
#47
I've been really lucky. I've lived most of my life in southeastern Florida, yet I've never been through a hurricane except at the age of 2, and I'm told it wasn't that bad. My friends went through Hurricane Andrew in Miami, that was rough.

I've lived in Western North Carolina, but nothing happened. Same during my 8.5 years and counting in Chicago--even the worst blizzard didn't knock the power out. I just didn't go outside for about 24 hours.
 
#53
#57
Many earthquakes including Loma Prieta. Even the aftershocks were really bad - one of them threw me to the ground. I was unable to go to work the day after b/c of so much debris in the streets of Oakland.

Many years earlier my houseboat sunk in in a bad storm. Lucky for me I wasn't on it - I was in the hospital having a baby. Lost everything I owned in that storm.
 
#59
Stumbo said:
Been through all of those. However, I was in Whittier in 1987. House needed to be replaced. I was one of the few who had earthquake insurance. Still was a nightmare to get things done. Took 2.5 years to finally be able to call it "home" again.

There was an aftershock a couple of days later during which we couldn't stand up or walk due to the shaking. So much for "escaping" or some other hero type move. :atoz:

It sounded like a freight train was going through the bedroom. So loud that I couldn't hear the screaming coming from my wife and daughter. I could only see their mouths open.

Remember it like it was a couple of minutes ago.
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If I lived in L.A. or San Francisco, I'd definitely have EQ insurance, but I live in San Diego so I don't. The shaking in 1989 was so violent, I almost got knocked down. You could see ground waves going across the ground. It was kind of like land surfing. If I hadn't been a skier, I don't think I could've stayed up.
 

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