Fez of Mahrez Posted 12 October 2009 Posted 12 October 2009 What's the most extreme weather conditions you have ever experienced?
Smudge Posted 12 October 2009 Posted 12 October 2009 What's the most extreme weather conditions you have ever experienced? In Virginia; a hurricane category 3 and a tornado that we narrowly missed while driving near Richmond In Chicago; minus 25f with a wind chill of minus 83f Not weather I know but 7.2 earthquake in California. The water splashed out of the pool onto the lawn.
maddog Posted 12 October 2009 Posted 12 October 2009 What's the most extreme weather conditions you have ever experienced? Hail at Sutton on sea near Mablethorpe where the hail stones were literally the size of golf balls. Got back to the caravan and all the BMWs and newish cars all had massive dents all over them. The older, tougher ones didn't have a mark.
StanSP Posted 12 October 2009 Posted 12 October 2009 Only thing I can remember were the huge floods in April some years ago. They're probably the most extreme I've ever been in. Crazy weather includes being in Florida. Would be sunny, then rain for about 10 minutes, then go to sweltering temperatures and you'd never have known it rained that day.
Bert Posted 12 October 2009 Posted 12 October 2009 In Florida a few years back, during what was a proper thunderstorm. We were driving home from one of the parks, and every single car on the highway was stopped due to how bad it was, scary.
StanSP Posted 12 October 2009 Posted 12 October 2009 Actually, even a couple years ago was some pretty bad snow falls. Like proper good snow (the kind that settles ) fell virtually all day. Made it into school....but didn't get home til about half 7 - usually got home back then about 4 - due to driving about 5mph on every single road. Pretty bad but exciting at the same time.
lildave3 Posted 12 October 2009 Posted 12 October 2009 The craziest weather thing i've ever seen is a mini tornado thing while on holiday. We were on the beach, and you looked down the bay and there was parasols and inflatables and things just whirling round and it came nearer and nearer. Then it hit us and it was ridiculous.
stez Posted 12 October 2009 Posted 12 October 2009 not exactly extreme, but i was very nearly hit by lightning (it was feet away, and very loud) whilst strimming at work a few years ago. i went to find a job indoors after that.
Lillehamring Posted 12 October 2009 Posted 12 October 2009 until you have felt the hair and moisture in your nose freeze, you haven't been really cold... am i right, smudge?
samlcfc Posted 12 October 2009 Posted 12 October 2009 not exactly extreme, but i was very nearly hit by lightning (it was feet away, and very loud) whilst strimming at work a few years ago. i went to find a job indoors after that. That happened to me whilst I was with mates a few years ago. There was a mental hailstorm going on and when we decided to leave the cover we were sheltering under a bolt of lightning hit the ground a few metres away. Scary as fook
fox123 Posted 12 October 2009 Posted 12 October 2009 I miss the Winter of the late 80's early 90's, they were proper English winters, with loads of snow and sledging fun to be had.
JoeyB Posted 12 October 2009 Posted 12 October 2009 I miss the Winter of the late 80's early 90's, they were proper English winters, with loads of snow and sledging fun to be had. Old bastard!
StanSP Posted 13 October 2009 Posted 13 October 2009 Some floods..5 years ago? Pitiful Oh no. I haven't experienced extreme weather. I haven't lived have i <_<
FilboFox Posted 13 October 2009 Posted 13 October 2009 Direct hit from a Typhoon in Hong Kong... was a pretty big one that cause some damage. I actually went outside to experience it and you could actually lean over in the winds and relax and it would keep you upright for long periods of time... very odd sensation. Other than that, it would have to be a thunderstorm which was directly above us in Belgium... the noise and ferocity of the rain was immense! (I was outside at the time and it was impossible to see where you were going the rain was coming down so hard.)
Jordan Posted 13 October 2009 Posted 13 October 2009 -Biggest snowfall: nearly two feet, Jan 6-9, 1996 (the "Blizzard of '96"). -Coldest temperature/windchill: -10 degrees F (about -23 C) with windchill of -40 F (-40 C), St. Paul, Minnesota Feb. 2001 -Hottest temperature: Not sure, but I've been in above-100 F (above 38 C) several times. -Was in a golf ball-sized hail storm in Minnesota in 2002. -Rainfall: a few hurricanes and their remnants have made their way up here and brought over 7 inches of rain.
Raj Posted 13 October 2009 Posted 13 October 2009 Me and the Mrs were on a Beach Near Istanbul when the tide came in ALOT all of a sudden. We thought it was gonna be a Tsunami and were terrified. It wasnt though. Still shit us up....(Not literally though!) Heat in Florida was pretty extreme for us too.
Jon the Hat Posted 13 October 2009 Posted 13 October 2009 Storm force nine sailing in a 29 footer across from Cherbourg to Portsmouth. It came in a lot quicker than we expected. With no sails up we were doing about 12 knots. Hail stones bouncing 4-5 feet off the deck so we couldn't see anything. Sat Nav is a lifesaver.
Lillehamring Posted 13 October 2009 Posted 13 October 2009 Storm force nine sailing in a 29 footer across from Cherbourg to Portsmouth. It came in a lot quicker than we expected. With no sails up we were doing about 12 knots. Hail stones bouncing 4-5 feet off the deck so we couldn't see anything. Sat Nav is a lifesaver. urgh, that reminds me of doing that route on a ferry, you could hear the stabilisers grinding, bottles were leaping of shelves and people were just being sick where they stood, and also we were sent to a different port due to the conditions, and what should have been 4 hours, became 8...
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 13 October 2009 Posted 13 October 2009 Sunday Morning I got sunburnt while 10km away my mates were ducking for cover as it was pissing down. The storm never hit us.
Tommy G Posted 13 October 2009 Posted 13 October 2009 In my back garden after a heavy down pour. Flooded the kitchen and caused 16k worth of damage. Was about 8 years ago now..
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