What natural disasters have you experienced?

Question

Earthquake? Tornado? Hurricane? Tidal Wave? Where, how, what was it like?

Answer 1

when i was younger i went to mauritius and there was a mini cyclone

but last month a friend of mine went to the toilet - he was not feeling to great after a night out..

it was like a mini earthquake, i actually felt the tremors.....

Answer 2

Hurricanes... Frances, Jeanne, Ivan in 2004 and Wilma in 2005  in Florida... nerve wrecking, the whole process is very annoying no power, putting shutters up, cleaning up the mess after wards. Worst part for me was having no power for like 2 weeks, and in florida the heat and humidity are unbearable. Also while in the middle of the storm is kinda scary you have no idea of what's happening outside, you're shut in and you never know what might come flying around and might hit your house, or if a tornado is going to form, or is there's going to be flooding.

Answer 3

Hurricane Camile. Florida 1968

Answer 4

1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, living in San Jose at the time. I was only 6 at the time, playing outside. I noticed the trees swaying, but I didn't know anything was wrong until my mom ran outside to see if I was ok. We didn't have any damage; some neighbors had some small items fall down. Later we took a look at Los Gatos, a small town only a few miles away from where I lived, and a lot of houses there were tilting at almost a 45 degree angle. It seemed like almost every building had some damage, and there was lots of caution tape, as well as unsafe building notices.

Answer 5

the Sylmar earthquake in early 70s ('71?).

this was quite a shaker,with widespread damage throughout southern

California.

Answer 6

I got married, does that count ?!!