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I'm fascinated with weather. In Florida, hurricane season is an event for me.

Watching one start as a wave off the West African coast and strengthen into a fierce machine of Mother Nature is beautiful to me.

I've been through tornados in Oklahoma, blizzards in Toronto and monsoons in South Korea.

I've thought about becoming a storm chaser in the past lol

Anyways, I was curious if anyone in the COR has had any notable run-ins with the forces of Mother Nature. What happened?

This past winter I had to drive a minivan to my friend's cottage for a few days in December. All was well until we stopped at a Taco Bell for something mildly edible. While we were in the Taco Bell it started snowing a fair bit, which didn't bode well for a fully loaded minivan with 7 people, and no winter tires. The roads were so damn slippery that my braking had to be telepathic because unless I applied the brake before I knew I needed it, it'd be too late. There was one bit that was downhill towards a T-junction and a river; I was 80% sure I'd end up in that river.

That was without a doubt the worst drive I've ever had to make, and that's saying something because I'm on of those people who takes every chance possible to go for a drive.

I love extreme weather! Although, to be fair, the most awesome typhoon-like rain I've ever seen was something Will keeps calling a "micro-burst"... and I'm pretty sure the only blizzard I've ever seen was something Canadians call "summer shower".

Still, I do have a good story about how Kaoru (my wife) thought her hand was frozen in the aforementioned blizzard... but it looks boring on paper/screen

I also like extreme weather, especially if it's at the other side of the world
Next Sunday snow is expected, and I absolutely don't want to shovel our driveway again. Hello Weather, it's March!!! and we need some sun.

We get some pretty bitchin' storms here in the summer time. I remember one years ago, I was leaving my friends place and walked a couple of minutes to the train station. Just as the train comes it starts pelting down with rain and hail, shitloads of thunder and lightning, and this insane wind comes up out of nowhere. Everyone scrambled to get onto the train, the doors close, and BAM a tree falls on the train and kills the power. This is at just after 3pm on a weekday, so the train is packed with screaming school kids now, lol.

We waited the storm out then manually opened the doors to get off. I walked back to my friends house and the entire roof had been torn off it, and was deposited in the middle of the road about 50 meters away Fun times.

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Originally posted by Sleightful This past winter I had to drive a minivan to my friend's cottage for a few days in December. All was well until we stopped at a Taco Bell for something mildly edible. While we were in the Taco Bell it started snowing a fair bit, which didn't bode well for a fully loaded minivan with 7 people, and no winter tires. The roads were so damn slippery that my braking had to be telepathic because unless I applied the brake before I knew I needed it, it'd be too late. There was one bit that was downhill towards a T-junction and a river; I was 80% sure I'd end up in that river. That was without a doubt the worst drive I've ever had to make, and that's saying something because I'm on of those people who takes every chance possible to go for a drive.

When I read Taco Bell I thought this story was going to head in a different direction.

Seeing a tornado up close, in person must be really humbling.

Right now my garden is buried under eight inches of snow. And it's March 23rd.

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Originally posted by OrangestO When I read Taco Bell I thought this story was going to head in a different direction.

That was an entirely different run in with Mother Nature...

in October 2005 I was trapped in Cancuun during Hurrciane Wilma

What started off as a tropical storm rapidly gained strength shot to a category 5...

I was on a family vacation and we were staying at a resort about 2 miles from Daddy O's. We were relocated from the resort to a school in the ghetto part of cancuun to provide a storm shelter. The storm lasted 32 hours with winds going over 170mph.

here are some pics...

part of the resort i stayed at:

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Right now my garden is buried under eight inches of snow. And it's March 23rd.

it's snowing here today. i had to shovel about that much snow off the car this morning lol. march is always the snowiest month in CO


i also love extreme weather. i would love to see a tornado upfront as someone said. that must be awesome.

Can't remember any insanely extreme weather, but I almost got hit by lightning once. I was going for a walk, when suddenly it started fucking pouring. Turned around and started heading home when I start seeing flashes of lightning and hearing huge roars of thunder. I was a few blocks from home, when, out of nowhere, I'm simultaneously slightly blown backward and momentarily blinded and deafened. I was just in shock, standing there blinking for a bit, before I noticed all the hair on my arms was standing up and that there was a huge charred area roughly ten to twenty feet in front of me.

Checked it out the next day, it appeared that lightning struck some type of metal sprinkler that was built into someone's lawn right next to the sidewalk.

Didn't really scare me that much, just sort of an 'oh shit, that was close.' I don't really know that much about lightning's effects on humans, but people survive getting struck, right? They just get those weird scares on their skin?

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Originally posted by Lews Didn't really scare me that much, just sort of an 'oh shit, that was close.' I don't really know that much about lightning's effects on humans, but people survive getting struck, right? They just get those weird scares on their skin?

I heard a story of a guy who was wearing a gold chain around his neck when he got struck by lightning, and the strike melted the entire chain and fused it underneath his skin. So I doubt it's a particularly pleasant experience, even if you survive.

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Originally posted by Lews Can't remember any insanely extreme weather, but I almost got hit by lightning once. I was going for a walk, when suddenly it started fucking pouring. Turned around and started heading home when I start seeing flashes of lightning and hearing huge roars of thunder. I was a few blocks from home, when, out of nowhere, I'm simultaneously slightly blown backward and momentarily blinded and deafened. I was just in shock, standing there blinking for a bit, before I noticed all the hair on my arms was standing up and that there was a huge charred area roughly ten to twenty feet in front of me. Checked it out the next day, it appeared that lightning struck some type of metal sprinkler that was built into someone's lawn right next to the sidewalk. Didn't really scare me that much, just sort of an 'oh shit, that was close.' I don't really know that much about lightning's effects on humans, but people survive getting struck, right? They just get those weird scares on their skin?

An average lightning bolt is something like 30,000 degrees so you'd get badly burnt at the least I'd say.

I just saw someone digging out his sheep in U.K. That was a lot of snow. Awesome the dog could find them underneath the snow.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Right now my garden is buried under eight inches of snow. And it's March 23rd.

It snowed on my graduation day in Rochester on may 20.

You know when was the last time it snowed here!? NEVER!

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Right now my garden is buried under eight inches of snow. And it's March 23rd.

'Absolute Tosh'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environme...-climate-change

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Originally posted by Lira You know when was the last time it snowed here!? NEVER!

I know, right?? Fucking tropical climates. No fun at all.

(I actually love Brisbane winters, it's the best weather all year )

The hottest place in Asia ever recorded was 10 miles from here three years ago.

We already hit 97 a couple weeks ago. Dust storms are the worst here.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Right now my garden is buried under eight inches of snow. And it's March 23rd.

That country of yours cannot function with all that snow.

Fucking WIMPS

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Originally posted by Sushipunk I know, right?? Fucking tropical climates. No fun at all. (I actually love Brisbane winters, it's the best weather all year )

It's the same all year round here, to be honest. It just happens to rain during the "summer"

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