I’m just curious what the consensus is here for all members young and old. With such a broad range of people all over the globe I’m sure everyone has a memory of a natural event that is big to them. I am from Louisiana so I remember hurricanes as the worst to me personally. Of course Katrina and Rita were memorable however, I was working in Alaska at the time and my house never got touched but my most memorable natural event to me was a visit to Houston Texas when I was 4 or 5 and Hurricane Alicia hit. I remember buildings being blown across he interstate and flooding and tornados. This is the natural disaster that stays in my mind the most. I don’t mean to seem insensitive to those that suffered the Northridge quake, the tsunami in Indonesia, it’s just the most clear in my mind.
What was the most memorable for you?

That one is easy... The Ice Storm of 2007 that put the Springfield, Mo area off the map entirely for the latter half of January and a fair part of February for some people. That was as close as I ever needed to come to true catastrophe to know preparation isn't just for paranoid people.

I couldn't have properly imagined the reality of 10-14 days without electricity (Across the entire area) without living through it. So many little things and aspects one just can't anticipate.....and wow..was that one to teach lessons!

My most memorable natural event was when I was on Attu Island in Alaska, and a "small" storm blew in. There was wind gust over 180mph. I watched water spouts form coming off the side of a mountain. I probably saw 30-40 of them be created and go off into the ocean. It was unbelievable.


I was where the red arrow is.


I was in the top floor of this building watching out the windows.

The biggest event for us all is still on his way
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Hurricane Katrina when I lived in MS. Most devastation I have EVER seen with my own eyes and power outtage for weeks. Wind was unbelievable, trees down, houses gone, etc....

I was stationed in guam in the mid 90's and a typhoon hit while I was golfing. Thankfully the hole I was on was right by my dorm. Anyway, super high winds and tons of rain that flooded everything on that small island. Anderson AFB used to be a B52 during Vietnam and we had one that was near the main gate that was bolted to the ground. This particular typhoon took this B52 and moved it 20'-40' as if it were a kids toy. Keep in mind that an empty empty B52 weighs Approximately 190K pounds plus it was bolted down on Huge concrete blocks.

I actually have two events, because one was as a child and one as an adult. As a child I was playing in the yard with friends. It was a lovely afternoon in Massachussetts, when suddenly the ground trembled. We ran for my back steps, and stood there as the earthquake happened. At that time I suddenly realized how large the earth was and how small and insignificant I, a child, was. I realized the enormity of the vast earth and how it could swallow me up.
As an adult I still remember Hurricane Ivan in Pensacola. I still recall the winds shrieking, the house shaking, the water pouring through the ceiling fans in the ceiling. Most especially I recall walking out of the house the next morning to an alien landscape. Trees down everywhere. Pensacola lost an estimated 40% of its trees in that hurricane.No electricity for a month, no running water for three weeks, no land lines or cell phones for 3 weeks. Yes, I still remember .