Do you live in an area constantly affected by hurricanes? If so, question for you:

[zinfamous]

Well if you've lived through a brush with death because of one you would sing a different tune.

no doubt. the biggest one that hit Raleigh was Fran (96). Tossed trees all over town...except for that giant, very dead oak in my backyard, just outside my bedroom. damn thing could have fallen over and crushed me in my sleep, but it somehow escaped.

GF at the time had her Jeep Cherokee flattened, though.

I should amend that, anyone who fears hurricanes more than any other disaster, is a big fat pussy.

 

[nerp]

I live in Rhode Island and have lived through three hurricanes hitting our area. None were major or life threatening and only one compelled us to actually leave the house. The worst was some fallen trees and no electricity for about a week. The surfers have a blast, though.

 

[Rubycon]

Heck thunderstorms do that. See 09/16/2010, Brooklyn, NYC, USA.

I'm talking a life threatening situation.

Picture this...

A strong CAT4 is coming your way. You obey the mandatory evacuation and head for the shelter. The civil engineering plan assures the shelter is indeed safe and out of danger of the 20 feet of predicted storm surge on arrival.

Problem is the prints were off in elevation and it turns out the building is 20 feet LOWER than the peak flooding. When the storm surge arrives you are faced with a grave situation! Water is rising so rapidly that there is no time to move and you find yourself swimming, water rising to the ceiling and you have to go through ceiling tiles, holding on to a sprinkler riser to find something to sit on/hold on to!

That was Hugo, on a very stormy night of September 21, 1989 in Charleston, SC btw.

Storm surge is a real killer. It's not like a wave that comes in gradually. That water comes in FAST and if you're not out of harm's way you will die.

As far as people dieing from weather I believe (in the USA anyway) lightning is the biggest killer!

no doubt. the biggest one that hit Raleigh was Fran (96). Tossed trees all over town...except for that giant, very dead oak in my backyard, just outside my bedroom. damn thing could have fallen over and crushed me in my sleep, but it somehow escaped.

GF at the time had her Jeep Cherokee flattened, though.

I should amend that, anyone who fears hurricanes more than any other disaster, is a big fat pussy.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

why the FUCK do you keep coming back?

Isn't it a pain to evacuate, rebuild, evacuate, rebuild, prepare, etc?

I'd go crazy if we had "earthquake season" and had to evacuate/prepare every couple of months.

Think Darwin Aware candidate times five million.

Dumb is as dumb drowns.

 

[lothar]

Maryland has no natural disaster.
We rarely get blizzards.
By the time hurricanes come by they've pretty much been delegated to regular winds of 50 MPH or less.
Earthquake? Tornado? Fire? Rarely, if ever.

 

[zerocool84]

Maryland has no natural disaster.
We rarely get blizzards.
By the time hurricanes come by they've pretty much been delegated to regular winds of 50 MPH or less.
Earthquake? Tornado? Fire? Rarely, if ever.

You don't need natural disasters. You're in Maryland.

 

[xSauronx]

Heck thunderstorms do that. See 09/16/2010, Brooklyn, NYC, USA.

I'm talking a life threatening situation.

Picture this...

A strong CAT4 is coming your way. You obey the mandatory evacuation and head for the shelter. The civil engineering plan assures the shelter is indeed safe and out of danger of the 20 feet of predicted storm surge on arrival.

Problem is the prints were off in elevation and it turns out the building is 20 feet LOWER than the peak flooding. When the storm surge arrives you are faced with a grave situation! Water is rising so rapidly that there is no time to move and you find yourself swimming, water rising to the ceiling and you have to go through ceiling tiles, holding on to a sprinkler riser to find something to sit on/hold on to!

That was Hugo, on a very stormy night of September 21, 1989 in Charleston, SC btw.

Storm surge is a real killer. It's not like a wave that comes in gradually. That water comes in FAST and if you're not out of harm's way you will die.

As far as people dieing from weather I believe (in the USA anyway) lightning is the biggest killer!

id probably evacuate for a 4. probably wouldnt for a 3, ive been through those. theyre shitty, but where we are theyre tolerable, although the water damage is bad and the flooding lasts for a couple of days at that point.

 

[Meghan54]

Hurricanes. Guess they can be bad as some have shown themselves to be, but it's either wind or flooding/rain damage.

Been through a few in FL, GA, SC, MA during my life and never have evac'd.

Wife's parents have lived on Cape Cod for their entire 80 years as their parents did. Not once have they ever evacuated....no reason. If your house isn't crappy, it's trees/branches getting knocked down that's the big problem....into/onto your car, house, elect. service. If you're not along the coast, or below sea level like New Orleans, then flooding isn't much of a problem, only rain for a couple of days.

I'd take a hurricane any day to yearly threats of firestorms. I can stand wet.....don't think I'd tolerate burn too well.