Scariest weather conditions you've ever been in?

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fonzinator

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My vote goes to a time in was in Idaho on the 4th of July. I was out in the middle of no where, in the mountains, hiking to a lake at 10,000ft. I wanted to catch some trout :) It was nice and warm when I started (maybe upper 70s). When I reached the lake, I got out my pole and took a few casts. The water was crystal clear and I was dragging lures right in front of the trout and none of them were biting. I looked up and saw some huge clouds pouring over the peaks behind me. I packed up my stuff as quickly as I could to get the heck out of there! Before I could even begin to head down the mountain, the temp dropped into the 30s, the wind began to blow fiercely, and it began to snow heavliy. Because I was in shorts and a tshirt, I was wet and cold and was shivering like mad. I went as quickly as one can decend a trail that rises 1000ft+/mile. This was probably the most life threatening weather condition I've been in and it was on the 4th of frickin July?!

How bout yours'?
 
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Jzero

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NJ doesn't get much extreme weather. I've seen some heavy storms. Sometimes when I'm out on the water in my kayak, the wind changes direction quickly and a huge cloud of fog rolls in....that can be scary...
 
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nord1899

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Well it wasn't scary as I was at home, but this is definitely the freakiest.

Happened while I was at Virginia Tech. Got up around 10am, temp outside was warm enough for jeans and a tshirt and it was sunny. By noon, you needed a light jacket as it had started raining. By 3pm, it had started to spit snow. Around 8-9pm, the power in my apartment complex went out. So I walked over to my friends townhouse nearby in about 3-4 inches of snow. Around 10 to 10:30pm, I noticed the power was back on so I walked back home. My tracks from the earlier walk were completely gone. By the time I went to sleep around midnight, 6 inches of snow had fallen.

So in the span of about 12 hours, the temp dropped about 40-50 degrees and 6 inches of snow fell and stuck to the roads and grass.
 
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Isla

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March 13th or 14th, 1993 I believe it was. Storm came out of nowhere, weather forecasters had no idea how severe it was going to be... I could hear the tornadoes roaring by through the gulf. The beach one mile north of me and the beach one mile south of me got hit pretty bad. We lost a couple of windows from flying debris.

I had one kid in the bathtub and I was pregnant with another. My parents and grandmother were hiding in their bedroom closets. I don't think I ever remember being that scared for that long... the wind just wouldn't stop screaming.

It was a Noreaster or something like that. It really did some damage as it moved north.

Anyone remember that?
 
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Mutilator

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Hurricanes. Specifically Hurricane Fran in 1997. We were cleaning up trees for months after that one.
 
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kami

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When I was much younger, we had an incredible snow storm. I lived out in the country at the time, in a snow belt, and this was on christmas day at night. Driving back from relatives place, suddenly it started to snow hard...complete white out conditions. You couldn't see 10 feet in front of you..not even headlights. Almsot ended up in the ditch since you couldn't see the road AT ALL. COuldn't see oncoming cars until they were like 10 feet away...lots of close calls. Pulled over for a few minutes until it calmed down a bit, then finally got home.

Woke up the next morning, and there was a 12 foot snow drift covering the front of our house. Had to go out the back door and it took about 2 hours to dig out the front door.
 
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EndGame

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Originally posted by: fonzinator
Originally posted by: EndGame
Hurricane Andrew.:(
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Did you stay in your house during the hurricane?!
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Plain and simple, we were simply young and dumb and by the time we decided to go................it was to late. Luckily nobody hurt at all (4 of us) but I've never been more afraid my time was up before or since!
 
Hayabusa Rider

Hayabusa Rider

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Two occasions, both in New Hampshire. I was driving through the Franconia Notch State park at about 50 mph one winter night. Clear and about 0 degrees. Fairly typical for that time of year. Clear night too. Suddenly, everything went white. I couldnt see an inch from any of my windows. Wind had created an instant white out with me moving and cars in front and behind, and a guardrail somewhere on my right. Didnt know if I should have hit the brakes or not, or if anyone else had. Lasted maybe 30 seconds, probably less. All was well, but scared the crap outta me.

The other time I was hiking in the same area on Memoral Day. It was around 65 at the base of the Franconia Ridge, and I climbed with my wife and two others to walk along the spine of the ridge above treeline. Once we reached the top of the mountains, we turned north. I think we were about half way along that three mile stretch when I heard what sounded like a thousand freight trains. I had heard it before and had everone get down. A blast of wind came from the east (almost always goes west to east) at what I estimate to be 60 mph or more. Temperature went from 50 to below freezing in moments. My wife and I had clothes to deal with it, but our friends did not listen to us and brought nothing in the way of protective clothing. Oh, I forgot the freezing rain. We had to move, or we would certainly die of exposure. Moving along as quickly as we could, we continued north in sustained winds of 45 mph or more until we reached the northernmost and highest peak. There a trail led down to the Greenleaf Hut, on the shoulder of the mountain. We had to get there below treeline before the ground got so cold that ice coated it. If that happened, we could not climb down, and we certainly would be found dead by the park rangers later. We beat it. There was a thermometer outside that read 21 degrees. We walked into the Hut, which is more a proper building with kitchen and living space. I did not know why people were staring at us until I removed my backpack and more than an inch of ice shattered and flew everywhere from off my body and backpack. We were encased in ice and did not know it. Now that was spooky. Several people died in the White Mountains that day. We were lucky.
 
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Chaotic42

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Let's see. Tropical Storm Allison. I was driving home from a friend's house when all hell let loose. I couldn't see the roads, because they were filling up with water so fast. I was almost out of their sub-division when my car died. I got out, and started to wade through waist deep water for about a half mile. This was at a particularly bad point in my life, and I had only made 1 payment on my car.

My friends picked me up in their van, and we barely made it out. My car floated away and was ruined.
 
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slycat

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i'm still waiting for the day when i'd be in real scary weather...
i'm thinking maybe the apocalypse so i'll be waiting for God
 
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FrustratedUser

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It was not long ago.

I woke up, the sun was bright and nice. During the day the temperature rose to 86F (in Jan). I had to change into shorts and T-shirt and open a few cold ones to keep cool.

:Q
 
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CraigRT

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Jun 16, 2000
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Driving on the highway at high speeds and then BOOM right into a snow squall... the roads were even slippier than an ice rink... going 5-10 km/h it took about as long for the car to roll to a stop as it would be applying the brakes. it was absolutely frightening. very lucky there wasnt a huge pile up.
 
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StinkyMeat

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Driving home from band practice, and heading straight in to the darkest thumderstorm I have ever seen. It was like a giant ink blot in the sky. Anyways we were both defecating in our pants as we approached it, and it started raining so hard that you can't see out of the windshield. We could, however see lightning bolts literally feet away from the car.
 
minendo

minendo

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Aug 31, 2001
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Hurricane Hugo. Our house was not far from where Hugo came onto land in South Carolina.
 
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notfred

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I've never been afraid of the weather, unless earthquakes count as weather. If they do, ot was in october, 1989.
 
rh71

rh71

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Just the worst rainstorm I've ever seen... was driving between Binghamton and Buffalo. People were stopped on the side of the road but a few of us continued on... at about 5 miles an hour.

EDIT>> It was more cool than anything scary... we were only going 5mph but the experience was once in a lifetime. Just a rainstorm...
 
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