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What's the scariest thing that has ever happend to you?

For me, it was 2-3 years ago on mother's day. I was on a boat in the inner harbor, during a severe thunderstorm. The boat started rocking back and forth, and water started leaking through the window's. The floor was puddled with water. There was DANGEROUS cloud to ground lightning. I thought the boat was going to tip over....but thankfully, it didn't. I think I was the most nervous one on the whole boat. While the boat was shakeing, people were laughing and DANCEING. The announcer started making jokes like " Woah, looks like our captin had a few drinks! hehe." It seemed like no one knew how dangerous the situation was!

So, how about you?

After everything I've been through, I'd have to say it hasn't come yet...but, I will let you know when it does (assuming I'm still alive).

Would be the afternoon/evening/night of April 3, 1974...my folks, sister and I lived in the suburb of Oakley (in Cincinnati) and we took shelter in our large apartment building basement (Dad was the night manager at a childrens' home...and our apt. was on the grounds)...talk about a LONG night (at least it seemed that way at the time for this...then...11 yr-old)...tornado sirens blaring off in the distance...torrential downpours, fierce C-G lightning, hail, and of course the WIND!! Our 'burb came through okay, compared with two other 'burbs (Bridgetown and Saylor Park) that really got SLAMMED!! I remember my Dad's transistor radio crackling with static and the news, too, of another city in the southwest part of OH called Xenia that was devastated in that historic Superoutbreak!!! For myself...I did manage to do some homework during that period of time (our bldg. had generators) while sitting in my Radio Flyer red wagon. :-? We did a WHOLE LOT of praying, too, that night for all who were being affected by Mother Nature's unleashing!

Eric

The 1998 tornado or in 1995 when I was only 12 and just feet away from being struck by lightning..

{Ignored the storm signals and stayed outside playing basketball.. A lightning strike took a chunk out of my basketball pole}

When I went to yell at my son for the first time and heard my Dad's voice and words come out of my mouth! All those things I swore I'd never say!

Mine is probably waking up to a nasty thunderstorm around 1-2 AM, my family going down into the basement, and seeing a tornado warning for my area. I looked out the window...the wind was blowing VERY hard, pea size hail was falling, intense lightning, etc...but thankfully no tornadoes touched the ground!

That'd be a tad bit scary Colin.. Glad to hear no twisters though

March 13, 1990. The Hesston, KS, tornado outbreak. Up in Nebraska, we also had some good sized wedges on the ground southwest of Lincoln.

That day, my dad worked 2nd shift, so it was just me (9 years old at the time), my brother (then 4 years old), my sister who was not quite a year old and my mom. My dad suggested with the seriousness of the situation that we trek on over to his parents house for the evening until he got off of work.

Oddly enough, we watched some movies, but had a radio continually providing updates on the storms out west. Watched the 10pm news, and right after the opening graphics, they cut to video of the Lawrence, NE F4 (?) tornado. Oh, yes, out of the mouths of the new ancher was something like: "Some people went for the video camera rather than the basement this evening..."

I was a little concerned, being young, and dark out, these storms would reck havoc on the Omaha area. Thankfully, they weakened a little or went around us (I don't remember which). Strangely enough, the next day we had some flurries!

Boy I guess a lot of us have twisters for our scariest moments huh

Josephine96 wrote:Boy I guess a lot of us have twisters for our scariest moments huh

Kind of odd, here on a Weather board.

When i was little i was involved in a hit and run in a local shopping center parking lot. I was almost killed, but luckily my mother pulled me out before the second back wheels rolled over me!!

I guess it would be the night I got a call from my husband's boss wanting to know where he was since they had found his work truck, rolled over and completely totaled in a ditch, blood everywhere but no sign of him. It took 5 hours to find him, semi-conscious walking to a pay phone with 4 broken ribs, etc. We weren't even married then but I think I lost 25 pounds that night pacing the floor. The doctor said what saved him from being killed was that he was asleep at the time of impact.

Funny how history repeats itself.

this is more dumb than scary. a few years ago i was feeding a bunch of squirrels by hand. this one squirrel would grab my thumb when he got the walnut. unfortunately, a dog came up behind barking and the squirrel took off with my thumb still in his mouth. i got a huge cut. everyone said i should get rabies shots, but i never did. no money to pay for em. for a few days i was sweating it out thinking i would get rabies, but didnt.

p.s.-no doubt many people were upset she didnt get the rabies. lol!!

Those are all scary experiences. Nice we're still here to talk about them.

I have two.

The April 21, 1967 tornado I witnessed...from its arrival in town to the death and destruction it left.

Hearing multiple bullets fly by my face as I hugged the ground so tight I was thin as a wafer in January, 1970, Republic of Vietnam.

Oct 9th 1980....fell asleep at the wheel, woke up to telephone pole coming at me, cranked the wheel, the pickup rolled 4 times, flipped front over rear 2 times and left hand, somewhere along the line, drug the pavement and basicly tore off my left hand. The cab of the pickup on the drivers side came down, pushed the dash, steering wheel THRU the floor board.......my angels and God were with that morning, "That I know to be FACT!" especially looking at the pickup afterwards.

Dennis

April 15, 1995 I was rear ended by a drunk driver while stopped at a traffic light. A moment before impact I glanced in my rear view mirror and saw that the idiot behind me wasnt going to stop but there was no time to take evasive action. He was doing an estimated 45mph and my car was pushed into the car in front of me. Well needless to see I was knocked goofy...but not unconscious, and managed to get out of the car on my own. Minutes later State Police along the fire department arrived; the trooper insisted I go to the hospital. So I was uncereminiously strapped to a backboard and a collar placed on my neck then taken to the hospital where I was diagnosed with whiplash and a mild concusssion. My new car was a total loss. Yes I was wearing a seat belt.

azskyman wrote:Those are all scary experiences. Nice we're still here to talk about them.

I have two.

The April 21, 1967 tornado I witnessed...from its arrival in town to the death and destruction it left.

Hearing multiple bullets fly by my face as I hugged the ground so tight I was thin as a wafer in January, 1970, Republic of Vietnam.

After reading Poppysky's post, I don't think I've been
very frightened, just yet!

Wow, many frightening moments here! Like you Eric, April 3rd, 1974 was a scary time in Mt. Healthy too (a northern suburb of Cincinnati). Sirens went off all night long. No one got any sleep! Of course then we learned the sad news coming out of Xenia, OH. And Sayler Park, a western suburb of Cincinnati, too.

Cheesy - while 4.3.74 is one scary time for Cincinnatian's (and many states that fateful day), I personally have never been so frightened as I was vacationing with my family in 1994. I posted the story a while back. Read it here, if anyone is interested. It took a lot for me to compose it, so to do it again seems silly, although the message I wanted to get out is very important - keep a close eye on your children!
http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=24723

Mary

That would probably be in the summer of 1991. On a rainy day, my boss asked me to go pick up some supplies using the company van. As I was just about to arrive at my destination, the rain was coming down EXTREMELY hard. Visibility was very low. I actually missed the place I was supposed to turn in, so I went to pull into the next driveway. As I was making a left turn, a car that I had not seen smashed into the side of the van going about 40 MPH. I was VERY shaken up, but uninjured. The woman driving the car that hit the van had a few bruises, but no broken bones. Both cars were totalled. Of course, me biggest fear was what my boss would say to me. Three weeks later, they had some layoffs at my company. Surprise, surprise - I was one of the people laid off.