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What natural disasters have you been a part of?
#135440 04/12/06 06:17 PM
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On April 7th, 2006, several tornadoes hit close to Nashville, TN. Luckily, the tornadoes hit northwest of where I was, and spared my family / house. Unfortunately, it wreaked havoc on hundreds of households and killed at least 11.

The fact that there was natural disaster in close proximity to where I live was a little disconcerting. A neighbor of mine was actually close enough to take some pictures of the the tornado.



I'm sure there many members here who have had similar experiences, whether it be hurricanes, earthquakes, or tornadoes.

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#135441 04/12/06 06:32 PM
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In 1974 when I was 7 years old, a very bad Tornado hit my home town of Ankeny, IA. At the time Ankeny, a suburb of Des Moines IA, had a population of about 15,000. It pretty much leveled most of the SE side of town where we lived. The only 2 deaths where an older couple that lived a 1/2 block from us. The National Guard came in for weeks and did not let anybody in/out.

It was pretty amazing seeing how the tornado basically jumped over some houses with very little damage, but then would completely level the next few houses.

I remember it like it was yesterday, and pray I don't have to experience the noise/experience every again.

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#135442 04/12/06 06:33 PM
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Been in several of California's major earthquakes, was in Van Nuys when the Northride quake hit in 1994, scary to say the least.


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#135443 04/12/06 06:52 PM
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I was at the 1985 Mexico City earthquake... That was really bad.

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#135444 04/12/06 06:52 PM
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The catagory 4 that hit Madisonville 11/15/05 is the worst I have ever seen.

Even now, 5 months later, it still looks like a war zone. Most of the houses have been torn down, but all the broken trees is unnerving.

My wife was on a jobsite that was destroyed above them as the group huddled in the basement.

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#135445 04/12/06 07:30 PM
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Nope, nothing serious.

Got chased out of the house three times year before last by hurricanes.

.....very minor damage.

Got circled by a shark in the Phillipines who thankfully didn't wish to eat Itallian that day.

.....needed a new bathing suit.

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#135446 04/12/06 08:07 PM
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We've had some pretty crazy windstorms around us, huge trees falling over.

Thankfully, that's been it for me.



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#135447 04/12/06 08:47 PM
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I've seen 2 hurricanes:
Hugo 1989 (Cat 2) - Levittown,PR
Georges 1998 (Cat 2-3) - Guaynabo,PR
I was on fairly safe place; an all concrete house in a non-flooding prone area. I could witness the hurricanes amazing power w/ no major worries. One of the coolest things to see during a hurricane is how fast clouds move…it’s as if you’re living in fast-forward jejeje.

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#135448 04/12/06 09:05 PM
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Northridge--happened on my birthday, as near as I can remember. Nothing major happened ot us (nothing at all, really), but I remember it was a pretty freaky time.


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#135449 04/12/06 09:29 PM
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1996 and 1997 floods here in the Red River Valley.

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